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Great Gorge Golf Club - Quarry/Rail Course
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Great Gorge Golf Club is situated on 500 acres of naturally preserved land, nestled in the Vernon Valley between the Wawayanda and Pochuck Mountain Peaks. Designed by George Fazio in 1970 on behalf of Hugh Hefner for his Great Gorge Playboy Club, the course boasts 3 championship nines: Rail, Lake and Quarry. With four tee box options, the course is manageable for newer golfers yet challenging for lower handicap players, making Great Gorge an ideal venue for all golfers.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 6765 yards | 73.3 | 137 |
| Blue (W) | 70 | 6765 yards | 78.9 | 136 |
| Green | 70 | 6366 yards | 71.1 | 134 |
| Green (W) | 70 | 6366 yards | 77.4 | 139 |
| White | 70 | 5912 yards | 69.0 | 129 |
| White (W) | 70 | 5912 yards | 75.2 | 135 |
| Black | 70 | 5430 yards | 67.1 | 124 |
| Black (W) | 70 | 5430 yards | 72.6 | 130 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.4/132 | 191 | 572 | 229 | 367 | 416 | 174 | 449 | 450 | 404 | 3252 | 449 | 404 | 188 | 336 | 157 | 587 | 504 | 399 | 369 | 3393 | 6645 |
| Green M: 70.4/130 W: 76.6/143 | 175 | 519 | 215 | 347 | 416 | 150 | 397 | 427 | 389 | 3035 | 431 | 348 | 166 | 324 | 150 | 570 | 483 | 360 | 365 | 3197 | 6232 |
| White M: 68.2/127 W: 73.9/138 | 152 | 504 | 178 | 330 | 400 | 129 | 377 | 398 | 311 | 2779 | 365 | 339 | 155 | 310 | 135 | 556 | 472 | 337 | 353 | 3022 | 5801 |
| Red M: 65.0/121 W: 71.7/130 | 91 | 480 | 138 | 307 | 377 | 116 | 367 | 397 | 282 | 2555 | 329 | 311 | 135 | 291 | 123 | 528 | 451 | 306 | 324 | 2798 | 5353 |
| Handicap | 15 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Par | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 70 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by droskowsky on 09/28/2025
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Photo submitted by u000007802218 on 08/30/2025
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Photo submitted by u000007802218 on 08/30/2025
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Priceless Photo submitted by jasonprichard2024 on 06/17/2025
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Photo submitted by u314159931297 on 10/07/2024
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Photo submitted by u314161705422 on 10/05/2024
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Ladies day Photo submitted by u314161705422 on 10/05/2024
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Photo submitted by Mikez629 on 06/17/2024
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Photo submitted by Mikez629 on 06/17/2024
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Photo submitted by Mikez629 on 06/17/2024
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Quarry, 11th hole Par 5 Photo submitted by SoberDan97 on 04/04/2024
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Photo submitted by Hammertimenow on 04/30/2023
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Photo submitted by kenygolf on 11/12/2022
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Photo submitted by u314163380410 on 09/20/2022
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Photo submitted by Leftie8787 on 09/04/2022
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Photo submitted by robrobster on 09/03/2022
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Photo submitted by robrobster on 09/03/2022
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Photo submitted by u000005038648 on 08/26/2022
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Nice look Photo submitted by Joe4666223 on 09/12/2021
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Photo submitted by Remrudy1 on 08/31/2021
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Photo submitted by Remrudy1 on 08/31/2021
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Photo submitted by Noodge12 on 06/27/2021
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Sunset on the mountain Photo submitted by John6520082 on 08/02/2020
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Elevated tees with great views. Photo submitted by u080412134 on 07/13/2020
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Photo submitted by acsgolfer21 on 07/06/2020
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Photo submitted by acsgolfer21 on 07/06/2020
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Photo submitted by u072437287 on 06/28/2020
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Photo submitted by u072437287 on 06/28/2020
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Photo submitted by frafrar on 06/11/2020
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Quarry Hole 4 Photo submitted by mjadu on 08/23/2017
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Photo submitted by Benjiboy on 10/07/2013
Nice but greens sandy
Played from green tees. Fairly easy course pretty flat slow greens. Aerated recently,lots of sand,got a good deal and had fun
Nice course to play in the fall
The course is in much better condition in the early November than that in the spring or summer. Fairway and green were beautiful. Most leaves had been cleaned out of fairway and rough. In addition, the price from Golfnow is too good.
