PANTHER VALLEY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

This Robert Trent Jones Sr. design carved through the Kittatinny Mountains delivers everything you want from a 1970s championship layout—elevated tees, strategic bunkering, and greens that demand precision over power. The par-3 12th hole plays dramatically downhill to a peninsula green surrounded by water, but it's the risk-reward par-5 18th that separates the bold from the timid. Northern New Jersey's rolling terrain provides natural amphitheater settings for several holes, making this public gem feel more exclusive than its accessible green fees suggest.