Bowling Green Golf Club
About
Bowling Green Golf Club is in the heart of northern New Jersey, surrounded by miles of idyllic countryside. An abundance of mature oaks and towering red pines characterizes the scenic course. This quick, shady layout is a great round for walkers. The golf course has a classic links design that is easily played in less than four hours. Like most traditional links courses, the gently undulating terrain has the perfect pitch and roll. It also provides each hole with unique challenges that require accuracy and strategy. Trees heavily line the fairways, presenting some of the course's most formidable challenges. Bowling Green Golf Club's front nine is slightly more forgiving than the back nine, which incorporates the natural ponds and wetlands on a few holes. There are also some tricky doglegs to contend with.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornish | 72 | 6863 yards | 73.2 | 134 |
| Tournament | 72 | 6584 yards | 72.0 | 129 |
| Member | 72 | 6399 yards | 71.1 | 128 |
| Club | 72 | 6244 yards | 70.2 | 127 |
| Club (W) | 72 | 6244 yards | 76.7 | 136 |
| Classic | 72 | 5763 yards | 67.9 | 121 |
| Classic (W) | 72 | 5763 yards | 73.5 | 131 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5034 yards | 69.3 | 124 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.0/137 | 359 | 379 | 227 | 491 | 357 | 428 | 434 | 215 | 480 | 3370 | 405 | 190 | 408 | 359 | 537 | 354 | 214 | 415 | 611 | 3493 | 6863 |
| Blue M: 71.8/133 W: 78.2/138 | 346 | 371 | 203 | 480 | 347 | 418 | 423 | 201 | 470 | 3259 | 391 | 180 | 387 | 316 | 518 | 337 | 203 | 408 | 585 | 3325 | 6584 |
| Blue/White M: 71.0/131 W: 77.2/135 | 346 | 371 | 196 | 480 | 347 | 396 | 398 | 176 | 470 | 3180 | 379 | 180 | 371 | 316 | 518 | 337 | 175 | 375 | 568 | 3219 | 6399 |
| White M: 70.2/130 W: 76.3/134 | 334 | 355 | 196 | 456 | 330 | 396 | 398 | 176 | 461 | 3102 | 379 | 160 | 371 | 303 | 491 | 320 | 175 | 375 | 568 | 3142 | 6244 |
| White/Yellow M: 68.7/129 | 334 | 355 | 178 | 456 | 330 | 372 | 378 | 157 | 461 | 3021 | 340 | 160 | 330 | 303 | 491 | 320 | 145 | 347 | 547 | 2983 | 6004 |
| Yellow M: 67.4/124 W: 73.2/131 | 300 | 339 | 178 | 432 | 321 | 372 | 378 | 157 | 438 | 2915 | 340 | 120 | 330 | 265 | 456 | 298 | 145 | 347 | 547 | 2848 | 5763 |
| Green M: 64.1/112 W: 69.0/122 | 298 | 290 | 178 | 420 | 271 | 301 | 295 | 117 | 368 | 2538 | 288 | 120 | 283 | 265 | 355 | 258 | 145 | 336 | 463 | 2513 | 5051 |
| Handicap | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
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Photo submitted by zhugolf on 05/30/2025
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Photo submitted by Franco6968 on 11/29/2020
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Photo submitted by IanSalmon on 10/29/2020
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Photo submitted by IanSalmon on 10/29/2020
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Photo submitted by IanSalmon on 10/29/2020
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Photo submitted by IanSalmon on 10/29/2020
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Photo submitted by IanSalmon on 10/29/2020
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6th Tee Photo submitted by agurango on 05/24/2013
ANDREW
The course is a nice mix of hole types and challenges. Many of the greens are guarded tightly by trees, sand, and the occasional pond. Overall great shape.
Worth the money
This course is in excellent condition. The greens were in great shape and made the experience at this course well worth it. Will be back in the coming weeks.
