New Jersey Golf Net

Great review of Crystal Springs Resort at cybergolf.com. An excerpt:

The “wow” factor is what you will get at Crystal Springs Resort, especially if you’re an avid golfer. While the par-3 12th, which can play anywhere from 150 to 190 yards depending on how nasty the greenskeeper is feeling on a particular day, is one of the best and most dramatic short holes you will find anywhere. And it’s only one of 117 holes of golf at this resort.

Crystal Springs, located in what is known as the Sussex Skylands area of northwest New Jersey, just south of the border with New York State and fairly close to the rolling farmlands of eastern Pennsylvania, has its golf spread among five courses.

The resort’s Ballyowen and Wild Turkey golf courses are super routings created by master architect Roger Rulewich. The above-referenced Crystal Springs course is regarded as one of the sternest tests in the region. The nine-hole Cascades, also designed by Rulewich, formally opened for play in the spring of 2009 and turned Crystal Springs Golf Club into a 27-hole facility. You can choose from three different options when playing an 18-hole round by using any of the nine-hole layouts – Cascades, Classic and the Villages.

There are 27 holes at the Great Gorge Golf Club, a former Playboy Club (from what I hear – wish I was around at the time!), and Black Bear Golf Club a few miles away from the resort’s main property has another 18.Wild Turkey is also on The Lodge’s property. In addition to the above layouts there is the nine-hole Minerals Family Golf Center, where adults and youngsters can enjoy the game together without feeling intimidated.

Read the complete review.