General Information
The pro shop is open from 6:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. The course is not open to the public. Guests are permitted to play with a member. The dress code states that denim is not allowed and that a collared shirt is required. Metal spiked shoes and fivesomes are not allowed. Moreover, cellphone use is not permitted on the course or on club grounds except in one's car. The course is open year round. The green fees for guests of members are $150. Players are required to use a caddy between the hours of 7am and 2pm. The fairways and greens are bent grass. The greens are aerated in April, late August and November, after the season ends, and there is overseeding of Penn A4 Bentgrass.
History - Baltusrol Golf Club was named after an apple farmer who went by the name of Baltus Roll. He farmed the land on which the club resides today and on February 22, 1831 he was murdered by two thieves who believed that he had hidden a small treasure in his farmhouse on Baltusrol mountain. Two men, Peter B. Davis and Lycidias Baldwin were suspected of the murder. Baldwin fled to a tavern in Morristown where he killed himself with an apparent overdose of narcotic. Davis was apprehended in stood trial in Newark. Despite overwhelming but circumstantial evidence, much of which the trial judge ruled as inadmissible, Davis was acquitted of murder. He was however convicted of forgery and sentenced to 24 years in prison and would later die in Trenton State Prison.
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