The best private courses in Princeton, New Jersey

Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members log rounds and rate what they played. These are the 22 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Princeton, New Jersey, ranked by those community scores.

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Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Princeton, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.

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Common questions about private course rankings in Princeton, New Jersey.

The top private golf courses in Princeton, New Jersey on Course Vaults are led by Plainfield Country Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.8. This page ranks 22 courses, including Plainfield Country Club, Trump National Golf Club at Bedminster, The Ridge at Back Brook.

Course Vaults ranks private golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Princeton, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.

Yes. The Princeton, New Jersey list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Princeton, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.

Plainfield Country Club is currently #1 among private courses in and around Princeton, New Jersey on Course Vaults at 8.8 out of 10.

This ranking was last refreshed Sep 30, 2026, 11:42 PM EDT. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.

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