Spook Rock Golf Course

The course is in good shape going into summer. I was a little surprised at the number of ball marks on the greens.

Players are getting careless in personal course care.

Such a shame.

The fairways and greens are in good condition , but the surrounding areas are not being maintained. Need to be mowed and some weeds taken out.

The course is in really good shape. Has different hole layouts that allow you to use a variety of clubs. The club house has great items for sale, and the 19th hole is a great place to grab a after round drink to finish your day. Highly recommend playing this course, and I will be back.

Spook Rock is one of the better golf test in the area with many great holes. Challenges all levels of golfers.

There is one very glaring deficiency: the bunkers are some of the worst--not sand, just hard dirt with many rocks. They haven't been maintained in years. They are in terrible condition.

The greens are just OK. Burnt or bare in various spots with fringes that are badly maintained.

Spook Rock used to be a total gem; but for a great layout the course is getting mangy in far too many places. I'd recommend playing it only for it's great holes.

I always enjoy playing spook rock. Being a north Bergen county resident, GolfNow has deals that are usually very reasonable. I would like to mention one point about the course. The bunkers were not raked and I don’t recall the sand as being as “rocky”. Pebbles to near golf ball sized stones could be easily seen. As a very well bunkered course, I would like to see the sand traps properly raked and less rocks.

Course is a very good muni, but it leans on its past laurels. Course maintenance is poor in the rough and into the treeline. A minor wayward shot and your ball disappears in the over abundance of clover and Overgrown Turf: A term for grass areas that have not been maintained, leading to excessive growth.

Tall Grass: Simply describes grasses that have grown taller than typical lawn height. The bunkers have very little sand are more like mud. Greens were a slower than usual, but rolled well enough.

All good except allowed a 5 some in front of us. Didn't hold us up too much but.....

Pace of play is an issue... for the amount of money that you pay a ranger should be on the course.... plus the sand traps are horrible

This course was once a must play in the New York City metro area. Its layout is still amongst the finest public facilities you will find and can, when it's in great shape, rival the finest private courses. But unfortunately it is rarely great shape.

Management of the course as always been a problem but over the last couple of seasons it's gotten way worse. I just don't know what they're doing there. The greens are inconsistent at best. Sometimes they're slow sometimes they're (relatively) fast. Sometimes some are slow and some are fast on the same day. The course needs management that cares enough to put some revenue back into the whole facility. The clubhouse is a joke and needs to be torn down and replaced with a modern golf clubhouse. And the upkeep of the course itself has declined so much over the years. The sand traps are more like just dirt pits that have long since lost whatever sand they had in them.

Also, for reasons beyond any comprehension, management completely removed ALL of the ball washers from the course. Prepare to play a muddy ball around the course (or prepare a carry around muddy wet towel that gets more disgusting each and every time you use it) because there isn't a single ball washer.

And then there are the water coolers. Sometimes they're there and oftentimes they're not. And, when you can find one, it's a crapshoot over whether the water is fresh and cold or warm from sitting around overnight. But that's not the worst of it because on almost every single water cooler there appears to be toxic black mold forming around the spigot. My advice is to carry around your own supply of clean water. I mean this is course management 101. Don't sicken the golfers on the golf course by being so extraordinarily cheap that you can't replace the water coolers annually (at least once every two years).

And, finally, the number of dead trees lining the course make it a danger to play. Around almost every hole there are LARGE trees that are completely dead with branches that fall off during storms. It's only matter of time before someone gets badly hurt by a large falling limb that breaks off at an inopportune moment (and the lawsuit that would follow).

I sincerely hope they clean up their act because as much as I've loved playing this course over the years other public facilities have bypassed Spook Rock by a lot. There are courses around that offer much more value for your money.

Played Spook Rock Golf Course recently and the layout really stood out—fun design with a nice mix of challenge and variety hole to hole. The course was in solid shape overall.

Pace of play was the biggest downside. I went out as a single and ran into multiple groups lacking pace of play etiquette and which slowed things down quite a bit. I ended up having to ask to play through multiple times.

If you are short on time focus on the with a back nine. Staff is great, nice pro shop and food.

Overall, a fun track with a lot to like.

Nice course challenging but fair and in good shape for March..Pro Shop were very nice and helpful would play again.

Decent round. Course is in decent shape considering the snow we just had. Wet in some spots but overall pretty good. Greens were much better than I expected. Bunkers and t boxes were ok. Bit easier of a round without leaves on the trees but the wind and cold made it a high scoring day.

Had a great time at Spook Rock, I was in a foursome with 3 other regulars. The vibes at the club were great, people were greeting each other, it felt like a close knit group. Rates were reasonable, the grounds are well maintained, and the layout is varied, interesting, yet not overly punishing. I would happily go again.

A very reasonable price for a course that makes you feel like you paid $100+. Great condition, laid back feel, range, putting green, bar - everything you’d want in a course!