[ChrisJMull]

Does anyone know anything or have any tips about Miry Run Country Club in Western NJ? I'm playing there this coming Sunday, the 26th with my wife's cousin's boyfriend, a decent enough guy, but he made the tee time and I know nothing about this place except that Skycaddy has it mapped and what Golflink says. Has anyone played it or is a member there? It seems nice enough and reasonably priced, but how is the staff and gounds conditions? Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

[ChrisJMull]

Nobody? well, I am playing there tomorrow morning, so just in case anyone is interested, I will post a "report card" on the place sometime tomorrow night.

[paulyb]

I lived across the street from the place and only played 9 holes. I went to Mercer Oaks to play. Kinda unimpressive but I really don't remember too much. Hope you don't mind having small planes takeoff and land since it is adjacent to an airport.

[Simp]

It's a very unimpressive course IMO.The conditions from when I've played it is spotty, at best. I've played it a dozen times and I won't play it again, even if it were free. JMO. I live 5 minutes away from the place and I drive 20 minutes to play elsewhere if that tells you anything.

[ChrisJMull]

Simp and Pauly, i have to agree with you both wholeheartedly. Maybe I am spoiled by the courses that I play on a regular basis, but I was very disappointed by the course condition and the overall atmosphere at Miry Run Country Club. I got to the "club" 45 minutes before I believe that as a courtesy to the course, and other players, you should check in with the starter or pro shop at least half an hour before your tee time, to pay greens fees and then have some time to square yourself away before teeing off. Lo and behold, I was the ONLY car in the parking lot when I got there! I spent this time walking around a bit and the only person I saw was the groundskeeper running his dog to keep geese and other animals away. After I waited around for a while, I got there at 545 for a 630 tee time and no one else showed up until at least 620. I walked around the pro shop, which was now attended by one of the Pro's "junior" assistants. That was not a problem, just an observation. around that time, the parking lot started to fill up, and players started to show. we paid our fees, got our carts and loaded up our bags. After waiting around for a while, our 645 tee time becoming a 715 tee time for no apparent reason other than the fact that the staff decided to hit the snooze button, we teed off. At first, it was a very enjoyable course, bordered on the right by some houses. The second hole was a par 3 over some water, which one of my playing partners succeeded hitting a perfectly hit ball into, by choosing "too little club"!
The course conditions for the rest of the course were sub-par, sandy and rocky. The bunkers looked like waste bunkers or a rocky beach, FILLED with stones. I actually had to take a drop, because I didn't want to risk hurting someone or my clubs by hitting a ball through stones. Although there were sand/seed dispensers on the carts, apparently no one uses them, because the fairways were covered with divots, in the areas where the grass was not worn away to sand. The greens were alternatively covered in leaves/sticks or pith marks that no one seems to repair.
All in all, this is a poorly designed and administered track. The players that play here regularly do not seem to care enough to take even minor actions, like repairing pitch marks on the greens, to take care of what is ultimately THEIR course. That, finally is the atmosphere that permeated the entire experience of playing 18 holes at Miry Run "Country Club"!