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Berkshire Valley Golf Course

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4.2
732 Reviews (732)
5 Stars
414
4 Stars
236
3 Stars
49
2 Stars
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1 Stars
16
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
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671 out of 732 reviews
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6 Reviews (6)
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Conditions
4.8
Value
4.7
Layout
5.0
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.4
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4.8
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4.1
59 Reviews (59)
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Conditions
4.1
Value
3.9
Layout
4.7
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
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4.3
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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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Tees
Tee Par Length Rating Slope
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
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Scorecard for Berkshire Valley Golf Course
Metrics:
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black M: 72.9/137 402 258 521 387 362 207 554 437 382 3510 418 353 190 432 312 555 218 386 436 3300 6810
Blue M: 70.4/130 W: 77.0/145 378 240 509 365 328 187 535 383 373 3298 382 335 162 408 275 528 183 373 410 3056 6354
White M: 68.4/125 W: 74.2/139 363 210 487 354 308 157 495 365 367 3106 367 286 142 417 230 513 151 316 367 2789 5895
Gold M: 67.1/120 W: 68.8/124 313 163 426 313 292 128 447 323 320 2725 307 243 120 408 220 425 142 294 350 2509 5234
Red W: 66.9/119 284 126 395 273 275 92 418 305 270 2438 297 213 83 317 203 390 131 262 313 2209 4647
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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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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Reviews

4.2
732 Reviews (732)

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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golfpain
Played On
Reviews 206
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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u314160170557
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Shame on the locals.......

This has got to be one of the prettiest courses in NJ. The first 3 holes run along the ridgeline giving incredible views and the fall colors were starting to show.

The sad part of the story is the way the golfers treat the course. I've never seen a course with so many unrepaired divots and ball marks on the greens. I never saw a single person fix either while playing. You may say it's the greens keepers job but from the looks of some of the holes you'd need a keeper behind every foursome.

At the end of the round I said something to the pro shop manager who simply shook his head in disappointment.

So sad to see such a beautiful course be treated soooooo badly.

I will go back again but I'll take a couple of extra sand bottles to try to fill some extra marks.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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jschu4
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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miran32
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
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 Excellent
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ktroyanos
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
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bergenfieldbaseball
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
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bergenfieldbaseball
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
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u291316510
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
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Claudiusson
Played On
Reviews 28
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
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mattsned
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
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st0518
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
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Johnorem
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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smendozajr
Played On
Reviews 21
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
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golfer5050
Played On
Reviews 115
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

another reason i love my home course

BV is one of the best layouts in the metro area. I very rarely play it on the weekends because of $$$ and sometimes slow pace of play. Yesterday 3 groups ahead made us play in 5 1/2 hours. BV handed out free 9 hole vouchers for our trouble. Well done BV!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/18/2023

I agree this is one of the better public in the state.

Roger would be very disappointed in the way it is run.

2:40 to play 9 holes on a Wednesday. Called the clubhouse, they said they would send a ranger out. Never saw the ranger, skipped a few holes and the course was wide open.

When i got back in the starter informed me the ranger did not work during the week.

Not a water cooler on the course. When someone collapses from dehydration and they are sued, maybe they'll rethink. There are water coolers on Sunset & Flanders, same management company.

BTW - course was pretty beat up. In fairness they did have a bit of rain.

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u409960367
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Course

Challenging course with picturesque views ...had a great time. We will be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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u7981145
Played On
Reviews 243
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u314162993212
Played On
Reviews 6
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
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hees1044535
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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IsaacXR225
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Raymateo
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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