Pine Barrens Golf Club

Overview: At Pine Barrens Golf Club, a private course with 18 holes occupies sandy, heavily wooded ground near the New Jersey Wildlife and Game Refuge. Eric Bergstol’s design uses broad waste-bunker areas, pine forest and a 7,118-yard routing to give the course a distinct Pine Barrens identity.

History: Pine Barrens began as a pay-and-play course in 1998 and moved into private ownership in 2008. The course was designed by Eric Bergstol of Empire Golf Management, with the sandy site and surrounding woodland retained as central parts of the original concept.

Did You Know? Large expanses of sand flank many of the fairways, making Pine Barrens’ waste bunkers one of the most recognizable physical features of the routing.