307 golf courses in New Jersey, 5,125 holes between them, 250 with published USGA tee ratings.
Every New Jersey course
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Every figure here is a published one, gathered from the course and public records — nothing on this page is estimated.
New Jersey standouts
slope 155 · from 210 courses
The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope measures difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure, not an opinion. Men’s ratings only: a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare, so mixing them would rank part of the field on one scale and the rest on another (see peakSlope in course-metrics.ts).
7,721 yds · from 302 courses
The longest published tee set, in yards from the tips.
New Jersey by the numbers
New Jersey courses ranked on the figures they publish themselves. Each list counts only the courses that publish that figure, so the totals differ. Slope and course rating measure difficulty, not quality — nothing here ranks how good a course is.
Longest
— the top 25 of 302 courses with a published scorecard
The longest tee set the course publishes, in yards from the tips. Compared against every course that publishes a scorecard — length is a measurement, not a verdict on the golf.
Toughest test
— the top 25 of 210 courses with a USGA slope rating for its men’s tees
The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope rates difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure issued by the golf association, not an opinion about the course. Men’s ratings only, because a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare; a course rated only for women is not in the running rather than converted.
Hardest from the tips
— the top 25 of 194 courses with a USGA course rating for its men’s tees
The highest USGA course rating published for any of the men’s tee sets — the score a scratch golfer is expected to shoot. Men’s ratings only, for the same reason as slope: the men’s and women’s ratings of one tee are different measurements. It measures difficulty and nothing else; it is not a quality score and never orders these pages by how good a course is.
Widest tee spread
— the top 25 of 290 courses with two or more tee sets of different lengths
| # | Course | Widest tee spread |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knickerbocker Country Club | 4,102 yds between tees |
| 2 | The Shore Club | 3,115 yds between tees |
| 3 | Town Country Golf Links | 2,997 yds between tees |
| 4 | Trump National Golf Club Bedminster New Course | 2,764 yds between tees |
| 5 | Tpc Jasna Polana | 2,680 yds between tees |
| 6 | Trump National Golf Club Bedminster Old Course | 2,465 yds between tees |
| 7 | Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck Championship Course | 2,415 yds between tees |
| 8 | Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia | 2,397 yds between tees |
| 9 | Twisted Dune Golf Club | 2,318 yds between tees |
| 10 | Liberty National Golf Course | 2,283 yds between tees |
| 11 | Hawk Pointe Golf Course | 2,226 yds between tees |
| 12 | Picatinny Golf Club | 2,215 yds between tees |
| 13 | Cape May National Golf Club | 2,194 yds between tees |
| 14 | Hidden Creek Golf Club | 2,192 yds between tees |
| 15 | Ballyowen Golf Club | 2,191 yds between tees |
| 16 | Wild Turkey Golf Club | 2,178 yds between tees |
| 17 | Berkshire Valley Golf Course | 2,163 yds between tees |
| 18 | Union League National Golf Club Meade Grant | 2,141 yds between tees |
| 19 | The Ridge at Back Brook | 2,097 yds between tees |
| 20 | New Jersey National Golf Club | 2,094 yds between tees |
| 21 | Cascades Golf Course | 2,089 yds between tees |
| 22 | Stone Harbor Golf Club | 2,087 yds between tees |
| 23 | Laurel Creek Country Club | 2,068 yds between tees |
| 24 | Galloway National Golf Club | 2,059 yds between tees |
| 25 | Eagle Oaks Golf Country Club | 2,056 yds between tees |
Yards between the longest and shortest published tee sets — how far the course moves to fit a different player. Courses publishing a single tee set are not in the running, because one set is an unmeasured spread rather than a narrow one.
Oldest
— the top 25 of 232 courses with an opening year
The year the course opened, as published. Ranked oldest first. An opening year is not a design credit and not a renovation date — a course that opened in 1921 and was rebuilt in 1998 still opened in 1921.
Highest above sea level
— the top 25 of 307 courses with a coordinate we could sample
| # | Course | Highest above sea level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green Golf Club | 869 ft |
| 1 | Culver Lake Golf Course | 869 ft |
| 3 | Panther Valley Golf Country Club | 850 ft |
| 4 | Lake Mohawk Golf Club | 811 ft |
| 5 | Berkshire Valley Golf Course | 803 ft |
| 6 | Skyview Golf Club | 772 ft |
| 7 | Lake Lackawanna Golf Course | 725 ft |
| 8 | Hidden Acres Golf Course | 713 ft |
| 9 | Picatinny Golf Club | 709 ft |
| 10 | High Point Golf Club | 664 ft |
| 11 | Cascades Golf Course | 645 ft |
| 12 | Black Bear Golf Club | 630 ft |
| 13 | Crystal Springs Golf Club | 625 ft |
| 14 | Newton Country Club | 622 ft |
| 15 | Farmstead Golf Country Club Clubview Valleyview Course | 606 ft |
| 16 | Wallkill Golf Club | 600 ft |
| 17 | Ballyowen Golf Club | 596 ft |
| 18 | Farmstead Golf Country Club Lakeview Clubview Course | 593 ft |
| 19 | Roxiticus Golf Club | 589 ft |
| 20 | Somerset Hills Country Club | 584 ft |
| 21 | Rock Spring Golf Club | 576 ft |
| 22 | Farmstead Golf Country Club Valleyview Lakeview Course | 575 ft |
| 23 | Crestmont Country Club | 573 ft |
| 23 | Essex County Country Club | 573 ft |
| 25 | Black Oak Golf Club | 570 ft |
Height above sea level at the course’s own published coordinate, sampled from the USGS 3DEP elevation model. THIS IS A FIGURE WE DERIVED, not one the course publishes — anybody can re-query the same public dataset at the same coordinate and get the same number, but no scorecard states it. Because every course carries a coordinate, this is the only board here whose field is nearly the whole database rather than the courses that publish a particular figure. Elevation changes how far a ball carries; it says nothing about whether a course is good.
New Jersey by metro area
The same rankings — hardest, longest, oldest — over the courses around each metro area touching New Jersey.
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA · 479 courses
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 409 courses
- Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD · 217 courses
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · 165 courses
- Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ · 49 courses
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · 32 courses
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · 29 courses
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