Missed the 3rd. Bounced off the left on 4. Came up just short on the fringe on 14 from the left fescue. Pretty much missed all of them
Even playing the course more than once weekly, those three greens in particularly give me fits.
Has anyone played Crestbrook Park in Watertown or Western Hills in Waterbury? I spend some weekends up in Litchfield County and want to venture beyond Candlewood 
but want to keep it under an hour. Iāll get to the Hartford rota and Hotchkiss at some point.
Playing Simsbury Farms this Sunday at 11:30am and our fourth dropped out. If anyone would like to join let me know
Played CT National last weekend, and finally got to play Fenwick today.
CT was solid. Great shape, some really fun use of the courseās natural slopes, really firm and fast greens for how much rain weāve had this year. Might not make a point to play there much, but it was a fun round.
Fenwick was just a delight from start to finish. Awesome views, fun little routing, place was in great shape. Whoever came up with the back tees for the 4th hole was clearly drunk but I fully support it.
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Iām at the Taft School in Watertown, CT and, because Iām a faculty member, Iām a member at the Watertown Golf Club. (The school had a course many years ago. When the golf club wanted to expand to 18 holes so they could host bigger events, the school gave 9 holes worth of land in exchange for all faculty being members and allowing the golf team to practice and hold meets at the course).
The school year keeps me hopping, so I havenāt played many places locally. Itās easier to just walk up the hill and get in a few holes before dark while the students are on campus, but Iām hoping to branch out over the summer.
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Played Simsbury Farms for teh first time yesterdayā¦ course was in good shape. Greens were tricky, plenty of enjoyable holes. Not the fastest round of golf but also not the slowest. Will be back.
Glad to hear you liked it, let me know man would love to loop it with a fellow refugee
will do for sure
Just putting this out thereā¦
High probability I will be visiting the Hartford/Bristol, CT area the weekend of July 31-Aug 3. I have not booked the flight yet, but would gladly book a flight to get there earlier on Friday if someone had a strong suggestion for public course and could possibly get a Refuge round going as well. As of rn, I could land at 11am or 1pm which would give me enough time to play some golf before I have to go on with the rest of my weekend. LMK!
Keney Park isnāt too convenient to BDL but thatād be my top choice in the area. Wintonbury Hills in Bloomfield is probably the best course thatās near (~15min) to Bradley, a Pete Dye design. Gotta throw in my home course, Simsbury Farms, which is about 20 min from the airport too. Hope this helps
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As long as courses arenāt too far east of Hartford, Iāll play whatever. If I fly in early, Iāll just be trying to kill time and would want to play the best option or wherever we could get a refuge game going
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Playing Candlewood this weekend and wondering how walkable it is. I seemed to remember it was relatively flattish the one time before I played it but that was in the rain so we rode
Very easy walk. Itās basically flat. Bring an extra sleeve. Itās got some unbelievably tight holes crescendoing at 14 and tree lines are completely overgrown
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Thanks, kind of what I thought. I always carry an extra sleeve, I know my game very well
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Definitely is an easy walk and agree with @ProB1 on narrowness. Canāt speak to conditioning this year but when I went last year it was pretty wet in spots, but might have just been that I went after some heavy rain or suchā¦
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Second playing Simsbury Farms, my home course as well. In good shape, not too expensive, and easy to get a tee time on short notice if needed. Another good option in Bloomfield is Gillette Ridge, a Mr. Palmer design if I recall correctly @DawgLeg
Weāll have to play soon man!
Couldnāt let Gillette Ridge pass by without taking a shot lol. With all due respect to Mr. Palmer, that place stinks. To be fair the conditioning is great, but the office park around the course gives off major FedEX St. Jude vibes. Thereās plenty of OB, water, and you its really not a fun walk either. Its not a bad track but Iāve never really had fun there any of the times Iāve played it, and a lot of my friends are higher handicappers so we tend to stay away. Wondering if anyone else agrees/disagrees, place would be great if youāre scratch thatās for sure
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Yeah itās horrendous. Itās always in awesome shape but itās VERY hard and there are a lot of beginners trying to learn how to play out there because the Players Club deal is so cheap so itās automatic 5.5 hour round at least. There are a few fun holes 3, 4, 8, 9, 16 off the top of my head are pretty good. Also like you said, basically impossible to walk.
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Course is definitely kept in good condition and I actually played through really quick during my rounds(but got out super early in the am). Driving range could use some work.
Once you leave the area near the clubhouse I didnāt notice the office park so much but definitely true that you get the vibes from Big Insuranceās building(no free ads) right near the putting green. Not sure if they played a part in the construction of the courseā¦
If you can keep away from the water/waste areas where needed I didnāt think it was too harsh, definitely not somewhere I would be going to learn to play golf though.