Wintonbury Hills Golf Course

Great golf course and very beautiful in the fall !

Check-in was very fast using the GolfNow prepaid option. Staff was very efficient, loading our bags onto the cart. The cart has a great GPS.
Holes 14-17 are very challenging from the green tees. Condition of the course was very good.

All the staff was very friendly.

Very good conditions. Distances from the white tees were fairly short and very playable for most skill levels.

The Pete Dye Course at French Lick is one of my all-time favorite courses and there's more than a little similarity to that design at Wintonbury Hills. First, there's the obvious elements simply because this is a Dye design: Tons of bunkers and even some modest "Volcano bunkers," just like French Lick and the greens are tough to hold and even more difficult to read. A number of holes at Wintonbury Hills have that French Lick feel partially because there are no trees in play (French Lick famously has none...and the one it did have was struck down by lightning) and the holes play on different levels relative to the land. However, the much longer playing back nine has quite a few tree-lined holes that are unique to Wintonbury Hills where trouble can easily be found without even going into a bunker. The greens ran amazingly fast on the afternoon of my round...which is exactly what the starter warned us about when we did not use the practice green before teeing off. While none of my group had anything to drink the entire afternoon, Wintonbury Hills also caters quite nicely to those who prefer to drink away their bad shots...as they sell both "Bags of Beer" and "Mini Kegs" in the appropriately named "Tap Inn" restaurant & bar for you to take out on the course. Honestly, I think playing French Lick helped prepare me well for Wintonbury Hills...and I will look forward to visiting both again in the near future.

Course amazing. GPS monitor in carts, Coure very playable, can usually afford to miss a bit with driver, not too many trees. Score affected by difficulty of greens though. Grass perfect. Most top courses have pristine conditions for fairway and greens, but here everywhere the eye could see was perfect.

Loved the course but hated the golf cart system. Carts shut off WITHOUT warning if you go some place your not suppose to ,than you have to pull it back to where it will start working again. It would be nice to get a warning saying it will stop but no it just shuts off. Not friendly for players with any leg or back issues. If you're not in the fairways all the time you end up doing a lot of walking to get to your ball with this type of cart system. I see in the paper today that this course is a Wildlife Sanctuary so I'm guessing that has something to do with not wanting carts in certain areas but at least warn the people in the cart that they are getting close and it will shut off.

1st and foremost, this is a "BEAUTIFUL COURSE". Course has 4 sets of tee boxes. Black's- Green's- White's-Yellow's. With no Red's one would think the Yellow's were for the women. I played the whites. Course designed not to have the cart paths interfere with play. Just, don't play this course on a cart path only day. This left longs walks up and down hills (did I say up & down hills) to your ball (IN THE FAIRWAYS). This killed my hips and knees. Back side: If you only drive the ball 185-205 average, like I do, this left for long irons shots or fairway woods into the greens (most 170+). It's hard to get a fairway wood or 3-4 iron to hold the greens. Front side was nice, averaging, 135-140 into the greens. Maybe I should have played the Yellow tees on the back side. But how do you switch in the middle of a round? Courses of this caliber usually have a Tee Box for the Seniors as not to leaving them hanging or playing 100 yard par 3’s and 300 yards or less par 4’s. Still got a little life left in me. Maybe if it wasn’t still wet from the rain the night before I would have gotten more of a roll on the drives. Bottom line the course was “GREAT” people were even “BETTER”. Will try to play again when it’ dry.

Driving range is down the road and you need to buy tokens at the course pro shop. Other than that, everything was well organzied. Fairly open front side, in very good condition, GPS on carts so you could see the entire hole and get a sense of distances. A few holes on the back side were tree lined but generally tough to get in too much trouble and fairways and greens were in great shape. A few dollars more than most of the nearby courses but well worth it.

Fun course, challenging greens, you have to keep it in play to score. GPS on carts helps a bit with distance but I preferred a range finder for more accurate distance on par 3's.

Played Sunday August 18th for the first time and had a positive experience. Nobody there to set up our clubs on a cart upon arrival so we helped ourselves to the nearest one. Very good condition all in all and the greens were very fast. Many ball marks on the greens but they rolled true. Pace of play was great and overall enjoyable. Need to bring your putting game for this course............

Very well maintained but you do have to pay for that maintenance. The good news is that it is well worth it. GPS on the carts, difficult yet not overbearing, fast greens, great fairways, beautiful views.

This is a great course! We tee'd off at 7:30am and were finished just before 11:00am - great pace of play and the course was in excellent condition! Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. I hadn't played Wintonbury this early in the morning before, but I highly recommend it!

Course was in great shape. Great value. Would definitely play again and would definitely recommend others play here.

Everything was awsome, a great day as usual for this course. Only complaint is that players need to repair their divots and scuff marks on the greens. Not the courses fault, but too many feel that divot repair is someone else's job like raking bunkers!

My favorite course in CT, great deal for $45 if you tee off early. Course is in great shape, even with the hot weather this summer. Well maintained, challenging, and greens putt fast and true. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

My first time playing the course. Beautiful scenery. Fairways are perfect as well as the tee boxes. Loved the layout. The only complaint my playing partners and I had was that the greens were average. They were slightly faster than regular public courses but rolled well. They had an incredible amount of unrepaired ball marks which we found surprising for a course of this quality. We paid 38 dollars each for a twilight rate which is an incredible bargain for a course of this quality.

Tees, fairways in very good condition, greens looked well used but rolled true and fast.

Played this course for the second time and loved it once again. Course is maintained beautifully. Fast greens make for a challenging round with careful consideration of approach shots and putts. Course plays very naturally with holes laid out well. Highly recommend this course.

Excellent course - highly recomend this course. very good shape, Fast greens

Very friendly staff...course was in great shape!!The greens were in great shape and the views were very nice.I wouldn't pay the full 80 dollars that the course charges but with the golf now rate of 43 bucks that was well worth it!!