SubaruMike

Everything about this course and the staff is top notch for the price. I will leave my only small criticisms here for the staff to read.

During winter conditions with no cart girl or water on the course I would prefer if you guys filled the coolers on the cart with ice and possibly a bottle of water.

Half of the times I've played the ball/club washer was not filled with water and there is none on the course to DIY. (no ball washers at the tee boxes either)

Very minor little details and again overall a very lovely course with super friendly staff! Will be golfing here regularly this year.

Mike O

This was a long drive for me from Lakewood (Belmar) to the course. I like trying new courses on my Tuesday off so I will try not to let this review be influenced by the journey.
This course has a very nice layout, very nice views, but some issues that would make me not want to return.
1. The clubhouse/starter (same thing, no starter on course) did a terrible job of time management. They let many 2 some groups out on the course, including us and the group in front, and a single behind us creating a terrible wait on almost every hole. There is no reason we shouldn't have been grouped together somehow. The ranger on the course never said anything about pace of play, and it took almost 5 hours on a TUESDAY at 10:20 AM. That is ridiculous.

2. The bunkers, or should I say clay pits, are terrible. The course design is one that includes a very high number of bunkers everywhere, which is an awesome challenge since there is little to no trees on the course. However, if you are going to design a course around it's challenging bunker locations, you cannot have this terrible garbage they call "sand". Every single bunker, even the green-side ones, has no more than 1/2" of rocky gravel followed underneath by thick nasty garbage. It is more similar to hitting off dirt than a bunker. They are not consistent at all, and that is the reason I would not go back. If they can actually get some real sand for those bunkers, I would gladly make that drive again for the value. The rest of the course is great. The fairways are well kept, and the greens are very fast but very good to putt on.

While the fairways and greens are spectacular here for the price, there is a serious issue in lack of showing players the pin location in some way or form. Thier is no GPS, the flags are all the same color, and there is no chart on the cart for pin location. For a moderate priced course I expect these things (not GPS but at least some guidance). Each time I have played here this season (4 times so far) I have thought the pin appeared in the back/front, hit a killer shot to what I thought was the right place, then had a 30+' putt. As a 12 handicap this is very frustrating.
Please find some cost effective way to tell your players where the pin is located on the green. This should not be a difficult thing to do cheaply. Colored flags, or at minimum a chart (your carts have the plastic display for them) on the cart of where the pins are for each hole.
Other than that I find the clubhous, the staff, practice facilities, and the course very nice for the price.

MikeO