Royce Brook Golf Club - East Golf Course

This used to one of my favorite courses to play but haven’t played it in over a year. Played it today and this course took a really bad turn. Pace a play is terrible and bunkers were a joke and unplayable. Greens and tee boxes were in decent shape but the fairways was hit or miss. It’s such a fun track and pity to see is so poorly managed.

The East course is beautifully laid out and used to be one of the top public courses you can play in NJ. However, it looks like this part of the course may be turning into housing developments soon…? and therefore the grounds crew is clearly putting zero effort into maintaining their bunkers. The fairways, tee boxes, rough, and greens were all either acceptable to good condition but the bunkers were atrocious. They are either completely dried up concrete feeling mud or filled with standing water that’s becoming basically a pond. Many of the bunkers even have vegetation growing now… basically no sand remaining. With these conditions, the course / pro shop should warn you of the current situation. At the prices they charge, having no playable bunkers is not worthwhile.

I really hope they don’t build a housing development there and start maintaining the course better again. It’s definitely one of the nicer layouts in the area.

The bunkers had no sand. Weeds and waters. Fairways and greens were good. My understanding is you are combining the two courses. I totally understand but you should provide a warning and a reduced price. This really ruined the round for our foursome. Without bunkers you are not playing real golf. I invited 3 friends who drove an hour to get to your course. We lost a number of balls in the bunkers because they were filled with water. To say the least I was embarrassed. I don’t usually write reviews but I wanted to let you know how disappointed I was.

Show up 30 minutes before my 7am tee time, no starter, cart worker and the clubhouse is locked with the lights off. People are just helping themselves to their own carts and moving on. One worker just bringing carts out says to us we can just group up and go when we’re ready. Not asking times or group size.

No sand in any bunkers. Greens had tons of ballmarks in them from no repairing. Tee boxes were kind of rough too.

Last time I played here the course was in great condition. Unfortunately I can’t say the same about this round.

Fairways and some greens average. Tee boxes awful, bunkers and traps with standing water and weeds. Cart paths in need of repair. No spending apparent other than on mowing fairways and greens.

Used to be a decent nice course. Now absolute horrific, sands are a lake, tee boxes are garbage. Greens were horrible maybe 2 out of 18 were kinda decent. Will never return unless major work is done

the East Course exposes itself as a ripoff. evidently they are selling this side of course and putting in housing and have stopped most of the maintenance in all facets without alerting unsuspecting golfers.. majority of tee boxes terrible.. the sand traps absoultely ignorned forever! .. greens ok.. the cart paths are outright dangerous.. should get a chiropractor on staff after round.. such a shame use to be a quality fabulous course.. staff should be ashamed to charge fees... we paid $38 but had a hot deal.. unsuspecting golfers will pay upwards of $75 -90 for a crappy unkempt golf course youve been warned

Cart path and bunkers are in
Horrible condition and I don’t think they care about it all to fix it.

Course is in okay condition. They are selling it for development so no money is going in except basic maintenance. The bunkers are packed clay with not a speck of sand.

Sand traps were nothing but mud traps. No marshal seen on the course. . . 18 holes took almost 5 hrs on a Weds!

Played East Course. Great layout however the condition needs some TLC. There were some brown patches on the fairways. Bunkers were not maintained at all. Weeds growing in every one and not sandy at all.

All traps had no sand It was dirt and mud. Some traps had weeds growing in them. Rest of course was in great shape Would definitely play this course again. Great track and fairway and greens In great shape. Just have tp play traps as ground under repair.

Nice layout but traps in bad shape. Greens were good but lots of ball marks.

RB East (there is a private 18 holes)is a good daily fee course. I like the back 9 over the front 9.

My only issue with the course is the state of the bunkers. They need work. The course Mgmt also needs to police players when they disregard raking the bunkers after use. Too many lazy golfers do not show etiquette and rake the traps for the next group. There are plenty of rakes!