Ballyowen Golf Club at Crystal Springs - 7th
Crystal Springs Golf Resort's Ballyowen Golf Club cracked New Jersey's Top 10.
1 Wild Turkey Way, Hamburg, New Jersey 07419, US
(973) 862-4351
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About Crystal Springs Resort

Crystal Springs Resort is a 4,000-acre playground located only an hour across the New Jersey state line from New York City. It is one of the country’s largest golf resorts with six courses - Ballyowen, Black Bear, Cascades, Crystal Springs, Minerals and Wild Turkey – and three driving ranges. The Grand Cascades Lodge houses 220 guest rooms with an inspired welcome: An outdoor putting course leading to an indoor lobby with high ceilings, wood beams and a stone fireplace. Both it and the 175-room Minerals Hotel feature their own spas and pools. Children will love the Biosphere, an indoor pool complex with an aquarium, vortex pool and caves, 140-foot waterslide and café, all in a tropical theme. Twelve restaurants are spread out among the course clubhouses and hotels, delivering a variety of menus and price points. Between the Mineral Sports Club and Adventure Center, there’s always a new activity or program to enjoy.

Facts

Price Range$$$$, $$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres4000
Year Opened1972
Number of Units300-500

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Bar, Casual
Room TypesRoom, Suite
PoolIndoor
Short CourseYes
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Beach AccessYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Crystal Springs Resort

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Sand traps are terrible

Sand traps are hard as a rock and are filled with pebbles. This is not what I expected for a course associated with Crystal Springs. The tees on the 18th hole were actually set up on the downslope between 2 tiers. Really?

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Play nine holes that took hours

There was no starter and there were 4 groups backed up. It took twenty minutes or more to play each hole. Was very frustrating and disappointing

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Reviews 15
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Growing old.

Close to 5.5 hour round. No sand in traps. No rangers. No beverage cart.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 206
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Very slow pace of play

I will start with the positives great conditions great staff very nice layout

The negative the last 3 times I played the pace of play was horrendous! 5 hrs 5hrs 15 min the staff did give me a $40 rain check and yesterday 4hrs 45 minutes and all 3 rounds were on a Tuesday or Wednesday

Do NOT play there if there is a golf outing going on!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

11 am on Father’s Day no hot dogs or food at the turn

Beautiful day almost perfect you could say until my foursome came around and found no one at the lunch bar/grill. Food all out and on display hot dogs rolling but no one there. Finally a young lady that came out that didn’t know how to serve food lol. Great course but just classic Crystal Springs not micro managing anything. Hey just bump up the round price and then we don’t have to serve food.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 1
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Backed up

For the money they should have a ranger on the course pushing pace of play. Too many outings, don’t know how members stand paying so much for membership to sit and wait on every hole.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

crystal

course in great shape, greens bunkers and rough great. crystal is target golf, have to know yardage and where to aim. lots of bumps, mogels, and slopes. great course love playing here

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 98
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

2024 - Worst Shape I’ve Seen It In Years

Best part about the layout is that the holes are not on top of each other. Very difficult.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A fun and unique track. Well kept with the exception of sand traps.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Golf Zoo

I recently played a round at Crystal Springs Golf Course and had a rather disappointing experience. Surprisingly, the overall condition of the course was in poor shape, especially the tee boxes.

Additionally, I noticed residents jumping on and off the holes throughout the course. This not only disrupted the flow of play but also raised safety concerns. It was quite frustrating to have to constantly wait for people who were not following the course rules.

Moreover, workers were fishing in the water hazards, which was quite distracting and seemed unprofessional.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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