Francis A. Byrne is an Essex County owned and operated course located 30 minutes from Manhattan off I-280 at exit 7 in West Orange.

The golf course is a classic layout with several holes modeled after courses in Scotland including the 1st after the Road Hole at St. Andrews and the par 3, 2nd hole with a Biarritz green. It's a parkland layout along tree lined corridors with deep sand bunkering around the greens and the Rahway River bisecting the western half of the course. There's three sets of tees from 5,400 yards to 6,663 yards, from the middle tees it's 6,338 yards, par 70, 70.8/130, course/slope ratings, designed by Charles Banks in the 1920s..