Reviews of Ballyowen Golf Club (Golf)

Brian Hanse

The finest golf course in Crystal Springs group. Excellent greens. Tends to be pricey on weekends.

Greg Price

Amazing golf experience. Very friendly staff, great clubhouse amenities. Course is challenging based on pin positions.

Bobby Noodles

This Stellar review is for two young men who work the carts, the grounds and the Pro Shop. Their names are Jason M. and Vinny D. - Two employees at Ballyowen who are HONEST, EXCELLENT and VERY REPUTABLE! Both Jason M. and Vinny D. should be commended by their Superiors for their fine skills in dealing with the customers (Golfers such as Me) who spend a pretty penny at this course. Very simply, Jason M. assisted me with finding and securing my Golf Buddy- Voice 2 GPS distance device. With the assistance of Vinny D. both young men were very helpful, courteous, and diligent in assisting me with my "Lost" Golf Buddy device (I left it in the cart on Sunday, Sept.1st. 2019 ). After returning home I realised I left it clipped to the inside of the cart and because this device costs roughly $100.00, I called the course and Jason M. was a Super-Hero !! They found it, contacted me immediately, then placed it in an envelope with my name and I picked it up the following day!! JASON M. and VINNY D. deserve a promotion, a raise and at the very least, Commendation from the Management Team at BallyOwen! Thank You Fellas.......A Job Well Done !!

S C

Nice and fun gof course

Steven Pezzino

Always a great play on a wonderful track sculpted into the mountainside nestled into the countryside... nice practice range and chipping putting area. The host and staff always welcome you with a smile and extremely professional making you want to cone back for more...

C Tedesco

Great Links course in northern, NJ. The best course within the Crystal Springs collection of courses.

Thomas Rochelle

Fantastic wedding venue, friendly staff and quick service.

Moiz Ahmad

great views

David Sheldon

Challenging course. Always in good shape. Friendly staff.

Suzanne Butler

The Ballyowen course at Crystal Springs Resort is widely regarded as one of the Northeast's finest golf courses. This excellent quality layout delivers as authentic a links golf experience as you'll find, akin to the great British and Irish seaside courses. However, in Ballyowen's case the ocean is several leagues hence, and rolling rural countryside is what flanks the course.

Sling Shot

Nice beutifull area

Kathleen O'Hara

Was here for a wedding, not for golf, but the course looked beautiful. The clubhouse was very nice and the food was delicious. Wonderful location for an intimate wedding. Look forward to golfing here in the future.

Kevin Kelly

Love it here. Walking the course is doable and saves you some bucks.

charles carway

Challenging, great shape.

Steven Gitis

I loved the layout, the friendly staff, the service, but when they know the bunkers suck and still want to charge $100 plus, I struggle.

Paul Maione

Best public golf course I've ever played. Top 5 of every course I've ever played.

Nicolette Agresta

Such a beautiful club. I was there for a wedding and the ceremony was beautiful with the scenery, but felt like they cut us short with serving liquor. Food was very good tho!

Lisa Mauro

Beautiful views! Upscale pub menu great too!

David Neves

Unbelievable course with great staff. You feel like you're in Scotland

Alejandro G Lozano

Great course. Short but challenging

Greg Frost

This is an excellent course. All of the holes are different to keep it interesting. Accuracy is important to keep you out of the tall fescue which makes you think off the tee. The greens roll true with some significant breaks that make it challenging and satisfying at the same time. It was over an hour drive from my house and would play again and recommend it to my friends.

Marco Estevam

Great club nothing but first rate facilities

Anssi Salo

Great course, friendy staff.

Cristian Lupu

Awesome

philipzx1

the cooks are the best, the bbq on the weekend is the coolest and you should buy a burger

Edward Barrett

Beautiful links style course. Very difficult if windy or if you can't find the fairway. Its an elite all around facility for public golf and despite the high green fee it is worth every penny. And yes, the facility is kilt and knicker friendly.

Craig Howie

Great golf! Great food! Great staff.

David Perez

Great day

Michael W Carmeci Sr

Wow! Awesome! Beautiful! Great course with rolling hills, wide fairways and fast greens. Playing this course is a treat so enjoy the beautiful layout, scenery and great course play. One of my favorites in the area. I highly recommend you play this course.

Jamil Mason

Excellent facility and top notch staff. Unfortunately for today's round of golf the website was inaccurate because it indicated that aeration had occurred 3 weeks ago when in fact it was this week. Still course was in great condition for early season golf and as always the staff was extremely accommodating, despite the lighter staff given the time of season and expected poor weather. Really good post round Burger and fries at the clubhouse bar. Slightly overdonr, so lean towards ordering your meats more rare if you want to see some pink.

