The oldest par-3 course in New Jersey is Anchor Golf Land, opened in 1964 — one of 12 par-3 courses in the state.
Ranked against New Jersey's other par-3 courses, not against its regulation golf. Each list counts only the courses that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Slope and course rating measure difficulty, not quality.
Oldest
— all 12 courses with an opening year
| # | Course | Oldest |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchor Golf Land | opened 1964 |
| 1 | Ash Brook Golf Course 9 Hole Pitch Putt | opened 1964 |
| 3 | Victors Par 3 Golf Course | opened 1965 |
| 4 | Leisure Village Golf Course | opened 1967 |
| 5 | Millburn Municipal Golf Course | opened 1970 |
| 6 | Shadow Lake Village Golf Course | opened 1972 |
| 7 | Twin Brook Golf Center | opened 1994 |
| 8 | Hole-in-One Golf Center | opened 2001 |
| 8 | The Hickory at Hamilton Farm | opened 2001 |
| 10 | Cape May Par 3 and Driving Range | opened 2002 |
| 10 | Regency at Monroe Golf and Country Club | opened 2002 |
| 12 | Laguna Oaks Golf Course | opened 2009 |
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
— all 12 courses with a coordinate we could sample
| # | Course | Highest above sea level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hickory at Hamilton Farm | 323 ft |
| 2 | Millburn Municipal Golf Course | 240 ft |
| 3 | Anchor Golf Land | 179 ft |
| 4 | Hole-in-One Golf Center | 149 ft |
| 5 | Regency at Monroe Golf and Country Club | 132 ft |
| 6 | Twin Brook Golf Center | 103 ft |
| 7 | Ash Brook Golf Course 9 Hole Pitch Putt | 101 ft |
| 8 | Victors Par 3 Golf Course | 77 ft |
| 9 | Leisure Village Golf Course | 43 ft |
| 10 | Shadow Lake Village Golf Course | 33 ft |
| 11 | Cape May Par 3 and Driving Range | 17 ft |
| 12 | Laguna Oaks Golf Course | 11 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.
How long a par-3 hole actually plays
Every hole on the 12 published par-3 scorecards in New Jersey, in 25-yard bands. One tee set per course — the longest that publishes a card — so a course with six rated sets counts once rather than six times.
| Hole length (yards) | Holes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25–49 | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 50–74 | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 75–99 | 31 | 21.5% | |
| 100–124 | 24 | 16.7% | |
| 125–149 | 33 | 22.9% | |
| 150–174 | 23 | 16.0% | |
| 175–199 | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 200–224 | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 225–249 | 1 | 0.7% |