Ocean County Golf Course at Forge Pond

We played here earlier in the week and had a great experience. The ranger tried out one of my clubs and made the experience seem very casual. We decided to go back for this reason. We hit a little traffic and ended up being 5 minutes late for our tee time. They were livid about that acting like they had way too many people going out for us to squeeze in after we already paid. They then let us go out. We were behind some beginner players walking the course. We were constantly right on top of them on the front 9 and it cost us a lot of sunlight. It was about 7 pm and the ranger said carts have to be in at 7:45 we said “sure thing, no problem” and continued. Without the kids in front of us from the front 9 we were able to get through 5 more holes in 35 minutes. On the 16th hole at 7:40 My buddy hit the best drive of the day right outside the hole, mine landed in the sand right outside the green. The ranger then came up to us and said “yea i know you technically have 20 minutes or more of daylight (we had an hour of daylight still) you guys are done so pick up your balls and follow me back in” i said okay no problem can we just finish this hole since we’re like on the green? And he said “no pick up your ball then snarkily said nice try but pick it up lets go” i said alright thats fine you said 7:45 and its 7:40 but thats fine we’ll come back. So obviously we’re a little frustrated that they didnt let us finish and we’re driving back and theres 4 people playing on the 18 and the ranger let them play so i just asked hey how come you let them finish and not us? And he said well they were on 18 you were on 16. So i said well i was finished after this hole regardless so i dont see why it would matter that youll let 4 people play 18 but wont let us 2 play 16. And we were respectful about it and his response was “well how do i put this nicely TOO BAD GO HOME” so i said sure no problem ill never play there again just because of that ranger. Never met someone so rude in my life. Horrible experience. Would not recommend and i plan on telling everyone i know to stay away from that course due to how rude they were.

Was extremely over crowded, came as a single was sent out myself with threesome behind me, ended up with the group anyway after three holes. The group behind us was with the threesome and began hitting over our heads and almost being hit three times. Pace of play was extremely slow and left after 9 holes. Very disappointing experience.

The course is in great condition, fairways are maintained, tee box in decent shape, normal wear, grounds crew doing a terrific job.

A couple of doglegs, water hazard.

Great for walking as well.

Course was in great condition and very friendly staff

Short course. Good for older golfers and helps to improve short game.