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Liberty National Golf Club Pictures

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Liberty National Golf Club is an ultra-exclusive private club with initiation fees of around half a million dollars. It opened in 2006 after a construction process whose costs were around $130 million.

Why so expensive? First, location: Liberty National is in Jersey City, New Jersey, but is more associated with New York City because the course overlooks New York harbor, the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.

Second, because Liberty National was built on a site that used to be a petroleum storage facility and garbage dump - land that had once been classified a toxic waste site.

Liberty National Golf Club was designed by Bob Cupp and Tom Kite. It plays to around 7,400 yards and par 71, with a USGA course rating of 77.9. In 2009, it became a host site for The Barclays PGA Tour event.

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Liberty National Golf Club Hole 2 Statue of LibertyLiberty National Golf Club - Statue of LibertyLiberty National Golf Club Hole 13Manhattan SkylineLiberty National Golf Club Hole 14 Teeing GroundHarbor ViewLiberty National Golf Club Hole 14 and ClubhouseLiberty National No. 14
Liberty National Golf Club Hole 14 Green and HarborOn the WaterfrontLiberty National Golf Club Hole 17 GreenNo. 17 GreenLiberty National Golf Club Hole 17 Statue of LibertyLady LibertyLiberty National Golf Club Hole 18 Fairway and ClubhouseHome Hole
Liberty National Golf Club ClubhouseLiberty National Clubhouse

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