Princeton CC
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3.7
604 Reviews (604)
5 Stars
98
4 Stars
255
3 Stars
148
2 Stars
59
1 Stars
44
Conditions
3.3
Value
4.1
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
79.4%
Recommend this course
462 out of 604 reviews
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3.8
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.2
81.0%
Recommend this course
17 out of 21 reviews
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3.6
57 Reviews (57)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.3
Value
4.1
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.2
77.2%
Recommend this course
44 out of 57 reviews
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Course Highlights
Princeton Country Club delivers strong value for money, with welcoming staff and a smooth pace of play that consistently impress golfers. The tight, characterful layout offers a fun and accessible round for players of all skill levels.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 70
Length 6005 yards
Slope 123
Rating 68.5
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Course Details

Year Built 1958
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Mercer County Golf Academy"
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Beverage Carts
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Reviews

3.7
604 Reviews (604)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Brunch 6
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 26
Bunkers 16
Undulating Greens 9
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 34
Locals 27
Seniors 21
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 14
Convenient to the City 13
In the 'Burbs 11

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Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very good Value

The only thing that I could even think of complaining about were the bunkers and they were not even that bad. This course could sure use a little bit more sand in them but they are far from being horrible unlike the cheap courses that have no sand at all.

My co-workers and I took a half day for work and got a 2:10 tee time on Golfnow.com for a great price. The greens were very good (not many unfixed ball marks). The fairways were perfect. This was a well maintained course.

I would definitely go back if I was able to get the price on Golfnow again. Our pace of play was great. We only had a wait a few times (maybe twice) on the PAR 3s before teeing off. At the end of the day, we finished our round in 3H 50M.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 06/13/2016

We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review, Kayano! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our conditions and finished your round in good time!

Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Princeton

Course has a nice layout, lot of bad lies even in fairways, i.e. Dirt patches, pace of play was slow , staff extremely friendly, I would go back if I know the best time not to get behind 70 something year old lady's, glad they only played 9! But it was a great value , I'd go back again in future!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 06/13/2016

Thank you for the feedback, Tim! We're continuously working to improve our conditions and we hope you'll visit us again.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Walked

Regret....

Second time back on this course but, regretful after a round. Overall condition was poor. Front 9 was below average fairway condition with bumpy green. Some fairways were hard to distinguish between fairway and rough.
For back 9, what can I say....This course needs major repair to fix drainage system. Yes, there was light rain before my round but it wasn't a harsh rain to make it unplayable. It's improper drainage. I've played in rainy condition worst than this day but, this course made it very difficult to even walk on fairway with soggy and muddy condition. Even an elevation greens were soak and had soggy condition. To make matters worst, I had to rush to finish my round in hurry because a ranger came by and inform me that I must return my cart before 4:15PM. At other courses, they usually advise to return before sundown. I checked forecast this day and sundown was at 4:52PM. Even with GolfNow bargain, I have a regret I chose this day to play here for a second time.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 01/22/2016

We're sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your round, William7633805.

In regards to the drainage, that was from the flooding rain that happened earlier in the week. Our drainage has been much improved but unfortunately when we get that much rain during this time of year when the ground is frozen, the water that accumulates stays around as ice and when the warmer temperatures came with some additional rain – that melting produced some terrible playing conditions on those holes.

As for the cart issue, you are absolutely right. You should not have been made to return the cart that early. Please know that we have spoken to our staff about this and communicated that "return by sunset" is our policy.

We hope you will come and play us again. Have a great weekend!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Winter Golf

Had fun playing in January. 40 degrees and sunny. The ball semed to go a little further than when it's warm so I had to play short of the greens and let it roll to the hole. If you hit the green with a high shot it bounced of the green. But the course was in very good shape, greens were good, staff were friendly and I played in under 3 hours. A couple of walkers out there on my latter holes but that did not slow me down.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 01/20/2016

Thanks for the great feedback, uOCJU5977OC! We're happy to hear that you enjoyed your round with us! Hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great greens

Beautiful weather. Course in great shape. Only issue carts had to be in at 2pm. Noon t time. Hot deal got lukewarm after that. No notice of that issue when booking

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 12/23/2015

Thank you for the good review, susan1! We will endeavor to make our cart policy more visible. Hope to see you again!

