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Farmstead Golf & Country Club - Valleyview/Lakeview Course
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The Valleyview nine is the most difficult course at the 27-hole Farmstead Golf & Country Club, which is located in northwest New Jersey approximately one hour from New York City. Small greens, tree-lined fairways, hilly terrain and out of bounds on seven of nine holes are among the reasons the Valleyview nine is a test. The Byron Phoebus design opened in 1979.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| championship | 69 | 6161 yards | 69.9 | 122 |
| middle | 69 | 5494 yards | 66.3 | 117 |
| middle (W) | 69 | 5494 yards | 71.2 | 119 |
| forward (W) | 69 | 4701 yards | 66.9 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 69.8/124 | 404 | 223 | 142 | 580 | 126 | 302 | 430 | 189 | 455 | 2851 | 357 | 433 | 219 | 550 | 561 | 238 | 384 | 367 | 201 | 3310 | 6161 |
| White M: 66.8/118 | 383 | 182 | 132 | 520 | 120 | 298 | 410 | 172 | 433 | 2650 | 285 | 400 | 182 | 508 | 503 | 219 | 369 | 304 | 124 | 2894 | 5544 |
| Gold M: 63.1/109 W: 72.2/127 | 318 | 162 | 125 | 520 | 97 | 270 | 400 | 172 | 288 | 2352 | 236 | 310 | 136 | 392 | 454 | 176 | 316 | 289 | 103 | 2412 | 4764 |
| Red W: 67.1/114 | 308 | 152 | 115 | 510 | 87 | 260 | 390 | 162 | 278 | 2262 | 226 | 300 | 126 | 382 | 444 | 166 | 306 | 234 | 93 | 2277 | 4539 |
| Handicap | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 18 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 69 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
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Photo submitted by SoberDan97 on 04/05/2025
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Photo submitted by SoberDan97 on 06/01/2024
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Hole 7 Photo submitted by PClaesson on 11/06/2023
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Hole 8 Photo submitted by PClaesson on 11/06/2023
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Photo submitted by Kmccarrick7 on 10/02/2023
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Lake Course Photo submitted by mchiger on 08/28/2023
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Photo submitted by u314164046777 on 07/27/2023
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Photo submitted by PClaesson on 11/17/2022
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Photo submitted by PClaesson on 11/17/2022
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Photo submitted by dkeane515 on 08/08/2022
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Start of the back 9 Photo submitted by wps32axe on 04/18/2022
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Photo submitted by Alexander3838285 on 09/23/2020
COVID-19 Unfriendly
A co-worker and I took a Tuesday off from working from home (COVID-19) and booked a round at Farmstead - we were the first group out. The golf pro rolled in 10 minutes before teeoff to open the place up, seemingly rushed and already with an attitude like he’s not supposed to even be there.
We check in, politely ask for separate carts as we don’t live together, and the pro immediately gives us a hard time claiming the governor just passed new COVID-19 guidelines the day before, where people needed to pair up in carts. He even lowered his mask below his chin to argue the point. We were not comfortable with this, but he didn't care as He repeated that separate carts were no longer mandated in NJ. He would, however, let us take out separate carts for an additional $25... It obviously had nothing to do with cart availability, and he had no sympathy whatsoever with regard to the pandemic (I hope he’s able to stay healthy and safe in these times, but I wouldn’t want the bad karma) - it was all about $25.
We had no other choice but to pay the fee for the extra cart. great way to start the round! Farmstead is a nice course, as long as you can stay out of the way of the clerks hired to run it.
Great Place!
Farmstead is excellent! Lake/Club is a great layout, and it’s not overally difficult. It’s very very fair. The course was in excellent shape, and the food from the halfway house was great!
Excellent Value
Course was in EXCELLENT shape. Great value. Low cost for late in the afternoon. Pace of play was reasonable...
Farmstead Golf Course
Great place, very friendly staff, excellent course, very well maintained...golfed there a number of times and each time I have never been let down. Would certainly recommend this course!
Consistently a great experience
Ran into a rain storm but did not impact the greens. They stayed true and moderately fast. No trickery here. Good shots are rewarded; bad shots get punished. Pro shop, starter, cast girl (Kat), bartender all wonderful.
Valley/Lake
Course was in great shape, staff was knowledgeable and friendly
Played Lake/Club then Valley
Traveled 70 miles to try it out due to positive ratings. Played 18 on Lake/Club from White tees. Not too long from these tees but enough of challenge for me especially the par 3’s. Greens in great shape. Couple par 4 tee boxes chewed up from choice to hit irons off tee but to be expected. Pace was good. Staff extremely friendly and helpful. Paired with locals who were very nice. Must be a great town. Decided to play Valley afterwards. Tighter course. OB on a lot of holes. Again tee boxes chewed up from using irons on tee shots. Definitely need local knowledge on some holes. Greens in great shape. Played as a single and could hit 2-3 shots on every hole. Seemed like I had the course to myself and this is on a Sunday at 11:00. Will definitely return.
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