jpvincenti

Some of the best mountain views on the island. The pro shop had the essentials. Staff very friendly all around. Rental clubs were taylormade stealth in well used state. Front 9 was harder, back 9 had some drivable par 4s. The fairways were mostly in great condition, the greens were not. The old divots were sandfilled at least but just didn't roll true.

Staff friendly. Pace was good. Being winter, the greens were slow and unfortunately the first 3 groups off the tee, we were the 4th, just didn't do a great job fixing their pitch marks. Was glad that they're getting better clearing leaves, especially on the long downhill 15th.

Another great round at HBH. Staff is well run and friendly. Pace of play was good, 4hr round. Lots of maintenance going on, the town dpw was fixing some portions of cart paths even. Overall HBH for me is on par with Neshanic and Heron Glen.

I get it, the rumor is the public course is getting dozed for housing, but it's been in bad condition for 3 years now. Rock hard greens in the SPRING!! So many pitch marks on the greens that putting is an adventure if you even keep your shot up there. It feels like they're just ringing the last bit of tee fees with as little expenses possible on the public course.
However the staff is great and hope they make the private course accessible to the public, while enforcing maintenance.

I've played Architects a handful of times. Course layout and staff friendliness is very good. Otherwise, so many missed opportunities to be better. Ball washers old and pre-covid were not always usable. No water on the Course prior to 2020. The range needs updating. For the price which is expensive, how are these little things not addressed?

Got a quick 18 in before some forecasted rainstorms so pace of play was excellent. They are truly working on improving most holes. I was surprised at how great some of the greens and fairways looked. A few still need work, 17 fairway has a couple spots that are packed dirt. All in all the owners are taking care of the property and going into their 3rd spring it'll be interesting to see what 2021 looks like.

Having played this course before, I was well aware of the tight layout. If you're not straight off the tee, you can easily be in the woods or on another hole. Not a surprise. What was a surprise was the pace (great, I think we just got lucky with an 8am tee time), the number of trees they've removed since the last time which opened up a couple holes, especially the short par 4 with swamp in front of the green, and lastly the greens. the greens were mostly not in good shape, alot of scarring and one where weeds had just taken over the edge. the holes were also cut in the hardest locations possible on most if not all putting greens. each hole was just a foot or less from a slope or the greens themselves were sloped such that if you missed the hole, say bye bye to your ball, you're off the green. i like a challenge but this was definitely insane. if you made it through the round with fewer than 6 three-putts, you're better than me I guess.

The rockhard tee boxes were expected from other reviews. What I never saw coming was the similarity rock hard fairways and greens. The ground is frozen now so the balls were rolling sometimes an extra 10 yards. On the first back nine par 3, my tee shot landed 5 yards in front of the flag. It then bounced over the flag and ended up off the green. I could literally bounce the ball like a basketball on the greens. Not the course's fault but the sparseness of grass in places didn't help. Be aware if playing in winter, hit it 10 yards short and let it roll. There are no hole markers which made my first round there constantly lost as far as where to go. Thank goodness for my Garmin gps watch to help figure out where i was.

Really like this course. If not for the power lines on a couple holes, it would be perfect. Several holes have rough right in front of the tee boxes so you better hit a good first shot. There's no forgiveness there. Fairways are wide, couple holes teeoff is blind so club down and just get it safe. Nice bar, food, practice area. Friendly staff.

Made last minute tee time, cost was incredibly low with cart. Checked in, went right to first tee, no starter. Joined in on a 2some in front since there was a slow 4some ahead anyway. Made the 4hr round better to have company.
Course was about a 6 out of 10. Good doglegs, couple holes with bunkers right in front. Several areas under repair, few greens even had dead patches. On the plus side, the bunkers were great. Layout was fun and one par 3 was over 200 yards which will challenge anybody. Would recommend and play again.