Galloping Hill Golf Course

Despite it being a newer driving range there are not so many spots to hit the balls. Service was a little lacking when wanting to buy a basket of balls. Then after we paid for basket of balls we were just handed a receipt and the cashier never directed us on where to pick up our basket of balls. We had to inquire. Limited parking at the site as well

Best venue ever! My wedding was above and beyond what I dreamed of! Jennifer had great ideas and suggestions and attention to detail! The food was outstanding! All of my guests were extremely pleased! Everything went so smoothly! I wish we can do it again!!! I highly recommend this venue for weddings as well as other events!

A few years back this Union County course underwent a massive renovation. Its one of the nicer course in the entire area, even though its a county course.
They have a driving range, which helps you warm up waiting for your tee time.
There’s a banquet hall for events, a pro shop, learning center, and even a restaurant that serves beer and wine overlooking the course.
There’s an 18 hole side, which has some challenging holes, especially the hills. There’s also a 9 hole course, which they refer to as the Learning Center 9. Don’t be fooled by the title, there are some difficult (and fun) holes on the 9 course.
Its a pretty course with several water holes. Often you will see herds of deer on the course.
If you are a Union County resident, you can get a card for $ 45 which gives you member rates and ability to make tee times up to 7 days in advance. A non-​Union County resident pays $ 150 for the same card. Of course, if you only come here twice a season, its less expensive to skip the card entirely.
This course has some forgiving holes, so I especially like to play it early in the season while I’m working out the kinks in my drives.

We celebrated our daughter’s Ph.D. Graduation with a wonderful party held on May 23, 2015, at The Clubhouse at Galloping Hill Golf Course. We wanted a more upscale event befitting our daughter’s extraordinary accomplishment. This venue was a perfect choice! It is beautiful inside and out, the food is excellent, and the staff is professional and easy to work with. Over the course of the last 15 years, we have hosted one sort of an event or another in probably every major catering facility in Union County, NJ. I can honestly say that The Clubhouse at Galloping Hill Golf Course is the best, with the most beautiful grounds of all, huge windows overlooking the golf course, and a balcony/​terrace off the banquet room – great ambiance, food, and service! Our party was a superb, memorable event for our daughter as well as for our guests. I wholeheartedly recommend this venue to all!

We had our daughter’s communion party at The Clubhouse last Sunday and we were very pleased with the outcome. The staff was professional, courteous and quick to respond and service us. A special thanks to Frank who kept me informed and updated on every detail of the party especially when the cake didnt arrive and reminded me to take pictures before cutting the cake. The staff was constantly on top of serving us drinks. The venue is beautiful and we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day in which we were able to enjoy the balcony outside.
We enjoyed our time at the venue and would recommend it to everyone.

While the course is pretty straight, the up and down hills on the course make it a ton of fun. Not so much if you walk. Cart recommended.

Jennifer and the team at Galloping Hill truly made our wedding an unforgettable experience! They collaborated with us on every detail, and accommodated our personal preferences, wishes and hopes for the perfect ceremony and reception. Our guests were treated with the utmost care, and had a wonderful time as a result. We could not have asked for a better venue, and would recommend them to any bride and groom who desire a dream wedding experience.

The course is well designed, but the clientele is not your usual golf crowd. Terrible course! Starters are too nice and allow 5.6 ad even 7 balls. Even though it’s a short par 3 course, it ‘s prtty challenging wth narrow fairways and difficult pin placemns. It just slows up play for everyone else. This course need better oversight.

We had an unbelievable wedding at the Galloping Hill Golf Course on August 23. My husband and I live in Union County, and after looking at several venues all over the state, we couldn’t believe that our ideal spot was so local! Our ceremony was held in the picturesque ceremony space. All of the guests enjoyed being driven down to the ceremony space in golf carts. The food at our cocktail hour was outstanding. We loved that the Club House offered an excellent selection of cocktail stations and passed hors d’oeuvres — classics along with many unique options. The menu options were much more contemporary than the other venues — great for foodies! During the cocktail hour, our 220 guests and they were able to comfortably mingle in the interior space and out on the balcony. The reception hall looked gorgeous — the space feels clean, fresh, elegant, and fun!
Jennifer and her team did an amazing job preparing for the event and making sure everything went off without a hitch. Our staff for the day of the event was also excellent. My bridal concierge, Cynthia, super helpful to us and our parents and had the best attitude! I can’t recommend this place enough!

