Our updated list of the Top 10 public courses in southern New Jersey for 2023 is below. For the highest rated courses in the entire State, click NJ Top 75 Public and for top rated public courses nationally, click GolfDay Top 500 Public courses.
Stephen Kay, currently teaching at Rutgers University Turf Management School in New Brunswick, has designed or updated over 200 courses in the US, including 4 of the Top 10 courses in south Jersey.
The GolfDay rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect who did the original design, updates that have been done since the course was built, USGA Course and Slope Ratings, current local and national rankings by Golf Digest and Golfweek (as well as other authoritative sources), the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current course reviews.
- Scotland Run Golf Club/Williamstown, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.7 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range (Friday-Sunday)/Mats (Monday-Thursday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 91.3
- Ballamor Golf Club/Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Brian Ault/Dan Schlegel
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 6 Rating/136 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.2
- Seaview Hotel & Golf Club/Galloway Township, NJ
- Dolce Hotels
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- Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
- Course Architects: Donald Ross/A.W. Tillinghast/William Flynn/Howard Toomey/William F. Gordon/David W. Gordon/Alyn Janis/Bob Cupp
- USGA Course/Slope Rating:
- Bay: 69.8 Rating/125 Slope
- Pines: 72.4 Rating/123 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers and Nine Hole Putting Course (Turtle).
- Accommodations
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 90.1
- Twisted Dunes/Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Archie Struthers
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.9 Rating/130 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Driving Range with Targets (Grass/Thursday-Sunday/Mats/Monday-Wednesday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9
- McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links/Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.2 Rating/135 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 88.9
- Harbor Pines Golf Club/Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.9 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
- Junior Golf
- GolfDay Rating: 88.0
- Cape May National/Erma, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Karl Litten/Robert Mullock
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.0 Rating/136 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Expansive Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker
- GolfDay Rating: 85.8
- Shore Gate Golf Club/Ocean View, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architects: Ronald Fream/David Dale/Kevin Ramsey
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.5 Rating/140 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Expansive Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers.
- Junior Golf
- Rankings: Golfweek New Jersey Top 15 Public
- GolfDay Rating: 84.7
- Town & Country Golf Links/Woodstown, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Carl Gaskill
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.0 Rating/134 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with All Weather Canopy and Dusk Lighting, Putting and Chipping Green with Bunker and TopTracer Technology.
- Junior Golf
- GolfDay Rating: 84.6
- Blue Heron Pines Golf Club/Egg Harbor City, NJ
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- Holes: 18
- Course Architect: Stephen Kay
- USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.2 Rating/133 Slope
- Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
- Junior Golf
- GolfDay Rating: 82.7
some of the best in the South Jersey area. too bad you need to go to the bank and get a loan to play any of them from April to October.
Great lineup. Did AC Country Club go private? I would put them right up there in #2 or 3.
Yes, AC Country Country Club is strictly private now (great track–95.9 Golfday rating).