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Nothing special

Not a course for the driver, many short doglegs.!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Leaves

Too many leaves left in the fairway very hard to find your ball.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 12/23/2015

Thank you for the feedback, uraway22! We apologize for the amount of leaves on the course and we hope you'll return to play here again soon.!

Played On
Reviews 87
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
N Y N J Advisor
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Shorter Course but Nice

Often playing at Mercer Oaks, the locals there have had negative reviews of Princeton since its also part of their county system. I decided to try it out and was pleasantly surprised. Although the layout and facilities aren't as nice as Mercer, the conditions were still pretty good, most importantly the greens rolled nicely. It's a different course because its shorter, narrow tree lined fairways and holes are next to each other. It's a different experience but still a good one. If you're having trouble with the driver, you can get away with hitting hybrids and long irons.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

SLOW PACE

Thanks to Golf now first for excellent price, course conditions good, fantastic weather, only problem is slow pace, took more than 5hrs. this course should not take more than 4hrs walking, lot of seniors slows down the pace of play, had to wait for more than 10 min. on every tee. Take lots of balls, this time of the year with all the leaves, verry very difficult to find the ball even if you are in the fair way.
Cheers

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 12/23/2015

Thank you for the feedback, gouri. We realize slow play can be frustrating and we appreciate the patience you showed. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Go Princeton county club

What a day, what a price, what a good time.
Go to goflnow and book a tee time at this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
3e300dc1-aa33-532c-a5c9-b5d839ccb322
Commented on 12/23/2015

We're so happy you had a good time, u000003283798! Don't be a stranger!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Bait and

I am new to the area and this was my first time at this course. My friend and I signed up for 18 holes with cart for twilight and were only expecting to play 9. We skipped a few holes on the front 9 because of the sign and figured we just play as much as we could until the cart was due. When we got to the 10, the ranger ordered us to return the cart half an hour before it was due because we already "finished" 9 holes. So despite online stating it was 18 with cart, you are really only allowed to play the front 9. Eventually he said you can keep playing but you have to walk. The course should really update the bookings to reflect 9 holes if they only want people to play 9 holes. Also the ranger really should never work in customer service. Not the best experience....

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Well worth the money

Course was in pretty good shape for the end of the season. Pace was good for mid week. Tee boxes were showing some wear but fairways and greens were still in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

A decent public course

Played it for the first time on Labor Day. A very walkable, decent public course. Wide open fairways and large greens. You can post a good score here. Many holes run parallel to each other, so traffic could be an issue.

I wouldn't pay good money to play here. However, if you can grab a discounted rate, it's worth a try.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Keep running

Ball travels far even if you don't flush it.nice course I recommend to play for all golfers

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Golfer friendly

Use your 3 wood driver on a couple of holes.ball has great run on most shots,makes you feel any shot unreasonable possible fast greens enjoyable only downer pace of play

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent

For $20 a round with a cart I was more then satisfied with the conditions of the course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

nice course

the course was in good shape greens were good no backup or wait I would go back again soon

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Pretty good course

The staff was friendly. Got me out earlier even though slightly crowded. Good course for the money. Would go again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Princeton golf is a go

The course is a bit tight with some challenging holes but fun, and overall a fair and balanced test of golf. The greens were slow but in good shape, and several holes had challenging bunkers but they didn't overdo it. No lakes but several canals can penalize a bad shot. Overall, very nice course!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not bad, been to better

Can't complain, I'm fairly easy on reviews on courses. This one doesn't JUMP OUT as memorable but it's not bad either. Little crowded so expect a full 4 hours for play. Otherwise, not much to say. Not many areas to lose your ball so forgiving fairways are always a nice touch for straight to semi-straight drivers

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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