Terrible customer service. Nobody tells you where you need to go to register. The golf shop guy (where apparently you need to book and reserve everything) told us to find the cart guys and they sent us back to him. Was about to forgo thr $ 130 paid just to get out of there. Would never set foot again here.

From the beginning of the wedding planning process until our wedding this past Sunday the Clubhouse at Galloping Hill has been perfection. We actually booked before it was finished being built, but Jenn Forshee was continuously in contact with us via email and able to answer our questions promptly as they arose. On the big day, we were allowed to enter the premises as early as we wanted to set up and settle in. The bridal suite was spacious and comfortable, and the LARGE bridal bathroom was stocked with tons of emergency supplies, from band-​aids to hairspray to safety pins to tampons. I’m not kidding when I say there was literally a suitcase full of that stuff on the bathroom counter. About 15 minutes into hair and makeup there arrived an ice bucket with champagne, soda, sparkling and still water for us. The bridal assistant (Cynthia!) is exactly who you want by your side all night long. I never wanted for a drink or food. She was even there to remind me to eat and enjoy myself when I got too busy with guests. When someone in the wedding party inquired about packing up food for me, Cynthia said, «MY brides NEVER go hungry,» and boy, was she right. The guys had the club locker room for getting dressed. My guy said it was super clean and nice. The catering manager, Chris, was amazing. He bought us all lunch on the wedding day and had it brought to us while we got ready! This guy is a genius at anticipating needs before you know you have them. My photographer was shocked that we were allowed to basically go wherever we wanted for pictures, she said most golf courses limit you to a small area. The ceremony grounds are gorgeous. I honestly can’t say enough about how wonderful the whole experience was. All night long the food displays were fresh and beautiful AND DELICIOUS. We also highly recommend adding the Viennese Extravaganza as we did. It was definitely an extra POW at the end of the night. We highly recommend this venue for a truly beautiful, memorable, stress-​free, and enjoyable wedding. Five stars, hands down.

Overall good course. We played 9 hole. It took us about 2 hours to finish. Many holes are over 300 yards. Very clean course. I saw herd of deer and groundhogs.

I attended a wedding at this venue. What a disappointment. Here are a few examples. The bartenders ran out of glasses during the cocktail hour. Waitresses were dancing when they were supposed to be serving guests. The clams on the half shell, oysters on the half shell and shrimp were outside and in the direct sunlight. Servers took away napkins and silverware before the main course. And so on and so on. I do not recommend this venue.

The one star rating is all due to the experience I had with the director of catering, Jennifer.
My sister was aiming to get married here. We booked an appointment with Jennifer, who is the Director of Catering or something high up. Came appointment day, we arrive maybe 5 minutes late (we apologized of course) and ended up meeting with Valerie who was her assistant. Valerie explained that Jennifer was in a tasting appointment so she’ed give us a tour instead. No big deal and we went on with the tour. Valerie was super accommodating and we almost forgot our appointment was with her boss instead of her. However, when it came to prices she reminded us that only Jennifer could sit down and talk to us about it. So when the tour ended, she brought us to the waiting area to wait for Jennifer. We waited about half an hour and Jennifer finally came. No apologies or anything, despite being completely absent throughout our appointment. While we were all sitting down, she stood over us and starting calculating through the prices, she took the menu from my sister’s folder and starting quickly going through it, crossing things out and writing everything. So of course, we all looked like idiots just sitting there clueless as to what was happening because she didn’t pull us into a private room or even sit down next to us (The waiting area btw is just in the corner of the golf course lobby). My sister finally had to stand up and peer over her shoulder. Also, when I asked her a question she looked at me and answered my question like I was an idiot. After she rushed through the ‘appointment’ and answered our questions in a condescending tone, she left to go meet with another couple I assume.
This lady who should be the face of this place, basically made us wait for her, didn’t bother apologizing, and rushed us out. She probably spent 10 – 15 minutes talking to us. I don’t understand how someone like this could be the head of anything. She sounded nice on the phone but in person she was anything but.
With that said, the place is beautiful. It has a gorgeous view and my favorite part about the place was the balcony that wrapped around the main banquet hall which overlooks field. Valerie was also an amazing host. If we had only met with Valerie, my sister would have instantly signed up to get married there. The place had a gorgeous view and was super close by. However, Jennifer’s treatment towards us was so unprofessional, we ended up looking for another place. My sister is now booked at a different venue.
Weddings are a stressful time. Last thing anyone needs is a person stressing them out by treating them in such a rude manner. If anyone is interested in this place, I will recommend they check it out because it is gorgeous but I will warn them to avoid making an appointment with Jennifer Forshee. Instead, make an appointment with Valerie. She’s a wonderfully nice lady who will actually make you feel welcomed.

