The Banks at Forsgate Country Club

The Banks course at Forsgate Country Club occupies rolling terrain in central New Jersey's Middlesex County, designed by Charles Banks and opened in the late 1920s. Banks, who worked extensively with Seth Raynor and carried forward many template hole concepts after Raynor's death, brought his strategic design philosophy to this property during the golden age of American golf architecture. The course represents one of several Banks designs in the region from this productive period.

The routing moves across varied topography characteristic of central New Jersey, with elevation changes and natural contours that Banks incorporated into his strategic framework. The design reflects the template-influenced approach Banks learned from Raynor, though executed with his own interpretations. The property's landscape includes mature tree growth that has evolved significantly since the original construction, framing holes and defining playing corridors through the layout.

Forsgate Country Club operates as a semi-private facility and has maintained multiple courses on its extensive property over the decades. The Banks course has undergone various restoration and renovation efforts to preserve and recapture elements of the original design intent, addressing both agronomic improvements and strategic feature restoration. The course serves both member and daily-fee play, making this Banks design accessible to a broader golfing audience than many private golden age layouts in the metropolitan New York area.