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Not rich? Hudson County building affordable public golf course in Jersey City [The Jersey Journal]


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http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/10/not_rich_hudson_county_buildin.html

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By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal
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on October 06, 2014 at 7:45 AM

It's no Liberty National, but the nine-hole Hudson County Golf Course in Lincoln Park, Hudson County's first public golf course, is shaping up.

The $20 million course at Routes 1&9 and Duncan Avenue is scheduled to open around the middle of next year and promises a setting with amazing views and natural wetlands, all for $20 a round.

"This is really golf. This is not pitch and putt," Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said Friday at the 3,100, to 3,200-yard course, which has three par-three holes, three par-four holes and three par-five holes, including drives over waterways. Its working name is the Lincoln Park West Public Golf Course.

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$20 for 9 holes?! :-\ Certainly not cheap....
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$20 for 9 holes?! :-\

Probably walking, too. It's still NJ :-X

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For those of you not from NJ, there were 2 courses built in Hudson County (Jersey City and Bayonne) with views of NYC, but they are private and extremely cost prohibitive, even for all the young professionals that live in that area.  $20 walking for 9 holes is very affordable for the area, and folks will not have to drive an hour each way to play some golf.  Even $50-$60 for 18 with a cart would pack them in.

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I know land is expensive in that area but $20M for a 9 hole course? That's a tremendous waste of money. Most courses cost less than $4M to build for 18 holes. This one would be $40M. I understand the course was built on fill and there was remediation but this is a huge boondoggle IMO.

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