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Title: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: mike_malone on July 31, 2022, 01:28:03 PM

Which would you choose to play ?


I can choose between them but know little about either.

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Bill Gayne on July 31, 2022, 01:55:38 PM

Montclair would be my choice between the two. The golf scenes in The Sopranos were shot at Upper Montclair.

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Post by: MCirba on July 31, 2022, 01:56:15 PM

Upper is Lower.

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Post by: Tim Martin on July 31, 2022, 03:00:43 PM

Montclair is the pick.

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Peter Sayegh on July 31, 2022, 05:04:38 PM

Sorry. Way off OT.
...but shows the serendipidity/randomness of this game.
Four hours ago I walked off the 18th green at PCC #9 after my best ball striking day in two years...lo, and behold, a MCC ball marker is in the grass as I walk off.
Jersey seems to find its own.

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Tommy Williamsen on July 31, 2022, 05:09:04 PM

I'd also pick Montclair.

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Pat Burke on July 31, 2022, 08:23:04 PM

I pick Montclair and it’s not a close call for me.


And I like Upper Montclair, it’s just not in the same category to me

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Keith Phillips on July 31, 2022, 09:58:37 PM

I'm biased as a Montclair member but have heard wonderful things about Upper as well.  If you come to Montclair, please try to play the 2nd and 3rd nines, which have been wonderfully restored by Brian Schneider and Superintendent Michael Campbell.  Really fun golf.

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Jeff Shelman on August 01, 2022, 09:26:32 AM

The photos I have seen of Montclair look really good. That would be my choice.


I played Upper Montclair a few years ago and it is certainly not a bad course at all. It does seem to be a very fun membership.

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Post by: Eric LeFante on August 01, 2022, 10:05:56 AM

How did the 2nd nine come out? I played two weeks before they re-opened so didn't get to see it. Any member complaints about particular holes/features?

Title: Re: Montclair or Upper Montclair?
Post by: Keith Phillips on August 01, 2022, 11:58:35 AM

Quote from: Eric LeFante on August 01, 2022, 10:05:56 AM

How did the 2nd nine come out? I played two weeks before they re-opened so didn't get to see it. Any member complaints about particular holes/features?

Members are raving about the work on #2.  Significant green expansions on 1, 3, 5 and 6, new/improved green complexes on 2 and 9, a minefield of bunkers on 1 and 9, etc.  The most dramatic change is on 2 of 2, with the penal element removed (too many good shots resulting in 60 yard roll-backs to the bottom of the fairway) and far more interest in the bunkering