Liberty National Golf Club

Liberty National is a country club in Jersey City, New Jersey adjacent to Liberty State Park on the Upper New York Bay. Its clubhouse, guest villas, teaching center, and "Cafe 12" halfway house were designed by Lindsay Newman Architecture and Design and the course was designed by Robert E. Cupp and Tom Kite.[5]

Liberty National
Clubhouse in February 2012
Club information
Location in the United States
Liberty National Golf Club (New Jersey)
Coordinates40.697°N 74.068°W / 40.697; -74.068
LocationJersey City, New Jersey
Established2006
TypePrivate non-equity
Owned byPaul Fireman
Total holes18
Tournaments hostedThe Barclays
(2009, 2013)
GreensBentgrass - A4
FairwaysBentgrass - L93[1][2][3]
Websitelibertynationalgc.com
Designed byLindsay Newman
Architecture & Design,
Robert Cupp &
Tom Kite
Par72
Length7,387 yards (6,755 m)
Course rating77.7
Slope rating155[4]
Course record62 Kevin Chappell (2013) Troy Merritt (2019)

The club cost over $250 million to build, making it one of the most expensive golf courses in history.[6] Club designers added amenities such as an on-site helistop, yacht services, spa, and restaurant.[6]

Tournaments hosted

Liberty National hosted The Northern Trust (formerly The Barclays and the Westchester Classic), in 2009 and 2013 and will host for the third time in 2019. In 2009, Heath Slocum won at 275 (–9), one stroke ahead of four runners-up.[5][7] In August 2013,[8] Australian Adam Scott won by one stroke over four runners-up.[9] Due to negative feedback from many players in 2009, the course underwent many changes prior to the 2013 playing.[10]

In 2019, The Northern Trust – the first of three events of the PGA TOUR's FedEx Cup Playoffs – will be played at Liberty National from August 6–11, 2019.

18th Hole

Presidents Cup

Liberty National hosted the Presidents Cup in 2017.

Caven Point controversy

Caven Point is a 22 acres (8.9 ha) bird sanctuary in Liberty State Park along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway adjacent to the golf course. The owners of the course would like to lease the land to expand the course with additional holes.[11] The proposal would require the "privatization" publicly- owned=land and disruption of the fragile ecosystem.[12] Proposals to protect the land have been made in the New Jersey Legislature to specifically protect the park from commercial development without a severe vetting process and public scrutiny.[13][14]

Scorecard
Liberty National Golf Club[15]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Tournament 77.7 / 155 3982193951934275384846114743739 51325043156315048132544549036487387
Medal 74.2 / 142 3651963651634015234455653603383 49622536352114644428542847133796762
Liberty 72.9 / 141 3651713651534014984135373603263 49619336348914642328542841432376500
Member 72.2 / 134 3391713451533864984135373473189 45319332448913142326138741430756264
Regular 69.6 / 120 3191423221363444653814853302924 42415330144611440124834838928245748
Handicap 1517111359317 12814101841662
Par 43434545436 5345344443672
Forward 72.4 / 135 2931372771073044383534532692631 3741132624149836622429732524735104

Notable members

Liberty National has notable members such as:

References
  1. "Fact Sheet : The Barclays". GCSAA. 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  2. "The Barclays: Course". PGA Tour. 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  3. "The Presidents Cup" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. September 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. "Course Rating and Slope Database: Liberty National Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  5. Hack, Damon (May 16, 2007). "PGA Tournament With a View of the New York City Skyline". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  6. "$129-million Liberty National Golf Course Opens in Jersey City". New Jersey Business. 54 (8). August 2006. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  7. "Barclays tournament to Liberty National in 2009". USA Today. May 16, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  8. "This Week in Golf - August 21st through August 24th". August 18, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  9. "Adam Scott wins PGA Tour's Barclays event in New Jersey". BBC Sport. 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  10. "Liberty National's hole-by-hole changes". PGA Tour. August 20, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  11. Journal, Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey (July 12, 2020). "Ultra-exclusive Liberty National Golf Club received up to $1 million PPP loan". nj.
  12. Tully, Tracey (January 9, 2020). "Golf Club for the 1 Percent Wants to Seize a Migratory Bird Habitat (Published 2020)" – via NYTimes.com.
  13. "S3357". www.njleg.state.nj.us.
  14. "A4903". www.njleg.state.nj.us.
  15. "Scorecard" (PDF). www.libertynationalgc.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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