Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club

What a shame! Very unpleasant and stupbborn staff including thé “so called “général manager”. My husband who could not play because of a golf elbow has not been allowed to walk on the golf course with me although not only we offered to pay for an additional fee but we also offered to sign a disclaimer (liability discharge)). Two weeks ago, we did not have that issue and we spent a great time , the reason why we came back to this golf course- for the last time….Never seen such unfriendly golf staff. They made our day a very bad day……but may be, this is what this team wanted to achieve.

Played after a few days of rain. Cart path only. Very wet. If you hit the green with your approach shot it would sink about halfway into the ground. That being said, the greens were in nice shape, but just a little slower than I am accustomed to. Fairways we're green and in good shape, a few intermittent brown spots from the summer drought. The rough was thick and lush, amazing what water can do for a golf course. The tee boxes can use a little more work, but they are trying to get them back, just need time. Good course layout, with challenging up hill and down hill holes. Overall a nice course to play, worth the trip. Played as a walking single in three hours. Foursome in front of me let me play through which was nice ...as all golfers should. Ranger and starter we present on the course. Good price on tee-off app.

The course is has come such a long way since the county took over. Every time I play here the condition improves, and I see maitenance/groundskeeping actively working to achieve just that. I also don’t think you could have a friendlier more welcoming staff, from the front desk, to the starters/rangers, absolute class. This has become one of my favorite places to play in this area, and I am excited to see it further progress.

I've been to Hopewell Valley three times in the last month and enjoyed it every time. The course was closed for two years while it transitioned from private to public and it is on my list of go-to County Owned courses in NJ. The Tee boxes could use some serious work, but their condition is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect gameplay. The fairways are in nice shape and the rough is solid and well maintained, especally for how dry it has been this summer. The greens are about what you can expect from a public course with this extreeme heat and dry conditions. So there are a few bumps, but they're overall playable and read pretty true. It's a pretty open course so you can recover from a missed tee shot and the bunkers are pretty soft so you can get a true shot out.

I highly reccomend for the average golfer.

I am not sure why this happened hbut played the front nine at a nice pace. The back nine was backed up and so slow I had to quit out of boredom

We played from the white tees but had to tee off from the red tee on 16 because the wasps were all over the tee box. We watched them go in and out of the ground. I have no idea what type of wasps they were or even if they are wasps. Some of the tee boxes were not in great shape. The greens were VERY slow. The course has a lot of potential and we will be back but I’m not sure if it will be this year since both Mercer Oaks and Mountain View are in better shape.

Playing partner at Mercer Oaks said Hopewell was in decent shape - it is not (yet). Greens are in ok shape, just slow and inconsistent pace. Very odd that there is no fringe around the greens. Fairways have many thick patches and bald spots. The rough is really thick in some places, almost too long for the type of grass (very punishing). Worst tee boxes I’ve ever seen (bumpy, holes, missing grass). Could not hit off of 3 boxes due to swarming hornets (literally teed up my driver in the rough). And on 2 or 3 other holes, they had the red and gold tees set-up in the rough (not on a box). Layout is nice and walkable. Also, the range is not open yet. In maybe 2 years I would try it again once the County has some time. The course has promise.

Old Country Club course purchased by Mercer County. Definitely worth checking out.

Nice course, interesting layout. Read comments about long rough but it wasn’t as bad as expected. I was able to find balls no problem but it still makes for a shot you have to think about. Can’t wait to play it again.

This is a gem with a beautiful but sometimes challenging layout - was in great shape as well

Hopewell Valley is a former private country club with a very nice classic style track that has the potential to be a real gem for public players now that Mercer county golf has taken over. The club has swimming, golf,tennis, pickleball, ect. Nice old style farmhouse clubhouse and dining. The county has started to bring this course back up to standards but annoyingly don't have the staff and the rough is us open deep, you actually cannot find your ball 3 feet off the fairway. Greens were slow and bumpy as where fairways but they did have plenty of grass. As for pace of play, it was Saturday and they packed them on, 10 minute waits on tee box almost every hole. A little better course conditions and weekday play volume and this course moves up 1 or 2 stars. Here's hoping the county gets it right.

Tee’d off after work and was told to have the cart in by 8:00. This was understood to have it in before 8, however the ranger and other workers all drove out in the middle of us playing at 7:20, 7:30, and 7:40 and interrupted the entire last hour. Other than that the course was a work in progress and great value, however if you plan to play until sunset would highly recommend walking and not using a cart at all.

Greens were slow and bumpy and rough was a little high.

There was no second cut along the fairways or around the greens.

Pretty course - with possibilities.

Tee boxes need work - difference between blue and gold (senior) were often way to close together.

Could be a gem if the greens were even average.

So far, they aren’t.

Interesting layout. Conditions mediocre currently, but they are putting money into the course. Hopefully Mercer County will bring conditions up to their other courses.