Private Clubs & Country Clubs in West Orange

Crestmont Country Club is a private 18-hole club founded in West Orange, New Jersey, featuring a classic course design by Donald Ross. The layout preserves signature Ross elements including small, undulating greens and strategically placed bunkers, with a course rating of 73.2 and slope of 135 from the championship tees. The club hosted the 1985 New Jersey State Open and underwent selective renovation by Robert Trent Jones Sr. that same year, maintaining the integrity of the original design.

Essex County Country Club is one of New Jersey's oldest and most storied private clubs, founded in 1887 and situated in West Orange. The 18-hole championship course bears the design legacy of A.W. Tillinghast, whose 1917 layout was later refined by Seth Raynor in 1925, producing a demanding par-71 track stretching over 7,100 yards with the strategic bunkering and undulating greens characteristic of golden age golf architecture.

Montclair Golf Club is one of New Jersey's oldest private golf clubs, founded in 1893 and situated in West Orange with 36 holes across four combinable nine-hole layouts. Originally designed by Donald Ross in 1920, the course has been shaped by a distinguished lineage of architects including Charles Banks, Robert Trent Jones Sr., and Rees Jones, retaining classic elevated greens and strategic bunkering throughout. The club's championship pedigree includes hosting the 1985 U.S. Amateur, cementing its place as a landmark of American golf history.