Mark Sienkiewicz

Best public course in NJ

Jessica Saul

Spectacular course, rangers easily identified. Closest thing to Scottish golf in the USA

Steve Ward

Best links course in New Jersey

Brian H. Kim

unacceptable pace of play!! played on saturday 9/28. we had 11:50 tee time but teed off at 12:00 due to some delay, which was fine. however, the round taking 5 hours and 25 minutes was not fine. it was the 2 groups in front of us taking forever to play, and we did report it to the clubhouse but nothing was done about it. the rangers were doing nothing but just driving around the course. my group won't be going back until we see better reviews on the pace of play. the condition of the course was excellent as expected.

William C

Gorgeous views

Natalie Travaglini

We had out wedding there this past weekend and could not be happier! Staff was very helpful through the whole process and Louis was outstanding the day of the wedding! Food was also out of this world! We would recommend this place 100% and our guests will be talking about this wedding for a while!!!!!!

Ginaschneyer Schneyer

Social club not what we expected

Jason Griggs

Beautiful golf course that's always in stunning shape. Links golf course. Price is steep, but if you can play in the afternoon great deals can be had. One of the top tracks in New Jersey and deservedly so.

bill rose

One of the toughest course!

Eric Wentzel

Course is in great shape. Unfortunately pace of play is horrible. in spite of two paragraphs on the back of the scorecard regarding pace of play, nothing is done to enforce it. "BALLYOWEN REQUIRES A 4 1/2 HOUR PACE". Frankly unless you are in the fescue, the right foursome pace is probably about 4 hours. On August 21, our group was forced into long waits over every shot starting at the first hole. Our round took 5 1/4 hours to complete. There was one group a couple ahead of us who were the obvious problem, the course rangers did nothing. In fact they just sat in their carts without even driving around. By the back nine the entire course was stacked up with groups forced to wait over every shot because of the rangers failure. We will NEVER be back.

Nicole Lugo

Such a beautiful place all around

Rich O

Beautiful place

better man

Best Gc

John Piccirillo

Place was phenomenal! Very challenging course. The greens run fast like any great course. Very fair. Fairways are narrow so you need to keep the driver in your bag on some holes. No layups on par 3's either. You need to bring your A game when you play here.

Matthew Williams

Very nice course. Windy and difficult. Need to hit the fairway.

Michael Mantone

Very nice very tough course.

Mark Delaney

Charming venue. Even for soccer!

Kathy Miro

I had a wedding st ballyowen golf club they do a beautiful job the food was to die for what a great affair.

Rich S

Great golf course. Expensive but in great shape. Was quite wet and it was cart path only due to recent rains. Lunch was very good with great golf course views.

Ashton ku

Great food and drinks...

Rachel Payne

Attended a wedding reception here. Lovely!

Jessica Craveiro

Gorgeous and relaxing, great staff, food could be better

Alan Arnowitz

Was a guest at a wedding here. Service, view and food were top drawer. Everything was done to perfection.

Richard Sturm

Nice track

Michael Bruno

Course in great condition! Pace of play very good!

M G

Food was fantastic. Service was great. Good for small weddings.

Brian Gibson

Favorite course in the area

Sander Thys

Go for the 9 and Dine. It's a great deal. Great golf and afterwards, great food. Includes dessert!

Bob Schulman

Really nice course. Very hilly and challenging

Michael Altiero

In addition to golfing here on many occasions, my wife and I got married at Ballyowen on August 24th. Julie, Silje, and Louis made our day more memorable than we could have imagined. Everything at the venue was flawless, the service was incredible, and the food was amazing, plus the views on a nice summer night are hard to top. We couldn't have pictured a more perfect wedding day, and Julie, Silje, and Louis were a big reason why. Thank you all so much for making our special day absolutely perfect!

Chris Aldrich

Great layout

Karl O' Toole

What a spectacular course.

Paul Jorge

I was there for my daughter's wedding, great service, beautiful views.

Phil Camargo

8/1/2018: Completed 7 holes in 3.5 hours on front and walked off the box at 8. Its too bad such a nice course gets log jammed with groups going out every 5-7 mins. Only reason not 1 star is quality of course and great customer service.Otherwise totally mismanaged at the ballyowen course

Kate Atkinson

This place is amazing. Was a wee bit wet, but expected from mother nature...

Tommy M

One of your better golf course in NJ without the high prices.

Ron Sammond

The best new jersey has.great facility.

joanne joung

The waitress in the restaurant was not very friendly.

Robert Lyttle

Great time.course great condition.

