Detailed description of Spring Meadow Golf Course
Spring Meadow Golf Course, is a Public, 18 hole golf course located in Farmingdale, New Jersey.
Spring Meadow golf course has tree-lined fairways with well-trapped greens. The Manasquan River runs through the property, creating an attractive and challenging course.
The Golf Course was originally built in two phases during the 1920’s and 1940’s and was owned by the Bennett Family until the State of New Jersey purchased it in the 1970’s through the Department’s Green Acres Program. Since the acquisition, the Division of Parks & Forestry has managed the golf course and over the years has remodeled several areas of the golf course and expanded facilities. In April 2011, the State entered into a long-term lease with Atlantic Golf Management to manage and operate all facets of the golf course.
The course plays to 6,224 yards long from the back tees with a course rating of 69.7, slope 122. The Middle is 67.5, slope 114 and Forward is 64.4, slope 107. The course includes five par 3 holes, five par 5s and eight par 4s. for a course par of 72.
$26 (cart not included), played on Wednesday, April 2012 at 2pm
Course has made great improvements over the last year. New company is doing well, greens are the best they have ever been. Keep up the good work. Fairways need more work, should be better by fall.
$66 (cart included), played on Saturday, July 2010 at 8am
It appeared as though the greens were not cut for a long time; they were very thick. Your ball would make a turn on a clump of grass on the green. The fairways were not kept up. The staff was not very friendly or helpful. The pace of play was awful - the group ahead of us was very slow and there was no one ahead of them and no rangers to be found. The restaurant/clubhouse doesn't open until about 10:30 so there is no place to get a water or Gatorade until then. The practice facility looks as though it has not been maintained for a long time.
$41 (cart included), played on Monday, October 2008 at 10am
The course was not kept up well. The greens were sparse and the rough was penile only 1 foot off the fairway. The food and bar facility has very good food and the people are exremely helpful and nice to talk to.
$21 (cart not included), played on Monday, June 2008 at 4pm
Greens weren't too bad, but with all the trees, there was always a lot of debris on them. Fairways were very inconsistent, weedy, and not well groomed at all. The layout is interesting with the 9th green being at the furthest point from the clubhouse, making playing 9 at sunset challenging, but overall the design is nice. A large number of geese have made the course their home, so there are live geese and all of the issues that come from that to the point where it is definitely a detraction and can make for some very 'messy' shots, not to mention filthy shoes and golf carts.
$66 (cart included), played on Saturday, July 2008 at 2pm
This course was a great course the past few years. But that was then, and this is now.
The upkeep of the facility, the course and particularly the greens has degraded. Half of the time I did not even try to putt, the greens were that bad.
The most unbelieveable course markings every marke is all red all white or no marking at all.
No water to drink on the first 13 holes. No water until the 14th hole. It was hot, so did someone else drink all the water? I doubt it. I do not think that there were 10 other players on that course..and with good cause as I have found...Maybe I will try them again next year, but they have lost me for a repeat this year.
Did not see a ranger. Of course, pace of play was not an issue. They had other problems.
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$21 (cart not included), played on Friday, July 2018 at 7:30 AM
Watering appears to be a big problem plus not spending money to properly fertilize. Weed control on fairways/greens an issue. That said, it is definitely a fun course that will give most golfers a challenge to score well.