Chicopee Woods Golf Course - School Nine

Manager should train the starter how to treat customers friendly way!

Great course, staff and amenities!! I’ll definitely play it again when it’s all green, being this time of year course was still in great shape!!

Over 4 hours to complete 18 holes. Waiting on every hole for slow group ahead. No Marshals to enforce speed of play.

Even though I live much closer to numerous golf courses, this place is always my go to. Staff are amazing and always friendly. The cook and guy who runs the snack bar is awesome as well!! We had a pace of play issue due to two groups joining up together on the 2nd hole and called the pro shop and they came out and handled it very promptly. Not sure how they can stripe the fairways that well when the grass is dormant but they’ve figured out how to do it. Greens roll very well and true to your line. The diversity of the holes here is incredible and they’re all kept in very good shape year round. This place is always packed for a reason, they do everything right.

The course was nice, but they had tractors working on it. I understand about working on the course, but this was a busy day, and one of the holes blew leaves from one side of the fairway to the other. We couldn't find the balls that we hit in the fairway. I just thought they would either lower the fees for the day or at least work more intelligently on the course.

Same review as always.

Nice course. Good shape. Challenging. HOWEVER, pace of play always slow as course management stacks tee time TOO close!! It should be about the golfers experience first and foremost secondary to making more money. And, this is not a one day issue. It’s anytime you play here. Unfortunate, as such a nice course and, remedy is two folded. Widen tee time spread. Add a marshal who actually does something about pace of play. Needs no capital expenditure.

After golfing around the area, I kept hearing from everyone that I had to play Chicopee. Well, I finally did—and wow, it did not disappoint! The course is absolutely beautiful and incredibly well-maintained. The flowers and general foliage makes you really appreciate the course. The greens were a great size, rolled true, and were in excellent condition. Honestly, everything about the course was spotless.

The staff were super friendly, and the food was both affordable and decent. They mentioned they’re updating their clubhouse next, which is exciting. My only tiny thing is that they don’t serve hard liquor—just beer. NOT A DEAL breaker just letting you all know.

Highly recommend giving Chicopee a try if you haven’t already!

The bad - we went on Christmas Eve, so it was crowded and they had a morning frost delay, so tee times were pushed back.

The good - the staff handled the delays very well! Jimmy the starter was on top of things with timely information, so we went to the top-of-the-line practice facility and hit balls for about an hour. Once on the course, we MOVED! I thought we were gonna be waiting forever at tee boxes. Nope! Pace of play was awesome.

The great - the practice facility. Wow!! Plenty of spots at the range, and they have a separate chipping green, a sand green, and a putting green, all with a nearby snack bar and sitting areas. It’s impressive.

We’ll definitely be back to play all three 9s.