Eagle Ridge Golf Club - Links Course

Layout is clumsy. The greens were aerated, it was cart path only, but didn’t seem wet. gps system didn’t work great and it was hard to find a sprinkler head with yardage, gps on cart is also in an awkward position mounted to the dash right behind the drink holder, several yardages incorrect on the gps system, several holes not coming up correctly, geofencing notices on par 3s that would not move off, causing you to use the card yardages, carts in spots would also shut down and make you back up (“you are in a restricted area” even though your on the cart path), bunkers were low on sand and very rocky, temp scorecards in place, cart path signs are hand written with temp paths in place, (all of which should be expected given the fact that this course is going through a layout change and working through renovation kinks….but what isn’t is the price tag $138 + tax. In my opinion there are better options in the area in the $80-$100 range that are in great shape. I’m going to wait until everything is ironed out before I consider returning, but am very skeptical that it will get to a point where the price matches the experience. On a positive note fairways were nice, length of holes felt good, and overall it is a very scenic spot and you don’t feel like you are carved out a housing development so I do feel there is a lot of potential to be a nice course in the area, but time will tell if the investments are made in the right areas.

Good luck - I’m hoping it gets a lot better out there

New layout blends the pine and links courses. It's not 9 links and then 9 pine holes or vice versa, it's a blend of the two courses every 2 or 3 holes which is a little odd but offers a unique experience. Giant sandwall where the ridge course used to be offers a crazy backdrop to hit towards on several holes. Overall course was in great condition and will be back.

The staff was great -and the course was in good shape. As for mother nature, dress warm.

The course was in great shape. We played the day after the non Nor’easter and finished in under 4 hours even with cart path only.

Fantastic course even though they lost 9 holes. I do only play when I can get in for under $80. Always great shape and challenging.

No longer a 27 hole course, only 18 as they paved the land to make room for more housing. Course was very wet, which was strange as it had not rained that much the night before. May be drainage issues with the new construction...

I used to love evil Ridge, and it’s such a shame. The course felt like it was a course that was discovered in the middle of the wood somewhere. The tea boxes are completely trashed. The fairways had huge tickets all over as if it was being aerated by enjoying airing machine. The greens had divots on them absolutely waste of money.

Many blind shots. Unnecessary cart path only holes. Tee boxes were at times slanted. They should reduce the price.

It's an interesting and challenging course and was in decent condition but I got an overall feel that the place is in decline . There were no ball washers or water anywhere on the course. The flags on the greens were old and shredding in some cases. And a weird thing happened. Two young women, clearly not playing were walking through the course. This is never allowed. There are so many good courses in Monmouth county. I won't be coming back here.

Front 9 was ok. Pace was fair. Back nine was almost all cart path only slowing pace. Then I had to walk thru running sprinklers to play my ball. Workers apparently weren't paying attention

The course may be having some adjustment pains after closing one of the 9's. Pace of play was extremely slow on a weekday afternoon. Took a little over 5 hours. We were behind an outing where groups were playing a scramble which I thought would be quicker but alas was not. Then midway on back nine a group of 5 people jump in front of us on a par 3 while we are on the tee waiting. They were apparently in a league and they maybe started on the wrong hole but it was a bit baffling? The course was a good layout. Challenging for sure. Lots of people though seem to not care about fixing divots and ball marks. The staff was very friendly. When we finished we were talking to a someone there who said that over 5 hours was the norm after they shut down the ridge 9. They apparently are spacing tee times at 9 minutes apart which is probably not helping. Oh, also on one hole there were a couple kids fishing in a pond that we had to hit over on our second shot. Probably from the nearby houses. It was disconcerting. They should have a ranger helping with pace of play and such things.

I’ve been coming here for years. I don’t like the “links” nine. Never have. Was really hoping to play the original 18 but they informed us on arrival that the front nine is gone to builders. If you know Lakewood, you know the drill. Very sad to see that go. Now you are stuck with teeing off at 10 and the dump 9 on the back. Construction around the main area and the range is a mess. Course is in decent shape but the slowness of play is brutal. Pro shop staff very nice. Overpriced course in my opinion.

Beautiful course in excellent shape. Greens were a tad slow and spongy but it was in the mid 90’s and they were probably just trying to keep the greens alive. Had to dodge the sprinklers a few times! Was at the Jersey Shore and looked for the best course on Golf Now in the area. This is one you don’t want to miss.