Ridge at Back Brook

Joel Moore, the owner and driving force behind The Ridge at Back Brook, considers himself to be rather a lucky man because he’s realised a personal ambition of establishing an exclusive private golf club in New Jersey that’s home to a course designed by one of America’s top modern architects, Tom Fazio.

The property that Moore acquired extends to around 300 acres and it’s characterised in places with prominent red rock outcroppings that have been brought into play at a number of holes, most notably on the par five 7th and par three 8th, where an 80-foot wall of stone forms a dramatic backdrop at the short hole.

Other notable holes at The Ridge include the par four 3rd, with water running all the way down the left flank from tee to green and the par five 5th, played to a raised green on the other side of a gully. On the back nine, the par three 12th is a tough short hole as its green juts out into a pond, leaving little margin for error from the tee.