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4.3
761 Reviews (761)
5 Stars
432
4 Stars
245
3 Stars
50
2 Stars
18
1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
89.4%
Recommend this course
698 out of 761 reviews
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4.6
33 Reviews (33)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
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1
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
93.9%
Recommend this course
31 out of 33 reviews
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4.6
45 Reviews (45)
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.4
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
95.6%
Recommend this course
43 out of 45 reviews
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Course Highlights
Berkshire Valley's course layout consistently earns top marks, with challenging holes, fast greens, and well-maintained fairways impressing repeat visitors. Friendly staff and solid value make this scenic course a strong choice for golfers of all skill levels.

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
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs 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

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4.3
761 Reviews (761)

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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Reviews 208
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great course terrible pace of play

I really enjoy the course however its pace of play is terrible. Yesterday was a 5 hr round waiting on every tee box and a few holes had 4 groups on it one on the green one on the fairway one on the tee box and one waiting. I called for a ranger on hole 2 par 3 and already 3 groups on it. The ranger never came. It was a Friday however I have played on a Monday and a Tuesday same situation Their tee times are 10 minutes apart but it is always backed up early in the round I play Bowling Green 13 minutes between tee times and I always finish in 3hrs 45 minutes and no more than 4hrs 15 minutes

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

2 rounds here today. Beautiful course

The course is beautiful. In great shape overall. Traps were flooded but the storms this week were terrible so that's expected. Everything else was is perfect condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great shape!

Course played very well. Several challenging holes offset by multiple scoring opportunities.

One pet peeve is pitch marks… there were a lot. Greenskeepers can only fix so many- all golfers need to fix a few when on the greens. Fix yours if you made one, plus two or three more per golfer per hole, and it takes just a minute. That’s over 140 marks repaired per group per round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Layout Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 57
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Fun day on the 4th

Played at 7:20 July 4th. It was a nice round. They had gotten quite a bit of rain and it was cart path only. That made it a bit tougher of a round but good exercise. Some soggy conditions on a couple of holes but not too bad. Green started a bit slow but picked up as they dried. Pace was fine, waited a couple of times and we finished a little over 4 hours. Hot dog and beer at the 12th (order on the 9th) was perfect for $10 and the dog was delicious. Great day.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Great Course

A pleasure to play. Conditions were excellent. Staff helpful. The back opens up some with generous fairways. The front nine is very challenging. Great design. Can’t wait to go back!

Conditions Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 117
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Top 5 public courses n the tri state area

Great course....each tee box sets up a different angle to play. Starters....pro shop...cart girls and management are all first rate. Well done zach and nick!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful scenery, great layout

Super fun course. Challenging but fair. Back nine very scoreable.

Layout lends itself to some back ups on some holes

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 208
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course Terrible pace of play

This course is beautiful great layout however pace of play is horrible There was 2 times I had to call the pro shop because there was 3 groups on the hole and 1 was a par 3. We had to wait on every shot. They probably need to add a minute or 2 between tee times. The staff is excellent and the food tent on the course is very good

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, great condition, Grumpy starter

Always great to drive an hour to get out of the car and be met by a miserable, crotchety old guy who scolds you for putting your golf bag on a golf cart. After getting past Scrooge the rest of the staff were very accommodating and the course was in excellent condition. Love the halfway grill drink set up.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 116
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Fast n slow

Course in great condition, greens are fast especially downhill. Pace of play extremely slow, took almost 5 hours!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play was bad

The course itself is beautiful. Some really nice holes but it isn't easy. The starter is a really grumpy old man. We found him to be grumpy yelling at people but got a good laugh cause he wasn't yelling at us. Everyone else is very polite and accommodating. Monster complaint was the pace of play. We had a 4some that caught 2 groups who t off 30 minutes before us. We caught them on 9 after they let the group ahead of us pass them. They were walking around hitting from anywhere and hitting the ball about 20 yards off the tee and that was on every t box. We skipped the par 3 and went ahead of them and thank God we did. We played a 4 hr 25 min round. There's no doubt they were playing a 5h 15 min round. We didn't see any rangers out there after hole 5. It is what it is and we made the most of it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 84
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Class act!!

As long as you are not looking for a 4 hour round there’s just nothing else that can go wrong here. Course is beautiful and kept incredibly well. I can’t recommend this course more. Special shout out to Mike the starter and All the staff, you guys make that place even better!!! Thank you for your attitude of gratitude it’s so appreciated

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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