The Meadows at Middlesex Golf Club

Kudos to the staff and the patrons of this course. I managed to let my iPhone 14 fall out of my golf bag while playing it (dragging my hand cart into and out of the gully alongside the first hole jostled it loose from an insecure pouch on my golf bag), but didn't realize it was gone until the twilight round was over. I called the course the next morning to alert them, and a few hours later they called me to say that a player had spotted it in the gully (blocked tee shots find it pretty easily) and brought it back to the clubhouse. I had thought my phone was gone and was so glad to be able to get it back.

As for the course itself, it sometimes suffers during the summer but otherwise is good. There are a lot of nasty bunkers in front of greens; the trick to a decent score is to avoid them. The bar and restaurant in the clubhouse is very popular in late afternoon/evening hours.

Please don’t waste your money on this golf course. The fairways has no grass, water logged, the greens are horrible. I wouldn’t pay 77 for this golf course.

I have never seen fairways in worse shape in my life. The course needs serious maintenance and is not worth anything close to the greens fees. It was a real shame bc the facilities and staff were great.

Narrow fairways, must be accurate off the Tee and keep it straight, Trees everywhere. The fairways are chunked up a bit and need grass in some spots but get a decent score overall considering its a county course and its been dry. The greens were a little slow but true enough. You can score if you’re long and true off the Tee. The layout was challenging for a county so it can hand you a bad day if you’re off. Overall it played as expected. Decent but not my first choice.

Tees-hard as a rock, not much grass

Rough-some areas are okay, it’s been a hot summer so I’m not surprised about the burnt out areas

Fairways- yikes, playing off concrete in some areas

Greens-decent, but slow. Didn’t mow or roll on a Saturday morning.

Nice course for the price they charge. Friendly staff. Well-maintained greens and fairways. Difficult sand traps, made this public course the best and most difficult to play in NJ.

Fairways were in bad shape. Greens were decent, tee boxes were ok too. Fairways looked like they hadn’t been cut in a week on some holes and other holes they looked like the grounds crew scalped the turf.

The layout is solid but your typical municipal park course layout. Nothing to write home about. Pace of play is always decent here but that’s because the staff actually care. Bar/restaurant is very fairly priced. Haven’t tried the food but a bottle of water and a Gatorade cost me $4.50 altogether at the turn.

Course is 10x better than it has been the past few years. Greens are beautiful.