Meadowlands Golf Club

The golf

Length is available here without difficulty being forced on anyone. The card runs to 7,054 yards with a slope of 136, yet the course carries an easy difficulty rating and the reviews consistently describe the layout as fair. One reviewer summed it up as a fun and very fair layout for both men and women, which matches the broader pattern. That combination is genuinely useful on a package trip, because a group with a spread of handicaps can play the same course from different tees and everybody comes in with a score.

Conditioning is the strongest theme in 640 reviews and the tone is positive. Fairways and greens are repeatedly called terrific, phenomenal and in great shape, with several players noting the greens rolled true and fast. The average is 4.25, with 281 five star and 272 four star ratings, 62 threes and 25 reviews at two stars or below. Not every account is glowing, and the qualified reviews tend to land on the same point: some greens need help. Staff draw heavy praise across the sample, appearing near the top of the review language. Several reviewers describe the course as beautiful and say they would come back.

Two problems recur often enough to plan around. Pace of play is the bigger one. Reviewers describe a packed tee sheet, too many tee times booked, and rounds running to five hours with waiting on every tee box. At least one player said they would not return for that reason alone. The second is how the course is marshalled. Several reviewers, particularly senior players and larger groups, found the rangers pushy or disrespectful, pressing groups to speed up in circumstances where there was nowhere to go. Cart path only days also caught a reviewer by surprise and soured the round. Practice facilities are limited to a driving range and chipping green, with no putting green listed, which is worth knowing before arrival on a course where the greens run quick.