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4.5
588 Reviews (588)
5 Stars
337
4 Stars
196
3 Stars
38
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
93.6%
Recommend this course
549 out of 588 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.4
51 Reviews (51)
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
92.2%
Recommend this course
47 out of 51 reviews
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4.4
59 Reviews (59)
5 Stars
34
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
93.2%
Recommend this course
55 out of 59 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 71
Length 6810 yards
Slope 134
Rating 73.2

Berkshire Valley has a scenic location in the Highlands region of northern New Jersey. It is known as one of best public golf courses in the area. The course is perched atop the ridge of Green Pond Mountain, providing a dramatic topography for a challenging round of golf. The front of the golf course was carefully carved from a hillside, featuring narrow fairways that place a premium on accuracy. The first five holes are particularly scenic as well as formidable. There are some open holes that play along the cliffs, subjecting them to the prevailing winds, one of these is the intimidating par-5 third. The Berkshire Valley golf course finishes with its signature hole. This hole can be deceiving since it has a generous fairway, but the second shot is uphill to a tough green.

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Course Details

Year Built 2004
Golf Season Year round
Architect Roger Rulewich (2004)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Locker Rooms

Accolades

Reviews

4.5
588 Reviews (588)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
19th Hole Scenic Views 10
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 37
Elevation Changes 35
Bunkers 27
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 37
Advanced Golfers 26
Locals 23
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 34
In the 'Burbs 15

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Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fantastic shape.

Course was in fantastic shape. Greens were some of the fastest I've played. Always blown away that this is a public course. Always a treat.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

One of the best

Beautiful golf course Great layout consistent greens. Challenging but fair starter very accommodating Excellent round of golf

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Used cart

Not maintained

Course has great potential but people don't fix divots or ball marks so the tee boxes and fairways are a mess.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Do not go early on the morning if you want to play regular green

I like the course and I think is one of the best in the area. First 5/6 holes are spectacular, but in general the lay out is very nice.
Also price is fair for such a course.
What I did find not acceptable is that I played at 6:30 and greens were not wiped out so basically I finished my round at 10:20 with greens still wet and slow. So my suggestion if you want to play the course and enjoy proper greens is to get an afternoon tee time

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging layout

Overall nice course. Amazing views, fun layout. Pace can be slow at times. Tee boxes are my only complaint. Currently in horrendous condition

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love this course

Beautiful and challenging course! Well maintained. Will definitely come back again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Scenic

Berkshire is a scenic and challenging public course. However, most tee boxes were in bad shape. Additionally, golfers are not replacing divots on the course and repairing divots on the greens. Poor etiquette.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 233
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

beautiful

Extremely picturesque coarse built in a valley between 2 ridges. I would dare to say one of the prettiest views of any course in New Jersey. Greens were well protected and could be a challenging. Fairways were fairly flat and were in very good (more like private club) shape. You do have to hit the fairway to have a flat lie. Alot of side hill lies if you didn't hit it straight. We were 2 , 60-year-olds and found some of the hikes (up and down) challenging on the side of the fairways and even to some greens.

A great value especially if you're a county member (which we were not) . I would go back.
ps people should fix their ball marks.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Shortcuts Taken in Maintenance

This is a nice layout but from time to time conditions deteriorate and/or shortcuts are taken. Now is one of those times. 2 of the par 3’s are water carries and the weeds have been allowed to grow so high that the greens are no longer visible from the tee! Blind shot par 3’s over water!. The cheapo course solution has been to install tall flags instead of cut the weeds. This is a joke and ruins 2 perfectly fine holes. And the tee boxes are badly beat up on most holes too.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Busy

Golfer spacing could be better. A long period of time went by after i arrived with nobody sent out, then several groups were sent out close together. If nobody goes out on a time slot let someone who's early get out to improve golfer spacing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Berkshire Valley was in terrific condition when I there on 7/723. As good or better than private courses that I've played.

The course is a fair and fun test for mid to high handicappers, especially from the Gold Tees, with a few straightforward holes and a few challenging ones. So there's a fair mix of the easy and difficult.

The staff was friendly and accommodating, including the starter. (Our cart lost power on the 18th tee. I called the pro shop and two of the staff came out immediately
with a replacement for us.)

A little pricey for non county residents, but well worth it.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Rain out

I never really got to play. The whole course only played six holes because of a torrential downpour, could not play the course because it was flooded beyond playing conditions. I was wondering if there’s a rain check involved seeing that I only played six holes will you respond to this hopefully yes overall the course seems to be a nice course. I hope to play fully in the future.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

DISAPPOINTING!!

Course used to be a gem - one of the top public courses that you could play in NJ. NO LONGER!!
Course conditions have drastically deteriorated. Beat up tee boxes. Fairways in poor condition. Many ball washers without water. Driving range mats frayed with beat up old balls.
VERY OVERPRICED at $81 weekday for a non-county resident - absolutely NOT worth the price.
Will NOT be returning anything soon.
VERY DISAPPOINTING!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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