Billy Casper Golf will manage Forest Hill Field Club, a private, member-owned club in Bloomfield, N.J., located 15 minutes from Manhattan. BCG will oversee club operations, golf and round maintenance, membership marketing, staffing and training, member activities, food and beverage, merchandising, golf instruction, public relations, special events and financial management.
“We are deeply honored to manage Forest Hill Field Club,” Peter Hill said in a news release, chairman and CEO of Billy Casper Golf. “Our talented team will introduce new membership programs, special events and other initiatives to build on the history of Forest Hill as one of the Northeast’s premier country clubs.”
The club first opened in 1896. It features an 18-hole, 6,547-yard, par-71 course designed by A.W. Tillinghast, an Olympic-sized pool, sauna and fitness center. Tillinghast was recently inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame for his work at Forest Hill Field Club among others including Winged Foot Golf Club, Ridgewood Country Club and Bethpage State Park’s Black Course.
“Billy Casper Golf’s unique approach to bolstering financial performance and enhancing services for members is unmatched,” Peter Kelly said in a news release, president of the board of Forest Hill. “We will work with its experts to create even more structure and value to memberships which promote the highest level of exclusivity with world-class amenities.”
Billy Casper Golf, headquartered in Vienna, Va., is one of the largest owners and operators of golf courses, country clubs and resorts in the country with over 150 properties in 28 states.