A Good Return
Wife and I played 11/2 and was glad to see an old classic in NJ has returned to its glory days. Course is in excellent shape after a few years of going downhill. Some of the toughest Par 3's you will ever play.
Great shape
The course was beautiful with the fall foliage and bright blue skies. Great shape (except for greens but we knew ahead of time) and very well maintained. Could be one of my favorite courses in northern NJ. Challenging enough to be fun but not discouraging. Highly recommend this course!!!!!
Aerated
Booked this course twice this year through Golfnow. Showed up and the course was Aerated even though there was no notice on the Golfnow listing. If I knew it was being aerated I would have booked elsewhere. Very Disapointed.
Good Course
It would have been good to know that 9 holes of the course had been aerated before I had booked it through Golf Now.
Overall Ok.
9 holes of the course was being aerated ,,, it would have been nice to know this before I played the course and before I had paid.
very enjoyable course
great course. bin going here for years. has 3 sets of great 9's.
Quarry is easier than Lake
Fairways and greens are in excellent shape. Tee boxes need some work. Cart paths are terrible but they repaved one or two holes
Great views
The course gives challenges along with freedom, each nine is different with its own picturesque.
Well kept greens
The pace of play could have been better. Hard to play fast on a weekend
course in decent shape, off course facilities are poor
Played Quarry/Lake which were in reasonable shape given it was October. The fairways had not been mown so it was hard to differentiate fairway from rough on most holes which is annoying when you don't know the course. The greens on Quarry were good and fast, Lake were poor - very bumpy. The course played long as it was wet however no standing water anywhere and did not find any soft spots. The course is challenging and worth playing save for a few gimmicky holes but the clubhouse, cart paths etc ... need to be updated. The starters did seem a little disorganised given it is 27 holes and was very busy the same day. The pace of play was good with no hold ups and the on course marshall was very friendly and kep things moving. Its worth going just for the golf, however i did not hang around to eat there.
terrible pace of play!
2:36 tee time; teed off about 2:50. 2:30 for 9 holes. Great layout, tough course. Needs some $$. Terrible cart paths, need to see a chiropractor after playing here
Fantastic deal
Great value, great conditions and fast greens on Lake and Quarry. Very pleased and will return to play again soon.
The Gorge is Making a Come Back
This WAS a premier course for many years. It went through a couple of tough years which included a GAS Mainline installation. It is now back in style. Moderate to Fast Greens with maintained Fairways. Time to go back and see the great views and Great Gorge.
This course need maintenance on Green and Tee boxes
This course needs maintenance
I reserved Quarry course but they changed to rail and lake without letting me know
Great Everything
Course and staff were excellent as always.
Fairways were maintained, rough was juicy, and the greens fast & true.
No big deal but the cart paths are pretty beat up. Although they have started fixing them.
Tee boxes are fine mostly but there is one that's terrible. Tee box on Lake 4th has a huge hump in the middle (especially from the green tees). Please fix it.
Blast from the past
Great drive in off 94 Friendly staff, inviting fairways from the back tees
Great potential
We played Quarry/Rail courses. Pace of play was 4.5 hours on a Sunday of a holiday weekend, so not too bad. It would have been quicker but the group in front of us was playing off the blue tees, and they should not have been.
The course is very nice but many of the tee boxes were barren and/or were sloped. With all the rain we have had, some of the fairways were a bit shaggy, and the rough was very gnarly.
All things considered, we enjoyed the course and would play there again.
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