The Ridge At Back Brook
Architect: Tom Fazio Year: 2002 211 Wertsville Rd, Ringoes, NJ 08551 Phone: (609) 466-7702 Course Access: Private http://theridgegc.com/ |
The Ridge at Back Brook
Northeast of Princeton is The Ridge at Back Brook, another of those great pieces of property Tom Fazio is given on which to build a course. With 150 feet of natural elevation change, Fazio had little need to reshape the landscape, although he still had crews re-carve fairways for visibility and flow. With patches of mature forest of hardwoods and cedars, Fazio had little need to import trees, although a few were transplanted to emphasize seclusion on particular holes. The front nine sits in a valley formed by meandering Back Brook, while much of the back nine is on a plateau high above the front nine. Rock outcroppings are a prominent feature, including a massive one that poses a cross-hazard on the par-5 seventh, veins of rock behind the ninth and 18th greens and the namesake vertical cliff that provides a stunning backdrop to the par-3 eighth.
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Course Review By: Chris Mavros, Golfadelphia
In Ringoes, NJ, Tom Fazio built The Ridge back in 2002. The owners, Joel and Pam Moore, wanted a golf club that fit their vision and ideals, with Joel famously quipping, “I was going to have a Tom Fazio course or I wasn’t going to build it.” The club is upscale yet is a golf club only; no tennis, pools, etc. The club boasts a fantastic practice facility, the course and a chique log cabin chalet of a clubhouse with views of the course, along with the gorgeous scenery that encapsulates it all.
The beauty and conditions here are mesmerizing. Red rock shows off some of the cliff faces and hills within a few fairways, babbling brooks and water mirror the towering pines that give the whole place an aura of evergreen as you cascade about the hills offering soaring views of it all. There’s a Pine Valley feel here in terms of the isolation of each hole, which isn’t too surprising considering Fazio’s involvement there. The course is well regarded and everyone I’ve ever discussed it with gushes. I believe it’s in the top 200 of Golfweek’s modern courses, even though in many ways it’s a well kept secret. Challenging, beautiful, scintillating; it’s a heavenly golf experience for many.... Click Here To Continue Reading
The beauty and conditions here are mesmerizing. Red rock shows off some of the cliff faces and hills within a few fairways, babbling brooks and water mirror the towering pines that give the whole place an aura of evergreen as you cascade about the hills offering soaring views of it all. There’s a Pine Valley feel here in terms of the isolation of each hole, which isn’t too surprising considering Fazio’s involvement there. The course is well regarded and everyone I’ve ever discussed it with gushes. I believe it’s in the top 200 of Golfweek’s modern courses, even though in many ways it’s a well kept secret. Challenging, beautiful, scintillating; it’s a heavenly golf experience for many.... Click Here To Continue Reading