Lake Mohawk Golf Club
Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey · Northwest New Jersey (Skylands) golf market
- Access
- equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Irving Sewall (Duer Irving Sewall)
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Lake Mohawk Golf Club traces to 1928, when 125 acres between Lake Mohawk and the surrounding ridge were set aside for a golf course designed by architect (Duer) Irving Sewall; the first nine holes opened August 30, 1929, two months before the stock market crash. Four more holes were added in the mid-1930s, and the course reached its current full 18 holes in 1958. Today it is a private, member-owned club restricted to 245 bondholders -- a real, capped-membership barrier to entry. The club's clubhouse, originally built in 1934, was rebuilt in 1993 and expanded in 2006. The club sits within the broader Lake Mohawk community in Sparta Township, whose residential development in the early 1930s (600+ homes built around the lake within a few years of the course's opening) was directly tied to club-driven demand at the time -- a genuine historical residential-integration story. That broader community's day-to-day recreational amenities (lakes, beaches, boat docks, a pool) are managed today by a separate organization, Lake Mohawk Country Club, not by the golf club itself.
Golf & Course
An 18-hole, par-70 course (roughly 6,280 yards, 70.9 rating per most sources, with some variation across tee sets reported in secondary sourcing) built in stages between 1929 and 1958 by architect Irving Sewall.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is capped at 245 bondholders and is explicitly not restricted by residency -- the club states a prospective member 'can live anywhere and join the club,' completing a Membership Inquiry form and application/tour process. This confirms that, whatever the historical founding-era relationship between the club and the surrounding neighborhood was, today's golf membership is a separate, capped, application-based structure open to the general public and not bundled into or required of homeownership in the Lake Mohawk area.
Living in Lake Mohawk Golf Club
The broader Lake Mohawk community (roughly 2,500 acres, reported at about 2,700 households) grew up around the lake beginning in the late 1920s, with a documented wave of 600+ homes built in the years immediately following the golf club's 1929 opening. Today the community's shared recreational infrastructure -- three lakes, a dozen beaches, boat docks, a pool, walking trails, and roughly 25 miles of private roads -- is managed by Lake Mohawk Country Club, an entity distinct from the golf club. See the separate Lake Mohawk community record.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located on the west shore of Lake Mohawk in Sparta Township, Sussex County, within the same rural northwest New Jersey Skylands region as Crystal Springs Resort (Hamburg) and Panther Valley Country Club (Allamuchy).
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current bond/initiation cost and any waitlist directly with the club -- no published figures were found.
- Confirm precisely how 'bondholder' membership works today (transferability, resale, whether it functions as equity) directly with the club.
- Do not conflate this club with Lake Mohawk Country Club (a separate, non-golf recreational association) -- see buyer_notes.
Notable
- The first nine holes opened August 30, 1929, two months before the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression.
- Membership is capped at 245 bondholders.
- Over 600 homes were built around Lake Mohawk in the years immediately after the club opened -- a documented historical golf-driven residential boom.
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