Private Clubs & Country Clubs in Paramus

Arcola Country Club is a historic private club founded in 1909 in Paramus, New Jersey, featuring an 18-hole championship course shaped by the natural terrain of its Bergen County setting. Originally designed by Herbert H. Barker and significantly redesigned by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1950, the course plays to a par 72 at over 7,000 yards with a slope rating of 138, combining dramatic elevation changes with strategic water hazards. The club gained national recognition as a host venue for the 2022 U.S. Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Ridgewood Country Club is a Golden Age masterpiece in Paramus, New Jersey, featuring 27 holes designed by A.W. Tillinghast across three distinct nine-hole courses completed in 1929. The club has hosted major championship golf at the highest level, including the 1935 Ryder Cup, the 1974 U.S. Amateur, and multiple PGA Tour events, with Gil Hanse leading careful restoration efforts to preserve Tillinghast's original strategic intent.