Plainfield Country Club

1591 Woodland Ave,

Edison, New Jersey 08820

Office
+1 (908) 757 1800
Pro shop
+1 (908) 757 1800
Fax
+1 (908) 757 2159

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Golf pro
Bill Castner

About the course

The Course:

18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:

Woodland.
Designer:

Original course laid out in 1890. Current design by Donald Ross (1921); modifications by Marty O'Loughlin (1930) and Gil Hanse (2009).

Back
tees

Club
tees

Front
tees

Yards

7091

6205

5637

Par

SSS or slope

75.3

71.1

75.5

Location

Latitude:

40.593947

Longitude:

-74.392934

How to get there:

3 mi S of Plainfield / 31 mi SW of New York City (Times Square, Manhattan).

Plainfield Country Club

Est. 1890

Plainfield Country Club is home to one of the top-rated and finest championship golf courses in New Jersey. The excellent tree-lined and open parkland layout contains a wealth of wonderfully crafted, memorable and challenging holes. Definitely a course that will challenge your all-round game. However, this is a private course generally playable only by members and their guests.

List of courses: Around New York City

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Plainfield is a private club. Guests may only play if hosted by a member.

Green fees

Outside visitor fee not applicable; course exclusively for members and their guests.

Other information

Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted.

Practice facilities

Good

Did you know?

Plainfield has played host to a number of top level tournaments including a US Amateur Championship, US Women's Open and a FedEx Cup playoff event (see our Tournaments section >by Venue >Plainfield CC).

Published ranking

2019/20 Golf Digest rating: 82nd best course in the USA and 5th best in New Jersey.

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US Women's PGA Championship: located just outside Philadelphia, the famed Donald Ross layout of Aronimink Golf Club hosts the third women’s major championship of 2020 (Oct 8-11).
Scottish Open: first played in 1972, this year’s championship is again played on the Tom Doak-designed Renaissance Club course, which sits alongside mighty Muirfield in East Lothian (Oct 1-4).

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Jim Furyk: in winning the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, “The Grinder” joined Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two starts on the PGA Tour Champions.
Georgia Hall: recorded her first win in an LPGA Tour event on American soil at this year’s Portland Classic, played at Columbia Edgewater Country Club … on the edge of the Columbia River.

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