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Beckett Golf Club

Beckett Golf Club

"Golf is the closet game to the game we call life..." - Bobby Jones

(Played on November 12th, 2017.)

Beckett Golf Club is located in Woolwich Township, New Jersey.

The Beckett scorecard.

We tend to try and play courses where we don't have to spend a lot of money, so as our first course we set out to review, we decided to choose the course where both Chris Colman and Chris Pusey work. The course was built in 1964, and originally was a 27 hole layout.

Chris Pusey posing on the 16th teebox.

Now Beckett is only 19 (Yes, 19) holes and this public course is pretty beat up. Maintenance has always been an issue at this old school course, and keeping fairway grass alive, bunkers maintained, greens rolling, and the overall course in decent has always differed year to year. Despite all of those problems being present over the years, we actually like the course quite a bit.

We played Beckett on a crisp Sunday morning in 35-45 degrees, and had the course pretty much to ourselves. Being able to play at our own pace is always a plus. Chris Pusey's brother Thomas couldn't join us for our round, but he'll be back for a round in the near future.

Chris Colman going for the 10th green in two.

Whenever we play this course, we always talk about how cool Beckett would look without trees. The course is located on small hills with nice picturesque views that would look awesome if the course was a little more open.

Chris Pusey on the fourth tee box, a 260 yard par 4 from the tips.

Chris Colman on the 6th tee.

Overall, the course is not very long. Just over 6000 yards from the back tees, the only problem many people will run into are the poor, muddy lies in the fairway and crabgrass on the greens here and there.

When it came to our favorite holes, we came to an agreement that holes 11, 14, and 16 were the best on the course. The elevation changes and variety of holes makes Beckett's back nine the better of the two nines.

Chris on 11th tee.

Colman on 14th tee.

Colman on the 16th fairway, a blind approach on a par 5.

 Here are a few more pictures of our day. And yes, Chris Pusey is wearing a short sleeve golf shirt and shorts in 40 degree weather. Cold weather doesn't faze him.
Chris in a watery bunker on 7.

12th green at Beckett. Very large.

15th tee at Beckett.

Colman on 18th tee.

Pusey on 18th tee.

So that's our first review. We hope you enjoyed reading it and there will be plenty more to come. We sure like to golf a lot.

- The Sunday Golfers

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