Berkshire Valley Golf Course

About
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.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 71 | 6810 yards | 73.2 | 134 |
Blue | 71 | 6354 yards | 70.6 | 126 |
White | 71 | 5895 yards | 68.6 | 123 |
White (W) | 71 | 5895 yards | 74.8 | 136 |
Gold (W) | 71 | 5234 yards | 70.7 | 124 |
Gold | 71 | 5234 yards | 66.9 | 117 |
Red (W) | 71 | 4647 yards | 66.9 | 119 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 73.2/134 | 402 | 258 | 521 | 387 | 362 | 207 | 554 | 437 | 382 | 3510 | 418 | 353 | 190 | 432 | 312 | 555 | 218 | 386 | 436 | 3300 | 6810 |
Blue M: 70.6/126 | 378 | 240 | 509 | 365 | 328 | 187 | 535 | 383 | 373 | 3298 | 382 | 335 | 162 | 417 | 275 | 528 | 183 | 373 | 410 | 3065 | 6363 |
White M: 68.6/123 W: 74.2/134 | 363 | 210 | 487 | 354 | 308 | 157 | 495 | 365 | 367 | 3106 | 367 | 286 | 142 | 417 | 230 | 513 | 151 | 316 | 367 | 2789 | 5895 |
Gold M: 66.9/117 W: 70.3/123 | 313 | 163 | 426 | 313 | 292 | 128 | 447 | 323 | 320 | 2725 | 307 | 243 | 120 | 408 | 220 | 425 | 142 | 294 | 350 | 2509 | 5234 |
Red W: 66.9/115 | 284 | 126 | 395 | 273 | 275 | 92 | 418 | 305 | 220 | 2388 | 297 | 213 | 83 | 317 | 203 | 390 | 131 | 262 | 313 | 2209 | 4597 |
Handicap | 9 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 10 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 5 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 12 |
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Photo submitted by u314160483348 on 08/20/2022
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Photo submitted by u314160483348 on 08/03/2022
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Photo submitted by Shooter7879 on 06/22/2022
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Photo submitted by oneifbypez on 05/24/2022
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Photo submitted by oneifbypez on 05/24/2022
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Photo submitted by null on 11/08/2021
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Photo submitted by null on 11/08/2021
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Photo submitted by null on 11/08/2021
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Photo submitted by null on 11/08/2021
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Photo submitted by null on 11/08/2021
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View from 1st hole tee box Photo submitted by u7882129 on 09/29/2021
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Photo submitted by Cberlin73 on 08/03/2021
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Photo submitted by u2644785 on 10/20/2020
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Photo submitted by u2644785 on 10/20/2020
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Photo submitted by u2644785 on 10/20/2020
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Photo submitted by u2644785 on 10/20/2020
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Photo submitted by rich4par on 10/12/2020
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Photo submitted by KevinHopfer on 09/18/2020
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Photo submitted by u000007535051 on 08/25/2020
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17th hole Photo submitted by blamege on 08/15/2020
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13th hole from the 14th tee box Photo submitted by blamege on 08/15/2020
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12th green from tee box area Photo submitted by blamege on 08/15/2020
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8th hole, approach shot Photo submitted by blamege on 08/15/2020
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2nd hole, driving to the green Photo submitted by blamege on 08/15/2020
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1st hole from behind the green Photo submitted by blamege on 08/15/2020
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Photo submitted by Michael4721223 on 08/02/2020
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Photo submitted by Michael4721223 on 08/02/2020
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Photo submitted by acsgolfer21 on 07/04/2020
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Photo submitted by acsgolfer21 on 07/04/2020
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Photo submitted by Chanwoo1966 on 06/17/2019
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Photo submitted by Abeer7953764 on 06/01/2018
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view from the clubhouse Photo submitted by Dkotowicz on 08/30/2016
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Photo submitted by John5420629 on 09/21/2015
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Berkshire Valley 18 Photo submitted by crsimpson on 09/25/2013
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Berkshire Valley 11 Photo submitted by crsimpson on 09/25/2013
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Berkshire Valley 1 Photo submitted by crsimpson on 09/25/2013
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Photo submitted by concatz on 08/06/2013
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Nice view! Photo submitted by Coletrain77 on 04/23/2013
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Wildlife siting! Photo submitted by Coletrain77 on 04/23/2013
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.
One of the best
Beautiful golf course Great layout consistent greens. Challenging but fair starter very accommodating Excellent round of golf
Not maintained
Course has great potential but people don't fix divots or ball marks so the tee boxes and fairways are a mess.
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
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
Love this course
Beautiful and challenging course! Well maintained. Will definitely come back again!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!