Crystal Springs Golf Club

Great layout but greens heavily sanded last week

Cart part only as was surprisingly wet

Talk the green fee going to 180 this summer

Great layout - Hard par 5s and 3's

Will be expensive for me to drive from NY - 30 dollars in gas

5.5 hour round on the weekend. the place has no staff, no rangers, no balls at the driving range because they have no help. it s a free for all on the course. the course is challenging, but you get newbies or hacks out there and it takes forever. everyone has a right to play, but without any rangers to keep the slow people on pace its is a nightmare.

it will be a long time before i go back, not a great way to maintain customers. pace is everything, i would rather play a round in a reasonable time on a mediocre course than play a long round on a premium course. for that premium the pace has to be right or why bother.

I’ve always heard about this course, and I have to tell you, I was pleasantly surprised. Conditions were great, in spite of all the rain they’d gotten. All the greens are flawless and rolling perfectly. I am a single handicapper but a few holes did jump out and bite me in the butt. The best advise I received (from the starter), and would like to share with you is keep the driver in the bag unless you absolutely have to use it. 200 yard off the tee will save you a lot of strokes. That par 3 off the cliff is an absolute gem. What a beautiful view.

The post round meal and service was delicious. Staff was very friendly as well. My only disappointment from my whole experience at crystal springs was that the driving range was closed.

I don't mind a hard golf course ; but this one is just a stupid layout. The dude that cut the pins today was a sadist!

if you are an average to below average golfer like me you should skip this course. I would recommend spending a bit more and playing Wild Turkey right next door. This course with its impossible pin placement, moguls and bunkers, water hazards and impossible thick rough make this a very hard course. I spent way to much time searching thick rough for my ball and you almost never have a flat lie even on the fairway. You are always shooting on an angle or blind or over a bunker. Pin placements are evil too some impossible to hit even for the best golfers. Overall the pace of play was a bit slow too. The course is not too long but I wont be playing again the cost is good but there are many other options that are more fun in my opinion. Try Wild Turkey, Black Bear, Great Gorge or Farmstead if you want to play in Sussex county.

The value at $43 via a GolfNow Hot Deal was pretty good. , but the staff yelled at my foursome from on top of the hill to get off of the course. The started did not mention it and we did not appreciate the aggressiveness of the staff in yelling at us. With that said, this is a typical course that runs through many backyards and avoiding houses will be a challenge for the errant golfer. The moguls on both sides are more like large hills that turned into a game of where's waldo? when looking for balls. Decent course, very fun par 3 on back 9, but cart path-only made this an endurance test and greatly reduced the experience. Will not be back.

Overall, this was a fun day. Crystal Springs requires your game to be sharp as it is tight and played long in the cold, fall air. Have to be on right tier in greens too.

You have to hit your spots on this relatively tight and tricky layout. Lots of out of bounds and skinny fairways make this a shot makers golf course. A good test of your abilities.