Renault Vineyard (Egg Harbor City, NJ; Shearon): a photo tour (all holes up)

[John Shimony]

Joe's three hole stretch of seven, eight, and nine was indeed interesting.  While I wasn't so keen on seven when we played the hole because of what appears to be a very narrow driving area the hole does allow for a rather wide area to drive to with an iron.  If you want to use a driver you can but you have to hit a perfect draw.  Eight was great with four options off the tee.  1) go for the green. 2) lay up short right, 3) lay up short left, or 4) lay up short of the green in the center of the fairway with a long iron or wood that leaves about a 50 yard approach.  Joe was about 15 yds short and left of the hole and used his putter with his usual deft touch.  I was on the back right fringe with a twenty yard putt.  Joe won the hole.  The ninth hole looks very nice from the tee as the fairway crests at the landing area with bunkers short right of the fairway dug into the face of the slope (out of play).  The green is bunkered on both sides and reminds me of the elevated first green at Galloway Nat'l.  

The width of the course is a plus because there is, as Joe mentions, a prevailing wind this close to the Atlantic.  The course is very playable without any crazy tough holes that I can recall.  

[Joe Bausch]

#13.  Par 3.  Struggled with lighting on this hole.



Tee view:



View of the green from the nearby 10th tee:



From over the green:



#14.  Par 4.  Probably my 2nd favorite par 4 on the course.  Nice elevation change.



Tee view:



From the beginning of the fw:



A good drive can catch a little bit of a downslope to leave this approach shot view:



From the back of the green, where the last 1/2 or so runs away:



#15.  Par 5.



Tee view:



2nd shot view:



Approach view:



Nice little swale in this green:



Last three another day!

[John Shimony]

I like how the ninth and fourteenth holes have their fairways running through what I guess we can call saddles, or saddles viewed from the side.

[Patrick_Mucci]

Joe,

Looks pretty neat.

How were conditions ?

How far from Hidden Creek ?          Atlantic City ?

[Joe Bausch]

Joe,

Looks pretty neat.

How were conditions ?

How far from Hidden Creek ?          Atlantic City ?

Conditions excellent for a public course. 

About 30 min away from both HC and ACCC.

[Doug Braunsdorf]

Joe,

Looks pretty neat.

How were conditions ?

How far from Hidden Creek ?          Atlantic City ?

Pat, it's closer than both HC and ACCC, if you were coming from up north.  You can exit the GSP at 44 (coming south, for you) and it's about 4-5 miles in from there, literally three right turns from the exit.  Call or email if you're coming.

[Joe Bausch]

#16.  Par 3.



Tee view:



From short of the right bunker:



From the hill over the green providing the nice 'aerial' perspective:



#17.  Par 4.



Tee view:



From 100 yards out:



From long and right of the green:



From long and left of the green:



#18.  Par 5.



Tee view, where you can carry that rise and get a good run out:



2nd shot view:



From 100 yards out:



From over the green:



I think Renault has much to offer and I'll gladly play there again if at that part of the Jersey shore.

[Joe Bausch]

If you would like to view all the photos of Renault Vineyard that I kept, go here for the very large size (1400 pixels wide):

http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/albums/renault/

Or here for the more manageable 830 pixels wide:

http://www.myphillygolf.com/uploads/bausch/Renault/index.html

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Renault Winery Resort and Golf was sold Monday to the bank that holds its mortgage.[/font][/size]
[/size]Toms River-based OceanFirst Bank said the property, now branded as Tuscany Resort, will remain fully open while the bank tries to sell it. There will be no employee layoffs, the bank said in a news release.All components of the resort — including two restaurants, a 54-room hotel, 18-hole golf course and a winery billed as one of the oldest continuously operating wine producers in the United States — will be running full bore, said the property’s new executive director and general manager, Patrick Sheehan, a Galloway Township resident who spent years running large fitness centers.


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