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West Orange, NJ Patch: West Orange Wants To Buy Rock Spring Golf Club for $11M

thestarter — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 02:03:24 +0000

West Orange Wants To Buy Rock Spring Golf Club for $11M: Mayor | West Orange, NJ Patch: Whether the golf course will continue with 18 holes or be trimmed down to 9 holes is still up in the air, West Orange’s mayor said …

Apple Ridge County Club holds auction as it nears new future

thestarter — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 06:27:36 +0000

Via NorthJersey.com:

Inside the Apple Ridge County Club this week, landscapers and construction workers milled about the scenic atrium where polo-clad golfers once dined and talked shop.

Dressed in camouflage-patterned caps and hardy sweatshirts, they listened intently as an auctioneer rattled off the sundry bits and pieces that kept the club going for nearly five decades. Thom Bishop, a manager at Bowling Green Golf Club of Morris County, looks at golf carts as bidders get a preview of the contents up for auction at the Apple Ridge Country Club.

“What you see is what you get,” the auctioneer, from Englewood Cliffs-based Caspert Auctioneers and Appraisers, repeated constantly as pictures of lawn equipment and tools flashed across a screen above him.

On Thursday, there were rolls of wire, weed wackers, walkie-talkies, nozzles and, of course, golf carts for up bid. An anvil went for $200 — a “good mother-in-law gift,” joked the auctioneer.

The Apple Ridge Country Club formally closed Dec. 31, and its 108 acres straddling Mahwah and Upper Saddle — one of the area’s last open spaces — will in time be the site of 78 single-family homes.

Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco buys golf course in New Jersey – Baltimore Ravens Blog- ESPN

thestarter — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 01:28:27 +0000

Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco buys golf course in New Jersey – Baltimore Ravens Blog- ESPN: When Joe Flacco would play golf with Ron Jaworski, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback often asked Jaworski about how he got into the golf business. Then, an opportunity came up for Jaworski to purchase Ramblewood Country Club in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, which is a seven-minute drive from Flacco’s home. “I reached out to Joe and said, ‘You’ve always spoken about preparing for life after football and do you have any interest in partnering,'” said Jaworski, who now owns seven golf courses. “It’ll be a good relationship. We’ll have a little sports pub and we’ll have a number of Flacco [No. 5] jerseys.”

See also From the gridiron to the golf course, Ron Jaworski Golf purchases Ramblewood Country Club – Burlington County Times: The Ramblewood Country Club is getting a modern-day face-lift under its new owners, Ron Jaworski Golf, which announced the acquisition last week. Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens, who grew up in Camden County, and Ken Kochenour, Ira Lubert and Peter Slack are among the partners who purchased the golf course and clubhouse with Ron Jaworski Golf. With a new owner, big changes are coming to the 50-year-old golf course, including the addition of a Ron Jaworski Golf signature bar and restaurant, Seven Tap & Tavern, and improvements to the clubhouse and course itself.

High Mountain Golf Club to Close Within Weeks

thestarter — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:52:54 +0000

Via NorthJersey.com: The 18-hole semiprivate course in Franklin Lakes is scheduled to close within a few weeks… The fate of High Mountain, which opened in 1966, is part of a growing nationwide trend of course closings, and it isn’t the only Bergen County club to be shutting down this decade. Apple Ridge Country Club in Mahwah and Upper Saddle River was sold in June. Like High Mountain, plans call for the private 18-hole course, which also opened in 1966, to close in several years and be replaced by residences.

Cape May’s Stockton Seaview announces course renovation

thestarter — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:34:56 +0000

New Jersey’s Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club course renovation: Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club – A Dolce Resort, a Troon Golf-managed facility and one of the premier resort destinations in the Northeast, will soon tee-off a new era of golf excellence when a renovation to the famed Bay Course is completed on April 1 for the start of the 2014 golf season…. Highlighting the Bay Course renovation are new tee boxes on the fourth, fifth, 10th and 12th holes, which will add 150 yards in overall length to the golf course. Also, the creation of a new bunker complex between the fourth and fifth holes will further enhance the playing experience from the new back tee on hole number five… Additional course refinements include the rebuilding of all existing tee boxes and tee surfaces on the Bay Course to create a better, more consistent playing surface for golfers; new GPS units in the golf carts; completely redesigned tee signs, markers and in-ground tee & fairway yardage plates; and new retro wooden bunker rakes and pin flags.

New Jersey Monthly names 10 Best Public Courses in NJ

thestarter — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:45:52 +0000

NJ’s 10 Best Public Courses: Ballyowen, Neshanic Valley, The Architects top New Jersey Monthly’s list of best public courses in New Jersey.

The top courses in order:

Ballyowen
Neshanic Valley
The Architects
Twisted Dune
Hominy Hill
Atlantic City Country Club
Royce Brook (East)
Scotland Run
Heron Glen
Wild Turkey

East Coast’s first “First Green” program

thestarter — Tue, 28 May 2013 02:27:00 +0000

NJ.com: When the group of fifth-graders didn’t immediately moan and stare off into the sky as the topic of fertigation came up — Frank Tichenor knew he might have something. Fertigation is the process when fertilizer is injected into the irrigation water to help grass grow faster and more efficiently, in case you were wondering. Tichenor is the head superintendent at Forest Hill Field Club in Bloomfield and he figured when he started talking about the process, his young audience would lose interest.

USGA networking event to highlight New Jersey’s tourism

thestarter — Tue, 28 May 2013 02:24:53 +0000

MyCentralJersey.com: As the summer tourism season starts to heat up, the Northern New Jersey chapter of Skal International is hosting a networking event June 19 at the U.S. Golf Association in Far Hills to bring together travel industry professionals, promoters and local colleges and universities. Skal (pronounced Skoal) is the largest professional travel and tourism organization in the world and is dedicated to promoting goodwill and friendship among those in the travel industry. Tourism movers and shakers — including Grace Hanlon, executive director, New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism, and Jackie Morales, director, Somerset County Tourism — will be attending the event, according to Cathy Trementozzi, a South Plainfield resident and Skal member. The event is meant to build on the momentum begun when Somerset County’s Tourism campaign kicked off in January, organizers said.

National Park Service seeks renter for Cliff Park G.C. according to New Jersey Herald

thestarter — Tue, 28 May 2013 02:22:58 +0000

New Jersey Herald: The National Park Service is accepting proposals to operate the nine-hole Cliff Park Golf Course within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area with an eye toward reopening the course for public play this summer. The course, which first opened in 1913, had been included as part of the bigger effort to lease the Cliff Park Inn, but those efforts have been unsuccessful apparently because of the cost of restoring the inn. The lease for the golf course would be for 10 years and would include about 45.3 acres that make up the par 35 course.

New Jersey Herald says Bear Brook still “in limbo”

thestarter — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:43 +0000

Bear Brook still in limbo: It’s been almost a year since Bear Brook Golf Course closed its doors after the owner/operator walked away from the club leaving tax debts behind, and the town is still hoping for potential buyers. While there have been interested parties, the talks have been casual and haven’t progressed enough to be considered serious.