Forsgate Country Club

{{Short description|Country club in Monroe Township, New Jersey}}

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{{Infobox Golf Facility

|golf_facility_name = Forsgate Country Club

|image = Fcc2.jpg

|imagesize = 200px

|caption = Aerial view of Forsgate Country Club

|location = Monroe, New Jersey, U.S.

|establishment = 1931{{cite book|last1=Whiting|first1=John|title=The Search for the 50 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in New Jersey: A Tribute to New Jersey’s Contribution to the Beauty and Legacy of Golf in America|date=October 3, 2015|publisher=Lulu Press|isbn=1105595102}}

|owner = Metropolitan Golf Group

|operator = Metropolitan Golf Group

|holes = 36

|tournaments = Forsgate Foundation Charity Classic

|website = http://www.forsgatecc.com

|course1 = Banks Course

|designer1 = Charles Banks

|par1 = 71

|length1 = 6,932 yards

|rating1 = 73.4/138

|course2 = Palmer Course

|designer2 = Hal Purdy & Others

|par2 = 72

|length2 = 6,737 yards

|rating2 = 72.0/138

}}

Forsgate Country Club is a country club located in Monroe Township, New Jersey. The club has two distinctively different eighteen hole golf courses, an historic clubhouse with two dining facilities, tennis court, a pool and fitness center. The club is private for golf and dining, but is available to non-members for meetings, catering, and golf outings. The club and its associated housing developments comprise the Forsgate census-designated place.

Banks Course

The Banks Course was created by Charles “Steamshovel” Banks in 1931.

Banks Course Featured Hole 12

This Horseshoe completely surrounded by bunkers, this par three is a copy of many elevated short holes in Scotland. "Buried elephants" is one way to describe the horseshoe-shaped undulation.{{cn|date=January 2018}}

Palmer Course

Originally created by Hal Purdy in 1961, but redesigned in 1995 by the Arnold Palmer Group and again in 2007 by Steven Kay.

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