Lake/Quarry at Great Gorge Country Club

Great Gorge Country Club's Lake and Quarry courses occupy rugged terrain in the highlands of northern New Jersey, approximately fifty miles northwest of New York City. George Fazio designed both eighteens in the late 1960s as part of a larger resort development in the Vernon Valley area. The property sits at the base of the Appalachian ridge, where the natural topography provided Fazio with dramatic elevation changes and varied landforms uncommon in the region's flatter layouts.

The Lake course takes its name from the water features that appear throughout the routing, with several holes playing along or across ponds and wetlands. The terrain here tends toward rolling fairways with more conventional golf holes shaped around the existing water. The Quarry course reflects its namesake more directly, routed through and around former rock quarries that left exposed stone faces, steep drops, and irregular ground. Fazio incorporated these industrial remnants into the design, creating holes that play over, around, and between the quarry walls and ledges.

The courses served the Great Gorge resort during its active years and saw various ownership and operational changes as the resort evolved. The combination of mountainous setting, rock outcroppings, and water hazards gives both courses a character distinct from the parkland layouts more typical of northern New Jersey. The Quarry routing in particular remains notable for its use of the dramatic quarry features as both hazards and visual elements throughout the round.