Rutgers University Golf Course

Solid course. Seems to have a good «walking» culture — walkers far outnumbered cart riders every time I’ve played, and there are no restrictions on walking.
They are Nazis when it comes to pace of play, which is a GOOD thing. If you are slow or clueless at golf, please go elsewhere. I’ve never experienced a weekend round there that took more than 4 hours 15 minutes.
Has a few boring holes on the front nine, back nine is far more difficult. Course yardage maxes out at around 6,300 yards or so. The tree near the ditch on the right side of #10 needs to go.
Fees are fair for NJ. No complaints about the conditions.
They have one of the nicest port-​o-​johns I’ve ever experienced on a golf course. It has a sink with running water! Though unless you are near this john, the one right next to it, or the clubhouse, you are sh*t out of luck as these appear to be the only bathrooms on the course.
Tough to near impossible get a morning weekend tee time as an «outsider» but that just speaks to the popularity of the course.

Solid golf course
With cart you are looking at approx $ 75
A bit steep
Course is always in excellent condition
I just don’t find it all that interesting
Not much scenery, a few dog legs and that’s it
I do like the fact that the Rangers keep players moving, you can easily play a 4 hour round.
The range is above average and there are putting greens to warm up.

Top notch course.
Greens and fairways are always in great shape, friendly staff, and very affordable. They could be charging a lot more for this course defently one of the best in central jersey.

I enjoyed going here. The courses were superb and expansive. I love the greens where you can’t quite see the flag from the tee — there are more than one here. The greens are maintained well and staff is pleasant. My only gripe is the need to add bathrooms. This is a common problem at golf courses, but it would seem easy enough to fix.

Excellent course!-always in great condition both course and carts (best carts in the state) – staff is nice– lunch area is small but adequate — great driving range with sand, pitching and putting areas-​reasonably priced-​enjoy!!!

I thought long and hard about what to make my 500^th review. I wanted it to be a food place, but we haven’t gone out to anyplace nice (and new) recently. I’ve seen others review Unilocal,but I don’t want to go there right now. Then I thought maybe it doesn’t have to be a food joint… I figured I’d review one of the places I’ve spent a LOT of time at over the years and came up with the Rutgers University Golf Course… golf​course​.rut​gers​.edu/
The Rutgers University Golf Course is one of my favorite courses to play in all of NJ simply because it used to be my home course — and I’ve played here more than any other golf course, easily 100 rounds. The RU course was where I played my very first round way back in 1991 (shot an honest 123-​awful) with my friends’ grandfather’s clubs-​wooden woods with wodden shafts. It’s also been rated the #6 College course in the country (
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I’ve had the opportunity to see some amazing changes implemented at this course since that first round including the addition of numerous bunkers, changed or new tee boxes, and even the removal and addition of trees to change the course a bit. For the number of rounds that they put through here each year it remains in amazing shape-​throughout the summer. Rutgers has an amazing turf-​grass management program through their environmental school so it’s a great place to put knowledge to good use.
Onto the course… If you’re a nervous golfer (especially with a hook) the first three holes won’t be good for you as they’re along a road-​and I’ve seen people hit cars (in fact, I hit one when I was in college-​I used to be a terrible golfer). This course isn’t terribly long, but it does have a few long holes and it will challenge you if you aren’t able to play the ball to correct positions on the course. The 7^th hole is a challenging, long dog-​leg over a stream and the12th is just plain long and requires a monster-​shot, also over a creek to make it to the green in two. The tenth always kills me as your approach is to a small fast green that is elevated and crowned so it is tough to keep the ball on the green (only hole on this course I haven’t birdied). 17 and 18 are nice finishing holes-​a long par 3 over a stream and with a pond long right and 18 is just a grip it and rip it to a nice big green. Along one stretch on the front nine you play almost in the shadow of the Rutgers Football Stadium… which is pretty cool too. As with any course, the more you play it the more you learn where you can cut corners or play to spots so you’re next shot is lined up-​giving you a shot at birdie… and there are plenty of shortcuts on this course. However, some of the tougher holes are the ones where you simply have to keep the ball in the fairway.
Pro shop is small and limited, but they have a nice little driving range next to the parking lot, and they have a decent little grille area at the turn where they make excellent hot dogs. Can’t tell you about the rest of the food since I always get the hot dogs. No alcohol sold on this course so the best I can say is to sneak a few in your bag… or if you take a cart you can probably hide a small cooler. I still play this course whenever I can.