The Golf Club At Oxford Greens

Very nice mixture of holes. Course in great condition. Too many players & I thought too expensive but I'm cheap. Nice selection of draft beer which made my round great!

Decent size range for iron and wedge work max distance was like 200 I think. Green were solid with tough pin placements. Some scalding on the tees but nothing crazy and the divot fillers were stocked. As a lefty with a slicing issue this course played in my favor with a lot of dog leg lefts. Was able to play solo and work on clubs within 150 yards without slowing pace or hitting into the 4 some in-front of me. Very enjoyable will recommend to my group.

This course is decent value at $75-80, not the insane $105 they charge in the mornings. There is no water to drink on the course, some areas of the fairways are in dreadful condition and some bunkers have weeds growing out of the edges. It’s a long course, EVERYTHING slopes left.

Its a great place to play, the pace of play was good.

How much do they care after they get your money? No water on the course during a heat wave. No port a potties making you to walk into poison ivy to relieve yourself. Even better for the women. Carts were dirty with cigarette butts.

The fairways at Oxford Greens are wide enough to be fair to nearly all golfers. What it is, then, that makes this a preeminent test of golf for even the most accomplished players are the hills and dales, the rugged slopes, the bunkers, and the tilting, undulating greens. The course is tough on most holes–for example, the template (Biarritz) par-3 second with a lateral swale in the green and protected by water to the left and back. Oxford Greens also requires, off the tee, careful judgment of what are mainly right-to-left fairway slopes and will punish–perhaps a bit too harshly–golfers prone to hitting hooks instead of controlled draws. Not only must you drive the ball well, and preferably long, to score well; the greens are tricky throughout, most notably at holes like three, nine, twelve, thirteen and fourteen. The layout also sports a nice closing stretch of four varied and strong holes, topped off by the pair of fine tee-to-green tests that are seventeen and eighteen. Both holes have fairway bunkers galore, meaning you’ll have to strategize carefully on each to pick your best route to the green.

What more could you want for challenge? Well, there’s what I would consider the brutally hard, par-5 third hole, traveling some 630 yards from the deep tees to the green, yet, from any tee, a genuine three-shotter that requires both positioning and finesse if you hope to make a par. Bolstered by a double fairway and capped by a green perched atop the long hill, three is an astonishing, one-of-a-kind golf hole.

High slope numbers (128–135) and stroke ratings from almost every set of tees suggest that this is a difficult test, to be sure, but I’ll still argue that there are no genuinely unfair holes.

Course architect Mark Mungeam took pains to make the settings for each hole separate and attractive–they are threaded through forestland, around ponds, and among a housing development that is distanced well enough from the course itself.

Course Conditions:

Excellent. The only weakness was too many divots on some of the tees. Smooth and well-tended greens and especially greenside areas (including bunkers), consistent fairways, good roughs.

Service and Playing Experience:

Service was outstanding: from the front counter at check-in, from the ranger, and from a young lady riding the roving refreshment cart (we played at mid-day, so this was important). I liked the way the ranger–in conjunction with the front desk–was communicating on a possible slow-play issue on the front nine over radio. When we played, not surprisingly then, pace of play was very good. Very professional and friendly–the best I’ve seen this year.

I was fortunate to be grouped with three great playing partners: Chuck, Bill, and Don. We were always conversing, and enjoyed each other’s camaraderie throughout the eighteen. Chuck is pictured teeing off at twelve in one of the photos.

Some Conclusions:

At Oxford Greens, I always feel as if I’m rubbing elbows with real Connecticut golf on a beautifully rolling, wooded landscape. The course boasts four outstanding par-3s, too, that I would consider the best (most varied and most interesting design) among public golf courses in the state of Connecticut. Mark Mungeam, who renovated and restored the 2003 U.S. Open Course at Olympia Fields in Illinois, here created one of Connecticut’s gems. Oxford Greens remains–in my opinion–categorically the best golfing venue in Western Connecticut.

Heat wave cart path only and no water on the course to drink. Absolutely terrible.

The Course was cart path only. No problem if this was not the middle of a heat wave. Then to make matters worse, if not unhealthy there was no water anywhere to drink. No fountains, no coolers no ice chest with bottles of water, nothing. And just to make matters better, no port a potties, not that you would need one because you were sweating so much. I felt they cared only for my money and not my well being.

Perfect day out on the course using a Golf Now Hot Deal. Greens were nice and fast as usual. We were teamed up with a nice and friendly third golfer which made for a great day. Pace of play was smooth and you could not ask for much more.

I booked this round last minute to get a morning tee time on a Sunday with a friend. This course was equal distance between us. We've played here before and like the course, knew it was challenging with the slopes in the fairways and greens. Wet conditions this weekend in the morning. We played with two local golfers which was really nice, they helped with distances on shots and what to hit off the tee. We finished in 4 hrs 15 minutes, which the local golfer said was about right.

Our issue with the course is the staff member who came out every few holes kept telling us to push our pace. After the first time around the 4th hole we got the message and sped up. Still didn't see group ahead which I think was a twosome. The same staffer came around again a few holes later, same message. Oh it was also cart path only which didn't matter I guess. A few holes later, same staffer came around again. I ignored him and went about my round. Saw him again two more times, finally on the 18th tee box as I am swinging my driver, here he comes down the cart path. Sliced my drive into the trees to the right. This coming after my last 2 drives over 250y in the middle of the fairway. Mentioned it to him, and he said blame it on me, hit another ball. That's not the point kid. Sorry not coming back here again. Play here if you want to, maybe you will have a different experience. The local guy and I agree this course has lost something recently.

I read a review about pace of play and boy was it good n the money ….This must be a 55 and over community because all I saw was elderly people . The threesome infront of me was playing their own balls then it looked like a beat ball and no marshalls …. Will not be going back ….