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4.3
798 Reviews (798)
5 Stars
346
4 Stars
312
3 Stars
85
2 Stars
35
1 Stars
20
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.7
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
93.5%
Recommend this course
725 out of 798 reviews
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4.5
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
6 out of 6 reviews
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4.5
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.8
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.9
97.9%
Recommend this course
46 out of 47 reviews
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Course Highlights
Forge Pond GC delivers exceptional value with a beautifully maintained executive layout featuring tight fairways, water hazards, and tricky greens. Exceptionally friendly staff and consistently strong conditions make this a top choice for public golf.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Style Executive
Par 60
Length 3916 yards
Slope 98
Rating 59.4
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Forge Pond Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1989
Golf Season Year round
Architect Hal Purdy

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

4.3
798 Reviews (798)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 27
Bunkers 14
Thick Rough 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 23
Walkers 18
Beginners 17
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 12
Worth the Drive 9

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Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The Forge

Challenging, tight but fun. You can sharpen your iron skills here.

Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Best short course

Wonderful short course and narrow which makes it a challenge. Easy to walk. Cup placement can be tricky on small greens. Love it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Went with my friend, both of us are 30 handicapped players. Even though it's a par 60 it's very challenging. Had a good time, excellent value, will be coming back. Not too much driver work but great practice for irons wedging and putts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Need to keep golfers moving

I really like golfing here but we were stuck behind a foursome who was spending 15-20 minutes on each hole. No ranger in sight. Very frustrating. We ended up skipping 2 holes to get past them. Then ran into another foursome who just wouldn't let the ball in the woods go. Paid for 18 homes but ended up only playing 9. Very disappointing day!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

TIGHT CHALLENGING COURSE

SHORT COURSE, BUT MAKES YOU HIT PLENTY OF IRON SHOTS. RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Golf Now always

Enjoyed using Golf Now and I passed the Tip too the Two other players,who are also going to try using Golf Now.Great Time for the Buck.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

MeBeFIRE

A little soggy in spots, but overall OK. Greens were a bit bumpy but that was mostly because of inconsiderate previous golfers not fixing ball marks..

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

Considering it is par 60 you can play many shots

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Joaham

Great for a day outing - the course is well maintained and the staff are very helpful. It would be nice to have a good concession.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

worth the hot deal price

could use a hotdog/food stand on the turn.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

awesome

sweet course great value can always get a tee time friendly staff

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tight tight

This course is very tight. There was little to no spacing off the 1st tee, therefore groups backed up quickly. The long distance between several holes caused delays with walkers.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

No par 5's

All 3's and 4's was interesting!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Tough but fair

Nice little par 3 with some long holes. Challenging but fair. If you don't hit them straight bring extra balls.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Home your short game

Leave your driver and fairway metals in the car. This course is under 4000 yards from the back tees; par is 60. Fairways are tight. Greens are slow and rarely flat making two-putts a challenge. Power carts available but not necessary for most.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Very slow greens

I found this course to be a great way to fine tune your short game and work on accuracy as the fairways are tight. The one drawback is that the greens are VERY slow. They are long and not rolled at all. So when you do get on the greens, there is no way to accurately gauge how you are putting since you have to hit each putt much harder and this takes away any kind of feel for the greens. If there is a break you may actually putt through it since you have to hit the ball so hard. With that said, I will go back to simply work on my iron play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Not bad for the price.

The major challenge in this course is the narrowness of the fairways which were bordered on both sides by trees and heavy vegetation. Get too far into the rough and give up on finding your ball. Course was in very good condition but greens were sa little slow.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

A nice challenging tract

I was looking for a faster than usual round on Mother's Day so I tried Forge Pond. After a week of rain the course was very green but also very wet in spots. For an executive course I found it to be a challenge. Very tight and some par threes are 200+ yards and treelined. The greens were smallish and undulating so it was a challenge on every shot. Enjoyable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What I expected

The starter was a jerk. After we paid I went outside with my receipt. He told us to get in line behind people that hadn't paid yet, with no one on the first tee. The group was nice and let us go.

Saw him again at the turn as we walked by the clubhouse and I said hello and waved as we passed him. He starred at is blankly without saying anything.

I really don't know why he was so unhappy. Perhaps he forgot to we are customers and he takes his job with a clipboard a little to serious.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

A nice Challenge

The course is in great shape. It is a very challenging executive course where you have to be accurate with your shots. The greens rolled true with most greens having undulations. I arrived about an hour before my tee time and they allowed me to go right out. This is a great course to work on your short game and mental game for where to place your shots and what type of shot to hit. I will definitely play it again. The only negative was twigs on the greens from the strong winds the night before, but not a major concern, easy to remove. The staff was very friendly, the starter explained where the first tee was and the tenth tee along with other features of the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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