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Essex Fells Country Club is an 18-hole private golf course in Essex Fells, New Jersey.

Designed by Alex Findlay. It plays 6,514 yards from the Blue tees, rated 72.2/137 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
70
par
6,514
yards (tips)
137
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES519342181385400193377458347222508179378422453448363356152433445463748494103115123134144154164174184PAROUT 3,202 YDSIN 3,329 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Alex Findlay reported
access
private
address
Barton Drive, Essex Fells, NJ, 07068
elevation
537 ft derived
opened
1916
on site
driving range · pro shop · restaurant

40.81889, -74.27809 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 18 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of Essex Fells Country Club as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of Essex Fells Country Club as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-09-01

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BlueM70651472.213732023329
WhiteM70613570.113130293134
WhiteF74contested70613576.214130293134
GoldF74contested70547072.313325702903
GoldM70547067.212325702903
RedF74contested70534571.913224662872

Every figure as published except Card par (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The White, Gold and Red tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 543443444353444444 70
Blue 519342181385400193377458347222508179378422453448363356 6,514
White 503317167365385174342444332203485157365393445434336316 6,135
Gold 419259142305318159279423266187445152360332412426311278 5,470
Red 405257116300304141259420264175441149357330416425304275 5,345
Handicap 139175315111712181686421014

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Essex Fells Country Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,583 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn New JerseyNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,514 yds168th of 303=5,955th of 12,026226th of 404 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =1,963rd of 2,954 private courses · =5,904th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 137=43rd of 210=1,696th of 8,712=69th of 300 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =766th of 2,300 private courses · =1,658th of 7,090 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.2=108th of 194=3,733rd of 7,617=150th of 275 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =1,445th of 2,143 private courses · =3,694th of 7,035 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,169 yds between tees=195th of 291=7,499th of 11,524241st of 386 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · 2,105th of 2,885 private courses · =7,332nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1916=31st of 232=577th of 9,368=54th of 316 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · =339th of 2,418 private courses · =418th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level537 ft derived 28th of 308=7,017th of 12,43939th of 409 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area · 1,430th of 3,026 private courses · =4,986th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 18 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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