Mercer Oaks Golf Course - East Course

First time playing the East course. Course was in great shape, greens rolled nice. Not much variety on the par 4's. Would probably play again. Little over-priced but overall a good experience.

I started playing the East course in the rain and immediately felt I was playing a special course. It's a links-like layout and the rain just added to the experience. I love the layout. It has very friendly landing areas for tee shots and then becomes more difficult with approaches to the green, but in general is a friendly course. A few of the greens have burnt out spots and the rough is inconsistent on quite a few holes, but I didn't mind. I actually felt it all contributed to the naturalness of the course.

I found this course exuded lots of character and drew me in with it's cohesiveness. Some courses you become tired of as you get through 14 holes, but I was invested in every shot on this course. Loved it.

Beautiful links course good challenge for the mid handicapped

First time playing the East course and was very impressed. Played from the blue tee's (6772 yds) and my drives are in the 240~260 range which gives you options of playing to ample landing areas or challenging the fairway bunkers for a shorter approach shot. The sand in the bunkers was very uniform and ample so after playing out of one or two you knew what to expect. There was a nice mix of some greens being well bunkered while on some of the longer holes there was no sand protecting them allowing you to roll up some long iron shots. Many of the greens have multiple tiers so it helps to play with someone who can advise about where to land your ball for an easier putt. While there is some water , it doesn't need to be brought into play as there is plenty of room to safely avoid getting wet. There are a few greens that are quite small so you need to have some altitude with your short irons to hold them.

Fairways and greens were in great shape despite several days of hot dry weather. I was hitting a nice draw that got me lots of extra yardage on the firm short grass. Rough around greens was very thick making for difficult chips if you miss. Greens were not particularly fast, I'm guessing 10~11, so it's likely they left them slightly furry to stand up better to the 94 degree heat. They did roll smoothly with decent amount of break which I could see being very tricky if they were cut shorter and rolled. Shot an 85 with a triple and two doubles , so next time I think I'll be able to avoid those blow up holes now that I have this first round out of the way.

Got a sweet deal of $35 with the cart off golf now so the value was excellent. Had a 2;30 tee time on a Thursday and had no one in front or behind us the entire round so played in a leisurely 4 hours (my partner was struggling so it could have been a lot quicker!)

I highly recommend it and will definitely come back.

The Mercer Oaks courses are both fantastic. The east course is Links style and a great layout challenging for all types of golfers!

First time playing here (east). Great conditions. Really nice facility. Will be back. Wanted to grab a bite after the round but kitchen was closed?? It was only 6:30 pm! Only complaint...otherwise awesome place compared to any course within 25 miles.

The weather forecast called for scattered thunderstorms so we had the course to ourselves.

The layout is nice and conditions were good except for the greens. The greens were much slower then usual.

I've played here on East course few times and it's one of best courses I've played in NJ. Always in great condition which would make you come back for more....I would definitely recommend for anyone who hasn't played here....it's just beautiful course. Since I have never played on West course, I can't wait till play. I'm pretty confident it will not disappoint me.

Loved the course. At first I was upset with how many divots there were on the first hole, but as the round went on, it seemed as if there were less and less divots.

The course was beautiful. Amazing views of the course from all over, as the links style course allowed for like relaxing views.

The greens were tough. They were extremely fast, and some of the pin placements were in challenging spots.

On some of the par threes, there were some decent sized divots, but that means people were taking nice shots at the green which I'm okay with.

I would recommend this any day of the week. I got this off Golf Now for 20 dollars, and I am glad I made the decision to play. A+

Staff friendliness was excellent, and course is sort of challenging in the beginning, and gets easier (played east). I would probably come back again for better score.

This course is a value using GolfNow. It is very expensive if you are an out of Mercer County resident. This is a links style course and is very challenging. Love this course.

Mercer County had done a great job in creating and maintaining the East and West courses.

Play it.......

we are in our late 50's and played from the whites.. we shoot around 85 to 90...the course is a links style and very golfer friendly if you tend to spray your shots...a mixture of long holes and short holes...we were were lucky and got a nice day in january and the price was right at $24...had a very nice day !....first time playing the east course and liked it....we have played the west course and love it...the west course is much more difficult...will definitely be back !!!!

First time playing this course (East) and loved it. It's fair but challenging with a lot of sand traps, many of which I was in, and an awesome 19rh hole. Something that my County courses are lacking.

Always pleasure playing this course. Conditions perfect except green needs little bit of cutting. Overall always nice condition.

i'v played mercer east or west a good amount of times now and the courses are great. No complaints on that front, but every time I'v played there pace of play is an issue. I play ready golf and there is just too much waiting around the oaks. With that being said if you don't mind a potentially slow round the courses are well worth your time and money.

Nice place to play good golf condition for this time of year.

My golf buddy lives in Little Egg Harbor and I am in Warren County so we have been searching for mid-way courses with little success. Played the East for the first time. My buddy and I like links style courses and this was no disappointment.
Fairways were well bunkered so you still had some challenges to hit it straight so the open feeling of a links course was not a cakewalk plus 6300 yards from the white tees kept you challenged on your second shot. Greens were in great shape as were the bunkers so play was enjoyable and we never have to invoke winter rules for plugged greens or wet and packed bunkers.

Starters were very friendly and anxious to help being our first time there. Traveled from Warren County so it was over an hour to get there and longer getting home at rush hour but it was worth the trip and plan to do it again.

The course is in good condition. Only one but. Some sand traps have very little sand and I actually contacted the Tarp that is under the sand. Very strange. I was warned by a playing partner.

Wonderfully designed golf course with wide fairways, many bunkers and many interesting holes. The course was in great shape, but could have used better marking for distance to the greens. I live in monmouth county with wonderful county golf courses. This course compares favorably with them.