Blue Heron Pines Golf Club

Enjoy playing Blue Heron very much. Unfortunately the greens are not in very good condition.

Overpriced, Neglected, and Declining — A Member’s Honest Review

I’ve been a member of this course for over 10 years and live on the property. What used to be a place of pride has become a major disappointment.

The fairways are burnt and neglected. The greens are even worse—bumpy, dead in areas, and absolutely miserable to putt on. And to make matters worse, they don’t even bother to properly cut the edges of the greens anymore, leaving them ragged and overgrown. The lack of basic course maintenance is stunning.

It’s not just the playing conditions that are bad. The cart girls are unengaged and unprofessional. Ownership is nowhere to be seen. The superintendent is notoriously rude and unapproachable—even to long-standing members trying to express valid concerns.

Despite all this, they’re still charging premium prices, as if the course is in top-tier shape. It’s not even close. There’s no communication, no accountability, and clearly no plan to bring the course back to the standards it once held.

As someone who has supported this course for over a decade, it’s truly disheartening to watch it fall apart. At this point, I would not recommend it to anyone. Save your money—and your frustration.

Had a fun time, good pace and a really fun layout.

Only complaint were the greens are not in great condition.

Which always seems to mean people don’t worry about their pitch marks, which adds to the frustration.

Hopefully they can get the greens back to they apparently were, when our playing partners played their previously.

Jersey golf at Ron Jaworski’s course…Blue Heron Pines

Possibly the worst golf course we have ever played.

Right at the start the proshop girl was misery personified .

Greens are a complete disaster with several different grasses and infestation of weeds. All putts bounce, they do not roll.

Cart paths and sandtraps apparently haven’t been maintained in years.

Complete waste of money and effort.

The course should be closed

Avoid at all costs.

First time at this course, along with my three guests. Fee for our group was 500.00 for the round with cart. Great layout and from the fairways you can score from Blues and Whites. Your problems start when you are on the greens as they are in poor condition. Three putts from any distance is possible lo handicap or not. Initially we thought maybe it was isolated to a couple holes, but afterwards we were wrong, all are bad. One of my guest had played this course in the past and he was flabbergasted and sad to see what is now happening. Not sure if they offer memberships, but I can’t imagine any member would be on board with a greens issue. We play all SJ courses in both Atlantic and Cape May county and Blue Heron with this great layout should be ashamed to charge a fee that normally is appropriate for conditions. I can see this course continue to drop in the ratings if conditions of the greens continue. I for one hope they can recover the former reputation of being a SJ golf destination.

You absolutely can’t charge more than $40/$50 if you can’t even maintain greens to the bare minimum standard. What a joke. Staff was friendly. Food at the turn and after the round was great. The golf itself sucked.

Course layout was great but there was no cart girl or ranger after the 2nd hole. The foursome in front of us cause us to have to wait! Took 2:20 to play 9 holes! They FINALLT let us play through after hole 10!!!! Green are not that good, bumpy!

Greens were really beat up. Made putting almost impossible. Otherwise great layout friendly staff reasonably priced. Hopefully they get the greens in shape.

Course is in rough shape. Fairways are burnt and the greens are slow/bumpy. The driving range is always mats only yet they have so much grass to hit off of. I haven’t played here in a few years but the maintenance seems to have declined seeing the conditions as bad as they are. Not worth the money I paid.

My man Garry is the best, I’ve never had such a positive cool guy and he genuinely is the best. Always has a positive attitude and makes sure you feel at home whenever you come here.

Course well worth it. Greens nice but a little slow for such a nice track, in my opinion.

Course was challenging and in good condition starters and staff in clubhouse were all great. Was running 15 minutes late on start times by 8:33 but played in 41/2 hrs. A little slow at times. Love the course and will definitely be back

Fun design and solid holes made for a fun day. Definitely will be playing it again

Everything was great just so many ball marks left on the greens which isn’t the courses fault also took us over 4 hours to finish cause pace of play was pretty slow otherwise thought it was great again will def be back