Berkshire Valley Golf Course

expensive for county course that plays so slow. played on tuesday and just a little better than weekends. last time i played on weekend and it was really slow - ranger said nothing they could do to move play along "because it was weekend". saw same on a tuesday with slow play created by foursome, big gaps (2+ holes)

Expensive $77 preseason greens not in good shape They had us start on hole #9 No drinking water on the course

Course was in great shape except for the sand traps

Course is in tremendous shape. Greens are rolling very well.

We had frost delayed a hour and half but it was worth waiting for the round. The staffs managed the delayed tee time very well and course was well maintained. Beautiful scenery from front 9 holes. Highly recommend for avid winter golfers!

Berkshire is the best conditioned course in the Morris County system (except for the bunkers). That said, it is overpriced. There is no way a county course should be charging RESIDENTS $72 or $61 (their weekend rates). Those are rates a non-resident should pay.

Pace of play is another HUGE issue here. Our group went off on time, but by the third hole there was a huge backup. The rest of the way around we were waiting on every tee shot and every approach shot without a ranger in site. Really disgraceful management. By the time we finished the seventh hole, two and a half hours had elapsed. That is a poor pace for nine holes and absolutely awful for seven. In the end, our 18-hole round took five hours and 10 minutes and had to play the last two holes in very limited light (18 was basically dark). Thankfully a couple groups in front of us left and that allowed it to speed up a bit coming in. When you book a tee time for 1:30 and the sunset is around 6:15, you don't think you'll have any problem finishing the round because that's a still awful 4:45 pace. Even worse, we called the pro shop in the middle of the round to ask them to get a ranger out and reposition groups. They said a ranger was out there (we never saw any) taking care of the "problem" groups. Even worse, they said to skip ahead to 15 or 16 because it should be open. Given all the issues, we certainly didn't trust that and didn't want to get even more out of position.

Bottom line: Nice fairways and quick greens. Awful pace of play and awful bunkers, they're literally just dirt and stone in many of them. The starter even said take the ball out of the bunkers if you land in one! (LOL)