Gillette Ridge

pace of play was great. the fairways were in nice condition. the greens were a little spotty in places but rolled good. the traps were hard with alot of stones. over all alot of fun and well worth it if you can get a good price. bring extra balls, alot of target golf.

I consider this course of nearly PGA-level difficulty but - in spite of my rustiness - I still enjoy playing there (although I lose a lot of balls) at least once a season because of the beauty and creativity of the layout.
Don't get down on yourself if your score is higher here than elsewhere. Just enjoy the surroundings and go safe and you'll have a great time.
You'll do better the second time around, of course, if you make notes on the obstacles (such as the nasty weed fields in front of four or so greens) on each hole - this kind of thing is almost necessary if you plan on going back, because success here depends upon strategy and effective strategy depends upon a thorough knowledge of the layout. (You can't see where you're driving to on many of the tee boxes and you need to plan carefully where to hit your ball, on each shot, here or you might pay the price.)
One other plus of playing here: you can usually get a great price on golfnow and this is really one of the best courses in CT.

This course used to be a decent (but overpriced) course. Now it's in horrible shape and definetaly overpriced. Greens are pitted dead grass everywhere. Worst sand traps I've ever seen. Very unkept mowing. Most likely will not be returning.

We played here last year and it was great. I was really disappointed when we check in at the pro-shop when he told us to get our cart and head out to hole one cause there no starter today. We did what he told us to do. When we got to the tee box on hole number one there three group ahead of us, two double and one single. I was nice enought to ask the single to join us, he decline and said I'm gonna hit two ballsToday was really bad for Gillette ridge, because people can't appreciate the game of golf. Every hole there were two group at the tee box waiting for a single person to tee off. Saturday was the worse day of golf and I been golfing for six yearsWe wasted 5 hrs of a beautiful Saturday. It was so bad that we had to leave after the 13th hole. The green use to be great, every green have so much brown spot and the bunker around the green actually all the bunkers need a truck load of sand for each bunker, because there no sand in it. We spend all that money for what, my friend and I will never play here again. I hope they just had a bad weekend. With the kind of money they charge to lay, they should have a starter and a back up starter just in case one take a day off for the holiday. Have a back up plann, think about your customer, time of play should be 31/2 to. 4 hrs. Unhappy golfer!!!

Greens and tee boxes were in terrible shape. My friend played here years ago and said it was great, however he agreed that the conditon of the course were terrible this time. Course need a lot of TLC....Great layout though...

This is a challenging course. Unfortunately there is some dead grass on the greens and very little sand in the traps. I don't know why they cant fix these two problems.

My foursome was very excited to play here, hearing how nice the course was. The people who are running this course has sent this course to trash. The course was in AWFUL shape the tee boxes were barely cut. All the bunkers barely had sand in them and some even caving in. Our group just decided to take the ball out if we got in the sand. The bunkers even had broken rakes in them. The course had garbage everywhere. If you live around here or are stopping by this state and are around this area drive a little farther and go to wintonbury hills golf course more money but course is in way better shape. This course has a lot of work to do to get those standards!

greens were great but subtle breaks to drive you mad. This course requires that you hit it solid and straight all of the time or get punished. Very difficult for a senior with 200 yard driving distance from the whites.....multiple forced carries on drives and approach shots. Having senior tees would have saved me four or five shots because I had 180 yard or longer second shots to greens with hazards in play around and often in front of the greens. I love the design, but it really is too hard for me. Even the low handicappers need to have at least six balls in their bag before they tee off.

Course was saturated with water, has not rained in over a week. Bunkers lack of sand and weeds growing inside of bunkers. Tee boxes were not set up or in good condition. Would never pay regular course rates for this course. Golf now hot deal had us playing at 30 dollars as opposed to the 50-60 dollars for regular greens fees.

Could be a fantastic course but needs better upkeep

The only issues I had were amount of wear on the course fairway, the heavy morning watering in some areas and the traps were not maintained at all. There are literally weeds growing out of them and no signs of any daily work.

I was disappointed with the maintenance of the golf course, having not played here in two years. We were told there was a beverage cart on the course, however, we never saw one. Being in an extremely hot day, no drinking water in the coolers in the hot afternoon. That is unacceptable

Never seen the course this bad. Bunkers haven't been touched all year. Weeds in them and no sand. There was very few people out there yet the pace of play was insanely slow.

I have never played any golf course until this one iin which there was no drinking water available on any of the holes. The people who run this course left the impression that they could care less about their customers.

This was once one of the most best kept courses, looks like the management company is letting it go to the wayside.

Great course to play if you are in the hartford area. Relatively inexpensive considering the quality. Free range balls were a plus. Only compliant was the sandtraps were hard pack dirt. GPS available with smartphone

The course is over watered and the traps have literally NO sand

Nice course and lay out, but need to take better care

There was a time, about 7 years ago, when this was one of the top 5 public courses in the state. Now, it's a "shell of its former self."

And, I have "never" seen anyone working on the course in the last 6 or 7 years!!!

If things keep moving in this direction, I don't see a future for this course.

Good condition for the fairways and rough. Greens were average with evidence of brown spots and/or winter kill. Sand traps were very disappointing and almost unplayable as most had weeds, little sand, and compacted dirt/stones. General layout was excellent with 3-4 quirky hole layouts which were challenging for the first time player.