Frank Gallichio

Beautiful golf course in Northern New Jersey . a touch of Ireland. wonderful friendly service. You will not be disappointed playing at this course

Dianne Fannell

Was there for a tasting. Beautiful place in the middle of the golf course. So quiet and peaceful you wouldn't think you are in NJ.

Tim Gibson

A wee bit O'Heaven w/18 flags & no trees coming into play. Stick around for sunset, you won't regret it

Bob Sisco

Pretty good golf course but overpriced and over-hyped.

Ramon Pena Sandoval

Excellent staff's

Title Resume

Beautiful course

David Sorensen

Challenging links style course

Daniel Clark

It was really pretty. I've never played golf before and this seemed nice. I won a free beer.

Loretta Lenihan

Ryan is an awesome organizer! Great experience.

Taylor Johnson

very nice place !

Dave Kretzschmar

AMAZING golf course. Fantastic staff!

Dean Licopantis

Golf

Steve B

Beautiful setting for a wedding

Walter Springer

Fantastic conditions

Michael Orozco

Best public course in northern NJ

Vale Oso

Came here for a wedding venue. This place has great views, hors d'oeuvre hour seemed small area but very delicious food (we enjoyed it more than the main course). The reception has a rusting look to it with glass walls/doors, a good size for a great amount of people.

Shane O'Malley

Excellent course

Dona Wallerius

Beautiful Course, stay out of the fescue and you can score well. Great food in the pub and serves breakfast for early tee times. Rangers keep a nice pace of play.

A

Played on July 10th and had a wonderful time. The course was in excellent shape for how dry it has been around that area. The greens where rolling true and fast. Learned to be below the hole so you dont 3 putt. I would recommend this course all day long. Very fair if you keep it in the fairway..

anthony motola

An excellent 1st class course with all the finest amenities ! Not recommended for the novice , lots of traps but certainly a fantastic challenge !.

Emiko Napolitano

Great fun course

james A

I mean anyone that plays golf in NJ probably knows this place. It has a great reputation for a reason. It's the real deal. I wish it was cheaper but it isn't because of how good it is. The layout is very fun. It's quite challenging. I played this last time on punched greens which sucks but I just didn't let that bother me one bit. It's a must play for golfers who like nice courses.

Russ Singleton

Hard to find a more pure track than this. Excellent condition and a ton of fun to play!

Scott Stemmer

Brutal! Will never play there again. If you want to enjoy your round and play in 4 hrs or under then don’t play here .

Craig McKim

Great setting, very well maintained, you should go

Gregg Kits

An excellent place for a wedding or other special occasion!

Harry Brock

Great fun. Greens rolled true, rough brutal, keep in the fairway. Interesting, memorable layout.

Chad Dlugolecki

Great course but the greens were a little slow this year

Tony Forlano Jr.

Great layout.

Mike Hunter

Great staff, great location, Great ballroom for weddings, beautiful gold course.

2HOT4WAX Productions Inc.

Beautiful golf course I thought it was in Scotland

Sangsoo Lee

Good

Poppy Carver

Beautiful wedding venue!!

Donald Douglas

Great place, great experience, wonderful staff

corey stramiello

Tough but beautiful course

MiC Cashen

It's pricey but a beautiful course that is rarely too busy. If you want a Scotch/Irish course to play near here...than this is it.

jenn greene

Very nice

Rosanne Totter

Food was great. But the staff was so friendly and helpful throughout the Wedding

Ken Kruis

Loved it

Jorge G

Great always will go back, no course is better

Dale Hauck

Disappointed in that this is rated as one of the top public courses in NJ. Granted rain has been bad but they have up on bunker management. Totally washed out and not even raked. I expect more from a top ranked course. Greens are abused. That said layout is great. I imagine summer this place 8s in its prime.

Robert Vertullo

Beautiful course. Greens were in superb shape today.

Mindy Rader

The course is fun albeit challenging with tons of fescue, thick rough, and hills. A beautiful golf course with awesome views on every hole. Friendly and helpful staff. The food cart came around the course twice but not stocked with anything but beer. The refreshment situation needs improvement. The sound of bagpipes on the course was a lovely surprise. Great golfing experience and look forward to play there again, soon! p.s. my husband hated it! he was having a bad day ;)

Elliott Im

Great challenging course.

Kevin Jang

Best golf club

Eileen Miller

One of the best courses l have ever played - course was in perfect condition

James Lee

Number 1 public course in NJ for a reason!

Dennis Hansen

Beautiful place to play golf!!

JD Rivera

Great golf

Anne Marie

Wonderful views, great cocktails and great food. Burgers are amazing!

Michael Fields

Course was in great shape

John Severiano

Challenging but fair course kept in excellent condition. Clubhouse serves good food and drinks for after a round.