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Laurel Creek Country Club

Course Information
Club Type: Private
Founded:1988
Architect:Arnold Palmer
General Information
Address: 701 Centerton Road
Mt. Laurel, NJ  08054-1624
Phone:(856) 234-7663
Fax:(856) 273-0080
Website:www.laurelcreek.org
Email:jdimarco@laurelcreek.org
Club Contacts
  Golf Professional:   Bob Hennefer   (856) 778-1342 
  General Manager:   Joel J. Inman   (856) 234-7663 
  Superintendent:   John B. Slade   (856) 231-8360 
Club Events
2023 Monday, July 24  GAP USGA Amateur Qualifier (3) 
2022 Oct 25  GAP Volunteers Day 
2021 Aug 30  GAP Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship   
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Course Yardage & Ratings
Handicap Conversion Charts:  [Mens]  [Womens]

PALMER/MEDAL TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  35.6 141  35.7  132 71.3 137 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 388354159357501403188346487318339634542037815747337320240631506333
 HCP 48181412210616 7131515179113  
CHAMPION TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  36.7 146  37.1  139 73.8 143 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 395376169406509447214370546343240240745638616853044222143934516883
 HCP 61018168212414 1591517133117  
PALMER TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  36.1 146  36.3  139 72.4 143 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 388367159392501427188346525329339638942037815752441020240632826575
 HCP 48181610212614 1171517153139  
MEDAL TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  35.2 136  35.5  125 70.7 131 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 369354139357480403167318487307439534541136314947337319640231076181
 HCP 48181610212614 1311151517793  
MEDAL/HONORS TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  34.0 132  34.7  122 68.7 127 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 353249139357480347167297447283639534535636314947333113937129225758
 HCP 21618128461014 9715151711133  
HONORS TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  33.6 132  34.2  119 67.8 126 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 353249129334434347146297447273639328935633913745833113937128135549
 HCP 21812168410614 7135115179113  
LEGENDS TEESFront 9Back 9Course
RatingSlopeRatingSlopeRatingSlope
  Men  32.9 130  33.1  122 66.0 126 
 HOLE123456789OUT101112131415161718INTOTAL
 Par 443454345364444354343571
 Yards 349244123326377306140288438259139028132033112142328113329625765167
 HCP 21614184101268 7133117911155  
History
Arnold Palmer would have been on safe ground making the same pronouncement about Laurel Creek, located in Moorestown, New Jersey. For once again, he and Ed Seay have outdone themselves
The club was founded by the Moorestown Foursome Partnership—Jay Cranmer (the club’s first president), Fred Moriuci, Robert Scarborough, and Thomas Whitesell— and construction of the golf course began in 1988. Nine holes opened for play in September of 1990, with the complete 18 available for the members the following May. A simple dwelling on the property served as the clubhouse for the first five or six years. Then, in the summer of 1996, a beautiful and spacious traditional-style clubhouse with all the amenities opened its doors.
But it was the game itself that came first at Laurel Creek, which, in addition to being a country club, is also a planned residential community. The course itself contains some 60 acres of environmentally protected wetlands and lakes, which contribute enormously to its distinction and its challenge
There is a links-like look to much of this remarkable eighteen, the result of undulating fairways, tall, wispy rough of native fescues, and the absence of trees
As at Commonwealth National, water is the chief impediment to good scoring here. In the form of ponds and lakes (all told there are 14 such hazards), it endangers our efforts on half the holes, more often than not paralleling the line of play. Then, too, there are three or four holes— one thinks instinctively of 2, 8, and 12—where forced carries over densely overgrown wetlands prove intimidating. But even if we are successful in avoiding the water, the imaginative bunkering and the big, shapely, spirited greens are likely to take their toll.
On a course where there is not a weak or indifferent hole, it is difficult to choose favorites. In an effort to evoke just a little of the flair that went into this original and engaging layout, it might be well to look at an example of a par 3, a par 4, and a par 5. And, for the sake of the large majority of golfers, to play them from the white markers (course length 6,182 yards) rather than from the blues (6,712 yards) or the golds (6,917).
The 8th is a very short two-shotter—a mere 311 yards that, because the pitch is downhill, plays even shorter. The blind drive, with the line announced by a pair of scraggly sentinel trees, left and right, calls for a forced carry over a wetlands jungle. Thin it, or pull it even a hair, and the ball is lost. In the tee-shot landing area, the hole doglegs 90 degrees left. Here, perhaps from a sloping lie, we play a delightful falling shot to a medium-size green defended by a pond tight on the right, sand equally tight on the left. For unalloyed fun, a hole that is tough to top.
The following hole, the 495-yard 9th, is a one-of-a-kind. Travel the globe and you are unlikely to encounter its kin. It has two lakes. The first— and somewhat larger of the two—stares up at us as we take our stance on the modestly elevated tee. The second one is nowhere to be seen. That’s because the fairway climbs briefly at about 230 yards and blocks our view of the second half of the hole. Not until we get out there and crest that rise do we learn, in shocked astonishment, that another substantial body of water awaits and that it must be crossed in order to gain the green. There is an opportunity for the long hitter to risk everything (twice) in order to reach the green in two and an opportunity for the short hitter to play timidly along the left side of the hole and cross the water to the green on his third shot with a very lofted club. Still, no matter how you play it, it is marvelous—and unforgettable.
The 17th is a 196-yarder. The tee is elevated; the green is at a somewhat lower level. Squarely between them, in a great hollow, is another of those jungle-like wetlands, this one crammed with all manner of "weed trees" and curious growths that obscure the shapely green, itself framed quite cozily by several natural-looking mounds. It is another original golf hole. We shake our head in wonder, and then we smile broadly in delight
For at Laurel Creek, no matter the potential disaster confronting us (or lurking around the next corner), we are thoroughly captivated, often exhilarated. Oh, the challenge is here with each stroke we take—make no mistake about that. But, at least as important, so is the fun.

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