Neshanic Valley Golf Course - Lake/Ridge Course

First timer. Rain on n off and after a hurricane with local roads covered with dried mud, yet the course had no soggy spots. You have a Chinese menu here picking 2 of 3 "Meadow, Ridge, Lake" 9 holes. Started on "Ridge" with another two some that knew the course too well. Well ridge is the hardest of the three with several holes with partial blinded tee offs and stretches of tall grass to hit over. Putting greens also challenging with various levels and deceptive slopes. "How did it turn.." was often heard. Meadow was a ton easier and faster to get through. One employee told me ridge was least favorite for many. Course gets alot of play and divots abound. I agree the best Somerset County course. Though I still prefer the Academy course. Just like seeing the entire hole, more open and like the speed of play there better. A better player should go Ridge, Lake and test their abilities.

If you haven't played Neshanic Valley, make it a point to get there, but make sure you bring your A-Game This is a top notch facility. 3 really fantastic, and somewhat challenging nines. Great grass range, and awesome practice area. Also, you're likely to play fast since they rotate the tees. Hard to believe this is a county course. I wish county courses were this good in Westchester, but they aren't even close.

The tees, fairways, greens, sand, and rough are all in perfect condition. No bare spots in the rough. It's thick and hard to get out of for the most part. Fairways are cut tight and are one of the best surfaces around to hit a golf ball off of. No bare spots or rough patches. Greens were a little slower than usual this past time I was there because of all the rain we got recently. But they still rolled really nicely. Bunkers are soft.

I don't have any complaints about Neshanic, Just 1 suggestion possibly. Please rotate the tee schedule. Here's why... Personally, I wake up at 4:30 a.m. and travel almost 2 hours to get there. So when I come down from NY to play, I wake up at the butt crack of dawn to tee off around 7:00 a.m. I usually book a second tee time for around noon. If I'm traveling that far to play 36, it would be nice to know that I'm not playing the same rotation each time. Don't get me wrong, Meadow/Lake is an amazing 18. As is Ridge/Lake. But just one time, I'd like the option of playing Ridge/Meadow without having to sit around until almost 2:00 p.m. to play that 18. Since I travel so far, I want to get on the road as early as possible to beat the traffic back to NY. So mixing up the schedule would be ideal for someone like me. I was playing with a local this past time who actually said the same thing. Since he is only able to play after 12:00 p.m., he said he gets stuck playing the same two nines every time as well. Just a suggestion.

If you love golf, play this place. You won't be disappointed..

Course conditions were excellent. There is actual sand in the bunkers. Will definitely be back. Highly recommend this course

The course was in good shape making the round much more enjoyable. The heat and constantly waiting on the foursome ahead of us took away some of the pleasure of playing the course.

Spectular piece of property with fantastic views. Challenging course layout, you will need to play every club in your bag. Five stars!

Fist time playing this course . Playing the ridge and lake 9 . Greens were a great shape so were the fairways. Can’t wait to play it again

Great course. 1st time playing it. Definitely lived up to the hype I always heard. Definitely will play again as soon as I can get a tee time.

Course is always in good shape..$87 is a bit pricey but everywhere has become expensive so tough to single out Neshanik. Great setting, solid course,. Did get stuck paired with a jack$$$, but otherwise it was ok

The course definitely lived up to all the hype I've heard about it. Beautiful layout. Best fairways I've ever seen n played on.

I appreciate the complimentary water to start the round.

96 plus degrees today.

I made the turn and I was out for water and any other drinks that I had.

I asked the starter if I could grab an extra water. He asked me if I had gotten one before the round. I said yes. He then said No that I could purchase them.

We’ll I had no money on me so I asked again and told him I had no money on me.

With a nasty look on his face and I very nasty attitude the answer was no again!

This starter is an older gentleman and I find him to be very rude every time I go there.

He sits in he’s cart with an angry look in his face.

Never smiles and is never helpful.

If you hate your job so much quit.

We are trying to have a nice time golfing and a Starter like that makes me never want to go there again.

Sad because I really like Neshanic Valley

I don’t think I’ll go back anytime soon and he is the only reason why!!!

Course was in its usual great condition. Always a good time here but it is always a challenging track. Can’t wait til the next round here.

Excellent course. Great condition for August! Everyone who worked there were excellent!