Baltusrol Golf Club's Lower Course stands among the most celebrated layouts in American golf. Designed by A.W. Tillinghast and opened in 1922, it has hosted more USGA championships than almost any other venue in the country — including multiple U.S. Opens, most recently in 2016 when Dustin Johnson set a then-record 72-hole score. The course carries the weight of history at every turn, and serious golfers feel it from the first tee.
Tillinghast shaped the Lower across the rolling terrain of the Watchung foothills in Union County, and the routing moves with a confidence that only the best Golden Age designs possess. The par-5 17th and par-4 18th finish — both playing over or alongside the famous Sahara bunker complex — are among the most recognizable closing stretches in championship golf.
Springfield sits in the dense, established golf corridor of northern New Jersey, close enough to Manhattan to draw generations of serious players who've considered Baltusrol a benchmark, not just a club.
