Great Bear Golf Club
East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania · The Poconos golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Jack Nicklaus
- Gated
- No
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Great Bear Golf Club is a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design that opened in 1997 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County -- correcting a location error in the research brief's seed description, which pointed toward Lackawaxen/Masthope in Pike County. That area's only golf-branded amenity, the Masthope Mountain Community, has no real course of its own (mini-golf only); Great Bear is a distinct, genuine 18-hole facility roughly 7,000 yards and par 71, marketed as the only public Nicklaus Signature design in the Poconos. The course anchors the Estates at Great Bear, a 450-acre, 127-home gated residential community with 24/7 security, a clubhouse, pool, and tennis courts, built specifically around the golf course and its name.
Golf & Course
Jack Nicklaus Signature design opened in 1997, par-71 at 7,000+ yards, using the site's lakes, streams, and wetlands with nearly 50 bunkers; changed ownership in 2012.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
The course itself is public/semi-private with no confirmed hard membership barrier; residential integration comes through the separately governed Estates at Great Bear HOA, not through club membership itself.
Living in Great Bear Golf Club
The Estates at Great Bear (450 acres, 127 homes) is a gated community built directly around the course, with its own HOA (reported ~$1,400/year) independent of the golf club's own membership/access structure.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Golf-side amenities include dining and full practice facilities; the Estates' own amenities (pool, tennis, clubhouse) are governed separately by the community HOA.
Location & Surrounding Area
East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, between historic Shawnee-on-Delaware and Bushkill, within the Delaware Water Gap-adjacent Poconos corridor.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm whether any homeowner-specific tee-time priority or fee advantage exists for Estates at Great Bear residents beyond the general public/semi-private offer.
- Confirm current course access model (public vs. semi-private membership tiers) directly with the club.
Notable
- Location-corrected from the research brief's seed description (Lackawaxen/Masthope) to its true site: East Stroudsburg, Monroe County.
- The only public Jack Nicklaus Signature Design course in the Poconos.
- Anchors the 127-home Estates at Great Bear gated community on 450 acres.
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US Golf Living provides independent real-estate research and can connect consumers with real-estate professionals. Golf membership, availability, fees and approval are determined independently by the applicable club.