2026 NJ Golf Open at Morris County, The Open Recap and My Day at Baltusrol

The 106th New Jersey Open Championship returns to Morris County Golf Club for the first time since 1984, bringing 123 of the state’s best professionals and elite amateurs together for 54 holes on a course measuring roughly 6,600 yards. Mike and Chris examine why its narrow, sloping fairways, strategic angles, deep bunkering and demanding green complexes make discipline more important than distance, where the championship can be won or lost, and whether Barnes Blake can become the first player since Billy Ziobro in 1970 to win the New Jersey Amateur and New Jersey Open in the same season.

Mike and Chris also recap Ryan Fox’s remarkable Open Championship victory, from barely making the weekend to a record-tying 62, four birdies over his final six holes and the birdie at No. 18 that secured his first major championship at 39. Mike then reflects on playing Baltusrol’s Lower Course with Mike Setola, Tim Hipzer and his dad, and why a day without cameras, content or concern for the score reinforced that golf’s most meaningful experiences are often defined by the people beside you. Follow The DROP for your weekly fix of Golfing in the Garden State.