Jersey Shore courses

SirPuttsalot: I played McCullough's Emerald Golf Links with Ron Whitten, senior architecture edtior at Golf Digest, and he LOVED it. He thought it was an excellent design Stephen Kay, with some inspired nods to famous Scottish links course design principles. I also played it with Joe Logan, formerly of the Philly Inquirer and now publisher-editor of this website, and he didn't like it so much. But I think that had more to do with the fact that he refused to play anything but driver on the par 4s and 5s, which caused him more than one unforced error. Handing me some money to settle our match in the parking lot after the game didn't tickle Joe either! What's really amazing about the course, and another reason I like to support it, is that it's built on a landfill. Taking a waste environment and turning it into a value-priced recreational amenity which has dramatic elevation changes -- opposite of most other courses in South Jersey -- is icing on the cake.

I'm a huge fan of Harbor Pines. I haven't played it in years but it is awesome 

Anyone whou would describe Harbor Pines as awesome needs an education in golf course design and architecture. With apologies to Stephen Kay, whose work I admire greatly, Harbor Pines is by far the most vanilla of all his NJ courses. The owners wanted an amenitie to sell real estate, and that's what Harbor Pines is. Nice to look at, but memorability factor is non-existent.