Golf courses in West Orange, NJ.

West Orange, NJ

Rock Spring Golf Club in West Orange is one of only two public courses in the United States designed by Seth Raynor. The club was founded in 1925, with Raynor designing the course and Charles Banks completing construction after Raynor's death; the layout carries their trademark template holes and creative green complexes across a rolling, tree-lined site along the first mountain ridge. Long the private Rock Spring Club and later owned by Montclair Golf Club, it was purchased by the Township of West Orange in 2019 and opened to the public that May under KemperSports management. The par-71 course plays about 6,600 yards and has hosted the New Jersey State Open four times, most recently in 2009. The clubhouse looks out over Cable Lake toward the Manhattan skyline.

West Orange, NJ

Francis A. Byrne Golf Course is an Essex County public course in West Orange with genuine Golden Age pedigree. It dates to 1928, when it was designed as a private club course by Seth Raynor and built by Charles Banks after Raynor's death. A $9.6 million county renovation, completed in 2023 with Stephen Kay consulting, restored many of the classic template holes, including a Road Hole, Biarritz, Short and Eden. The hilly, tree-lined layout plays to a par of 70 at roughly 6,660 yards from the back tees, with deep bunkers and rolling greens. It is one of the few places a public golfer can play a Raynor-Banks design.