Forsgate Country Club history

A photo of the Jamesburg High School class of 1939 in Washington, D.C. was donated by Allan of Monroe Township, NJ.

WHEN the New Jersey Turnpike opened in 1951, traffic thundered uninterrupted through the rich, flat farmland of South Brunswick past the genteel country club known as Forsgate.

In 1961, the grandson of John Forster hired architect Hal Purdy to create an additional nine-hole golf course.

A pen from the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, Jamesburg Dial Cut Over, December 6, 1964 was donated by Gregory of Port Tobacco, MD.

Not until 1967, at the bidding of the developers of the Rossmoor retirement village near Forsgate and of several smaller commercial projects springing up in the farmland, did the Turnpike Authority decided to build Exit 8A on a portion of the country-club property.

In the late 1970’s, Forsgate hosted the LPGA Coca-Cola Championship with Amy Alcott and Kathy Whitworth as consecutive winners, followed by Nancy Lopez.

Randall A. Hack, president of RH Development Company, has been building commercial projects in the area around Exit 8A since his company bought 1,804 acres there in 1979.

A painting of Lakeview Mansion by Phyllis Perrine was donated in April 2005 by Lisa of Helmetta, NJ.