Value for money
If you're looking for a value for money, this course meets your demand nicely. The course is beautiful and gives you enough challenge to keep you honest and interested throughout the 18 holes play. This course may not be up to the PGA tournament types of standard in terms of challenges and scenic views, etc., but it certainly gives you the feeling that you are rounding in an above average course with its design and maintenance of the field. At the end of the day, I came home satisfied for the money spent cost effectively. Looking forward to visiting this course again soon.
Nice Day
Great course for the money in excellent condition. Played from the blues the course presented a nice challenge, greens consistent speed and the one bunker I found was pristine and a very nice range for warm up.
A gem
Beautiful course with mature trees that make this classic layout a real gem. Plus there are no condos lining the fairways. The staff is friendly and helpful and keeps the pace of play at 4 hours, a real pleasure.
great course
everything was perfect-the course, the people.. just a great day, the girl in the food shack was friendly and helpful and both Pete and Jack were terrific.
great day
course excellent condition - friendly staff - good restaurant
nice course to play with friendly staffs
We went to wrong address, and they are kind enough to delay the tee time for us when we are 30 mins late. Friendly staffs and nice view on the course. good experience even for begineer.
Excellent Course
I live within 25 minutes of Bowling Greem yet this was the first time I played. Course was in great shape but some of the greens were a touch slow since they had recently been sanded. The layout was great, requiring good straight drives to avoid the wooded areas on both sides of many holes. The greens fees are somewhat pricey but the course and good play time (just under 4 hours) are a pleasure. And of course you can look for deals on GolfNow - most of them in the afternoon.
An excellent challenge, and I will play this course again.
Old school charm
Great attitude from the staff, we'll maintained course with some challenging holes, including the 4th. Very pleasant 19th. If you like trees, you'll love this place.
Better than ever
I am a member at Bowling Green and play on the weekends. Since I am retired I like to play at other courses during the week, I like the variety. But year in and year out Bowling Green maintains their course conditions to a high degree. The front nine is tree lined through rolling topography and narrow, the back is flat except for 18 which is a long par 5 uphill. Large greens with subtle breaks are a challenge. It is family owned and run and the staff is friendly and helpful. It is not a "tricked up" modern course, it challenging but fair.
Great course
Courcse was in real nice condition. Good challenge for all golfers.
Great course - worth playing
The course was in excellent shape. Best greens I've seen this year. Course was manicured perfectly. The course has many uniquely designed holes. Great experience.
Great course!
I got a hot deal and matched up with a single. We played the round in just over 3 hours. Challenging course and must get off tee well to score ok. Had a great time and will definately play again.
Conditions worsening
I understand pace of play is important especially here but to have a ranger in our line of sight on every shot when we were pacing at 4 hr 15 min was not worth it especially with such shaggy fairways and inconsistent greens.
Great Course!
I give this course 4 stars only because there is no ranger and we got stuck behind a 4-some of hackers which took almost 5 hours to play. The other reason is because the pro shop snacks and drinks are ridiculous, $9.50 for an ice tea and two snickers.... so I strongly recommend bringing your own. Only course conditions I'd change would be the fairways cut shorter, more sand in the bunkers and faster greens. Overall great course and will be back again!
Great parkland style course that seems humble but really tests your skills.
Conditions: Overall - 8.5
Fairways - 9
Greens - 7 - Looked great but rolled slow. slow. slow.
Bunkers - 8.5 - Great condition. A bit rocky but nice and light.
Rough - 9 - Nice and lush but could have been cut a bit shorter.
An awesomely challenging course. The pine tree lined fairways on 4-6 are awesome and also make straight tee shots an absolute must. My only complaint of the course would be the conditions of the greens. They are painfully slower than the practice green and were a bit misleading but did roll true (not too beat up) so couldn't complain much. Overall really fun, challenging but fair, great track. 18th hole is a killer! LONG!
Great Day
Fast Play - great conditions - awesome rangers...beautiful day
Course in Great shape for April
Great challanging course.
Even nicer when you can get a good deal.
This is a very challenging course
The course was in good condition for this time of year and well maintained. I lost one golf ball because of leaves on the course but all and all this was not an issue and the staff was working on the cleanup. Some of the greens were showing signs of ware and tare maybe a little disease on some but mostly putt-able and rolled fairly well.
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