Rutgers University Golf Course

The course is always in good condition. The greens are in great condition and very challenging.The pace of play was good and the staff are friendly and courteous.

Played long! Haven’t had many nice days this spring. Was a lot of fun. Played more like 6700 yards in cool air! Greens nice but tough.

I have played this course for forty years. Plays much longer than people say. If u play from championship tees is very long . Greens are not easy either. Highly recommend as if u hit ball squarely u can score. From living in area, this course not rediculously difficult yet can be very hard when windy. With all the rain in New Jersey , all the courses are thin in fairway unless u play a 100,000 a year country club. I have always enjoyed this course!!!!

Everyone on the course had to walk due to wet conditions. Made for a real old school day. Course was a bit soggy which made the walk a little spongy, but it was fine.

Early in the year, the rough was spotty; fairways and especially greens in good shape. The layout flowed nicely and was pleasing to the eye. Take care reading the greens. Overall a very enjoyable round.

Greens are in great shape for this time of year. Lot of different little projects going on around the course and fairways and rough are still pretty spotty. Hopefully will grow in nicely in a few weeks. Every bunker seemed to have plenty of good sand too.

Even though the surface was hard due to cold weather it was good to play.

played this course often but was disappointed that only the back nine was available for play, for my group. I was told they were working on the front nine but i did see other golfers playing the front nine. I did see workers on the back while we were playing. Overall i enjoyed the round with the slight detour. the course looks to be making improvements and i will be back next season, i find the course challenging but fun.

This was my first time playing the course. We played the Black Tees because we didn't know any better but we probably should have played the Scarlet (back tees) because the length was short from the Blacks. If you have decent distance off the tee you can eat up this course. I was on in two on the first par 5 after a good tee shot left with me 187 to hole.

The greens were lightening fast, probably some of the hardest greens I've played this year. If you like a challenge putting, I would recommend this course. The green complexes were large (biggest I've ever seen) and you could easily run the ball 20 yards up from front to back if your shot didn't land soft.

The fairways are in ok shape, given it's now past the growing season. We were paired up with a local who plays the course a lot. He told us they aerated the fairways in the fall and the ground had a fungus problem which left a lot of dead patches of grass. He suggested we move our lie onto to a large patch of grass when in the fairway, I would suggest the same!

Other than that, be careful on holes 10 and 12. They are blind tee shots with a creek running across the fairway near the landing zone if you use a driver.

Also, you must be in position on this course. What makes it tough are all the trees. If you don't land in the fairway you will probably be impeded by a tree branch (if not a row of trees).

Nice course and well worth taking a trip to play there,

Because of the heat, humidity and all the rain, many public course and even some private ones have had a difficult time keeping their course in good condition these last few months. I'm sure it will soon be back to the conditions it usually is in.

It’s an absolute crime how they’ve let this course go in regards to conditions. We’ve played this course for years and this is by far the worst conditions.

Fairways were arguably unplayable with muddy spots but worst, unavoidable dead spots. Massive dead areas throughout the course. When there was grass in the fairways, they were not cut.

A shame to call this a University’s course and management should be ashamed

I've been wanting to play Rutgers for a while and when a local women's group offered an outing at the course, I signed up.

Before I get into the course itself, I have posted the sign at the first tee. Rutgers (if you are reading this) get a new sign! It is great to have handicaps as a reference for each tee box but then you have "Women" called out for the green tees (along with 24+ handicap) - this is ridiculous! It's 2018! Based on my handicap I should play the white tees. Now, I am fine with playing forward but don't offend women with such a sexist sign.

Course Conditions: It was wet so they had not cut the grass (including fairways) in a few days and that is the only reason I gave the course rating as average.

Course Layout: I like the course. It has a few doglegs but in general it is right in front of you to see. The only odd things was how long the par 3 holes are on the course. Also, the cart paths and signs for the next hole are well marked so as a first time player it is easy to know where the next hole is on the course.

Par 3 Yardage: I was surprised how long the par 3 holes are for the forward tees. If they are truly rating those tees for 24+ handicaps then the Par 3 are very long for high-handicap golfers at 127,136, 128, and 149. Most 24+ golfers will need to hit woods or even driver to reach the green in one.

Driving Range and Practice Area: The range is right where you park. you must hit off mats which I don't like but the mats are in good condition. They have a nice putting, chipping area right by the range so that is a major plus.

Off-course Amenities and Staff: They have a bathroom by the driving range (which is nice because the Proshop and cafe are across the street). The do have a cafe area and it is right as you make the turn so easy to grab a bite. The staff was very welcoming!

Overall a very nice course and I would play it again to see how it plays when it is dry.

Note: do not go by the price I entered (but Golf Advisor makes you put in a fee) I was in an outing and that was the fee.

Because of all the rain they were unable to cut the fairways, lift, clean and place, no problem.The green were very good. Sunday morning, finished in less than 4 hrs.