Black Bear Golf Club

course was good condition except for a number of sand bunkers that were filled with dirt and stones. some sand bunkers, however, were filled with new sand. carts were slow and in terrible condition. range balls were tired and bruised. for a "resort" course, more capital investment is needed to live up to its reputation.

Hilly in spots so definitely recommend a golf cart!

I’ve allows enjoyed BB. First started playing there 12 yrs ago. Like the course challenges & layout. This offered a few more. The greens were very rough having been aerated recently. To be expected at this time of the year. The sand traps are very rough & not playable. Hopefully they will get the attention needed to bring this course to the next level of quality golf for the money & enjoyment.

All said, it’s allow pleasant going back to where I started to map out my improvement.

All I can say is in years past we could never play an amazing course like Black Bear 🐻. Now December in NJ can be in the 50s. Seriously one of the best courses you will ever play, classy all the way..

The course is friendly and challenging for a good blend

The staff is friendly and accommodating.

great course w good maintenance... but the sand traps are not good.. other than that excellent

Great course... great layout.. manicured fairways and greens... sand traps are like concrete, so avoid the sand... pace of play was great in our three some playing a 2pm start... finished 18 in 4 hrs exactly...got on a hot deal so price was under $50 w cart...

The course has not taken care of the bunkers in years, the golf carts have to be 10 years old and barely work, and I don’t believe they have Rangers to keep the slow golfers moving along

It has it's challenging holes with some moderate holes too. I think they should allow more time for their scheduled outings to end before reserving regular golfers. There was quite a large backup for the regular golfers to start their rounds.

Ton of other courses in the area for better value. I can’t get nuts about the aeration of the greens considering it’s the beginning of September but the traps weren’t maintained, the tee boxes needed a bit more love than the sand dump that they were. I don’t mind the slow play on a weekend, especially the holiday weekend but round took 5 hours. Waiting on every shot - with 3 rangers out. Not great management. Only saving grace was it was a beautiful day to be outside and the beverage carts were appropriately attentive.

A beautiful course I have played before . However the management team decided to aerated the course all greens and T boxes on the last week of the summer season in August . The sand traps mostly ran from underwater to hard pack to just plain gravel . I will not return .