Fairmount Country Club
400 Southern Blvd. Chatham
(973) 377-8901

Fairmount, built in the 1950s, is a private 18-hole golf club that is open all year six days a week. Guests may play accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations are necessary for weekends.

The course has driving range, practice green, power carts, golf club, rental, caddies, lockers, showers, food, beverage, clubhouse, outings.

Fairmont is long with difficult, crown style greens that fall off on all sides. It is a relatively tight and flat course. It borders the Great Swamp, a National Refuge, so the course stays soft all year. The signature hold, the par-4 14th, is one of several great dogleg holes and has a green with a severe break.

Flanders Valley Golf Course
Flanders-Bartley Road, Flanders
(973) 584-5382

Flanders Valley, built in the 1960s, last nine in the 1980s, consists of four nines; a total of 36 holes, open to the public and run by the Morris County Park Commission. It is open seven days a week April 1 to Dec. 1. Reservations are made in advance through a computerized phone system.

The course has practice green, power carts, pull carts, golf club rental, lockers, showers, food, clubhouse. 

The course has very large undulating greens, some terraced. Trees come into play as they line many fairways. One noted hole is No. 7 on the Red course; a long par 4 with a creek running across it. Flanders Valley Golf Course is worth visiting although getting a choice tee time is difficult.

Knoll East Golf Club
Knoll and Greenbank Road, Parsippany-Troy Hills
(973) 263 7115

Knoll East, built in the 1960s is owned by the Township of Parsippany and is open to the public from March to December, seven days a week. Tee time reservations are not necessary.

The course has practice green, power carts, pull carts, club rental, food, clubhouse, outings. 

Knoll East is a wide-open golf course with scenic views, especially during the fall foliage season. It’s known for the severely sloped 17th and 18th greens.

Knoll West Country Club Knoll and Greenbank Road, Parsippany (973) 263-7110 Knoll West, built in 1929, is an 18-hole club owned by the Township of Parsippany. It is open six days a week from March to December. Memberships are available with rates lowest for township residents. Members may reserve tee times up to one week in advance. Daily fee golfers may play when time is available.  The course has practice green, power carts, golf, club rental, lockers, showers, food, clubhouse, outings.  The 339-acre design is one of the finest in New Jersey. It is long with many traps along the fairways protecting the difficult greens. The par-4, 439-yard 18th hole is a favorite due to its length and well-trapped green.

Madison Golf Club
Green Avenue, Madison
(973) 377-5264 

Madison, built in 1896, is a nine-hole private golf course that is open six days a week from April 1 through Nov. 30. Guests may play if accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations are required on weekends.

The course has practice green, power carts, pull carts, lockers, showers, beverage, clubhouse, outings.

Madison has narrow fairways and one must play target golf here. On two of the holes, it is necessary to hit over a much-traveled road. The fifth, a 391-yard par 4, has a gully in front of it; the signature ninth hole has a tree in the middle of the fairway affecting the second shot.

Accuracy is demanded of the golfer on this course and its challenge attracts a waiting list even though Madison has only nine holes.

Mendham Golf and Tennis Club
Golf Lane, Mendham
(973) 543-6524

Mendham Golf Club, known as Mendham Golf and Tennis Club, built in 1961, is an 18-hole private golf course that is open six days a week from April through Nov. 30. Guests may play if accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations are not necessary.

The course has driving range, practice green, power carts, pull carts, golf club rental, lockers, showers, food, beverage, clubhouse.

Mendham is a relatively short and narrow course with rolling hills. The signature par 4 sixth has a large oak tree in the middle of the fairway and has one of the six ponds that come into play and contribute to the challenge of the course.

Hackettstown (Washington Twp)
(908) 979 0366

Minebrook, built in 1919 (second nine in 1965), is a privately owned 18-hole course open to public seven days a week all year. Tee time reservations may be made up to two weeks in advance. The course is on the corner of route 24 and 57.

The course has power carts, pull carts, golf club rental, lockers, showers, food, clubhouse, outings.

This par-70, traditional links style course originally was called Musconetcong. There are six holes with ponds and lakes affecting play; fairways are lined with mature trees.

The par-5 No. 15 signature hole is difficult due to its length and dogleg left. The 18th, a 620-yard par 5, is one of the longest in New Jersey and is bordered by the Musconetcong River.

Morris County Golf Club
Punch Bowl Road, Convent Station
(973) 539-1188

Morris County, built in 1894, is an 18-hole private golf course that is open all year, six days a week. Guests may play accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations may be made on weekends.

The course has driving range, practice green, power carts, golf club rental, caddies, lockers, showers, food, beverage, clubhouse, outings.

The signature 13th hole, “Redan,” a 178-yard par 3, has an elevated green with a difficult slope. Many holes have been named after world famous holes. The 18th hole, “Home,” has a double dogleg and is another highlight.

Picatinny Golf Club
Picatinny Arsenal, Rockaway Twp.
(973) 989-2466 

Picatinny, built in 1925, is an 18-hole private course open from April 1 through Nov. 30, six days a week.

It is available to military and civilian employees of the Arsenal and retired and active duty military personnel. Guests may play accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations are not necessary.

The course has practice green, power carts, pull carts, golf club rental, lockers, showers, food, beverage, clubhouse and outings. 

Picatinny is relatively flat with small greens.

Pinch Brook Golf Course
234 Ridgedale Ave. Florham Park
(973) 377-2039, tee times 644-4022

Pinch Brook is an 18-hole short public county course that is open seven days a week between April 1 and Dec. 1. Residents can register Ids. Tee times are available up to one week in advance and are handled by an automated program.

The course has practice green, power carts, pull carts, lockers, showers, food, clubhouse.

Pinch Brook is flat, moderately short and is an easy course to walk. It has large fast greens with nine par 3s. On the 18th, a big ravine confronts the golfers on the tee shot. Pinch Brook originally was called Canary Cottage and then Florham Country Club. Later, Morris County bought it and established it as a county course. 

Roxiticus Golf Club
Bliss Road, Mendham
(973) 543-4017

Roxiticus, built in 1967, is a private member-owned 18-hole course open six days a week and closed from Christmas until mid April. Guests may play accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations are required on Sundays.

The course has driving range, practice green, power carts, lockers, showers, food, beverage, clubhouse.

Roxiticus Golf Club is an extremely picturesque hilly course featuring narrow fairways and many uneven lies. The thick natural woods block one’s view of adjoining holes.

The signature hole is the par-3 12th with an elevated tee, woods on the left, a brook and woods on the right and a pond in the front.

Spring Brook Country Club
9 Spring Brook Road, Morristown
(973) 538-7959

Spring Brook, built in 1921, is an 18-hole private golf course open six days a week and closed in February.
Guests may play accompanied by a member. Tee time reservations are necessary on weekends after noon.

The course has driving range, practice green, power carts, golf club rental, caddies, lockers, showers, food, beverage, clubhouse, outings.

At Spring Brook the golfer encounters out of bounds on 14 of the holes and water from natural springs on five holes. Part of the land was once a private estate. The 10th hole has a peninsula tee that extends into one of the ponds.