Experience Bagpipes & Caddies
Find the award-winning Ballyowen Golf Club at Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg (Skylands Region) . It's a modern-day, links-style classic on more than 250 acres, atop a plateau with 360-degree river views. If the inland Heathland feel doesn't evoke Scotland for you, the pub's nightly bagpiper performing on a grassy knoll at each day’s end will. You can also try golf’s kicky hybrid at the resort – both the Cascades and Minerals 18-hole courses offer FootGolf. Fun for all ages, the game is two sports rolled into one, played by kicking a soccer ball into oversized holes on a golf course. 
Play Like a Champ on County Courses
Ranked among the Top 50 Municipal Courses in the United States by Golfweek, Neshanic Valley Golf Course serves up 27 holes of championship golf across three 9-hole layouts showcasing wide-open spaces and scenic wetlands in Neshanic Station (Central Jersey Region). Looking to improve your game? The Neshanic Valley Golf Course Learning Center offers both private and group instruction.
Go "Old School" with Donald Ross
The Bay Course is the first and more famous of two 18-hole courses at Seaview, a Dolce Hotel in Galloway (Greater Atlantic City Region). Opened in 1914, the Hugh Wilson and Donald Ross designed course saw Ben
Hogan play during the 1942 PGA Championship and is currently the host of the ShopRite LPGA
Classic.
Take the Twisted Test: Over 100 Traps & Bunkers
Serious golfers – of every skill level – love the unique and exciting links-style course at Egg Harbor Township's Twisted Dune Golf Club in the Greater Atlantic City Region. Discover sinuous landscapes with dramatic elevations and yawning ravines – plus a taste of the Scottish Coast on the Jersey Shore.
Seek a Ray(nor) of Hope, Pay Homage to 18 Design Legends
The one-of-a-kind Architects Golf Club of Lopatcong in the Skylands Region of North Jersey pays tribute to 70 years of great design styles created by the game's most prolific architects. Immerse yourself in golf course architecture history, then savor equally praiseworthy cuisine in the clubhouse's Architects Bar & Grill.
Hit a Drive, Sip a Wine
Vineyard National Golf Course in Egg Harbor City (Greater Atlantic City Region) provides the perfect complement to Renault's sublime restaurants, hotel and, of course, winery! Sample the 18-hole layout with magnificent vineyard vistas – and the award-winning, palate-pleasing varietals of one of the oldest continuously operating wineries in the U.S.
Go at Your Own Pace
Less than four miles from the sand and surf of Sea Isle City Beach,, you’ll find Shore Gate Golf Club in Ocean View View (Southern Shore Region). Since its opening in 2002, Golf Digest has repeatedly ranked this destination among New Jersey’s top 20 public golf courses. Book a tee time and discover why for yourself.
Tee It Up, "Tillie" Style
In Eatontown (Shore Region), renowned course architect A.W. Tillinghast designed Suneagles Golf Club. Opened in 1926, its fairways have challenged countless players and have been the setting for noteworthy golf history. The creator summed it up, saying, "I maintain that the Suneagles Course ranks among the best of my creations."
Carry Over a Sand Quarry
Sculpted in and around an old sand quarry, Scotland Run Golf Club in Williamstown (Delaware River Region) offers more than a wee challenge. Warm up on the front nine in preparation for the "wild and wooly" back nine. Be ready for No. 16, which features a forced carry over the huge sand quarry.
Play a Round with History
This Scotch Plains (Gateway Region) golf course may have “country club” in its name – but it’s open to the public. Shady Rest Country Club opened in 1920 as the first African-American golf and country club in the nation and today offers a nine-hole 33-par course as well as an 18-hole mini golf course for the whole family to enjoy.
Farm-to-Pin Golf
Built on former Hunterdon County farmlands, Heron Glen Golf Course now cuts through the picturesque rolling hills in Ringoes (Central Jersey Region). The Daniel Schlegel design is acclaimed for its challenging, but fair, layout as well as its natural beauty and enviable course conditions. Need to brush up on your skills before the round? A practice facility with a driving range, putting green and practice bunker are right on site.
Play Your Way
The exceptionally maintained Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood (Shore Region) gets you into the swing of things with three distinctive nine-hole courses so you can choose the layout that plays to your advantage. After a triumphant round, be sure to raise a cold one at The Hut, the remodeled on-site pub.
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