This review is for the Reception Hall/​Banquet area.
I came here this past weekend to attend an Engagement Party in that monstrosity of a building erected right along side the Parkway. Surprisingly this place has a great view of the golf course from the balcony area. Their main reception hall/​banquet hall AND cocktail area all have access to the balcony. I would presume that the room itself would hold about 130 – 150 people based on the number of tables and people per table that afternoon. A really bright natural lit area, great for afternoon settings. The dance floor isn’t huge, but a decent size. The service here is satisfactory, although they totally disregarded any of us about coffee with dessert. They’re a little rough around the edges if you ask me, but still promising. I don’t think they’ve been open long.
I would highly recommend this place as a venue since it’s brandy new and doesn’t have that dated feeling to it unlike many venues out there.

Played this course on Sunday, they charged my group of 20 players $ 79.00 each.
The layout of the course is excellent, but the conditions were horrible.
Some areas on the greens had no grass on them.
We have played courses in the area for $ 60.00 that were in much better shape.

My home course.
This review by next opening day will not even make sense because of all the massive changes they are making to this course. It will definitely be one of the top public courses within the next two years. When you play 18, check out the new clubhouse being built behind Hole 1 and next to the green on 18. It’s going to be crazy.
The course has been kept in GREAT condition this past year. Tee boxes and greens are in amazing shape with all the play that occurs through the week and especially the weekends at GHill. My only problem is they need better people on the course to keep people moving along. A round can take up to 5 hours sometimes with some of these bozo golfers.
The 9 hole is nice course for beginners as well as it’s difficult enough to keep even average 18 hole golfers happy. I believe it’s only $ 19 to play 9 holes, which is a steal because you can go to the driving range up the hill and pay $ 15 for 150+ range balls. WHY NOT JUST GO PLAY 9 HOLES?

I’m from Maryland, but the friends I visit live around Kenilworth so we always end up playing here. Their 9-​hole course is $ 18. It’s great for learning the game and learning your game. As a beginner, coming here often, every other month or so for the past year has improved my game tremendously.
It’s right off the highway yet stays quiet, the conditions are well kept, and the driving range is ideal for warming up before your round. Like any other public course, come early on nice days. But don’t quit without checking out the crowd (if any). It’s generally not packed, but even on a busy day the pace was fine.
I look forward to my next round.

The course is kept well, the driving range is a decent size and thy have three practice greens (one of them has a sand trap).
All and all I had a good experience here however I did have one problem that hindered me from rating this place four stars. I didn’t see one Ranger on the course. It took my group around six hours to finish 18 holes so clearly someone had to be out there hurrying up the lolligagers.
With that said its still a good course, reasonably priced and they’re also upgrading the facilities. I’d go back.

I learned to play golf at this course. They have an awesome 9 hole learning course which is only $ 17. You could spend 10 bucks hitting balls into nowhere, or spend a little more and play some actual golf. On a weekday, I walk it and can get in and out in about an hour and a half.
Public courses in this area are notorious for being overcrowded, overpriced, and poorly maintained. All of which adds up to an intimidating experience for the beginner golfer. This is not the case at Galloping Hill. If you’re a beginner like me you should definitely check it out.