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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.7
90.0%
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228 out of 263 reviews
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4.4
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Conditions
4.0
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
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Layout
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Pace
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Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7011 yards
Slope 132
Rating 73.3

Lyman Orchards in Middlefield is a favorite spot for families because of the nearly 100 varieties of pick-your-own fruit, but it's popular with golfers as well, boasting both a Robert Trent Jones-designed course and one designed by Gary Player. There is also the Apple Nine Course. Situated along the banks of the Connecticut River, the orchards provide the perfect setting for a round of golf. The Jones Course has a diverse terrain, offering dramatically rolling hills on the front nine and a back nine that is routed through woodlands and wetlands. Water comes into play on a total of seven holes on the back and there are more than 40 bunkers strategically placed along the severely sloped greens. Accurate drives and irons will be generously rewarded but it's not overly punishing for high handicappers.

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Course Details

Year Built 1969
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1969) Roger Rulewich (1969)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Lyman Orchards Golf Academy"
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Accepted
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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4.6
263 Reviews (263)

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Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow back nine

Played here many times and the course is always in excellent shape. Today however it took almost 3 hrs to play the back nine. There were 4 groups on the 10th hole. I know the ranger was trying to do something about it but I also know that you do not want to lose customers. What about the customers behind.?There were at least 3 holes open in front of that slow group and not once did I see them asked to be moved up. I know the pro should be able to do this. As for the Philly Cheesesteak it was awful. The beef was as tough as shoe leather.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great experience

The course was in excellent condition and played in 4hrs 10min Despite some slow play (many twosomes). Rangers did a good job in patrolling.
Played both course - both were excellent and different.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Layout

Layout is excelllent. Locale is excellent with high quality staff.

I would certainly play again for the price. I would have been disappointed if I had payed full freight.

Conditions were OK. The tees were pretty beat on the par threes, and the course had not been cleaned up in a bit.

It was the end of the day, but garbage cans were overflowing, tee boxes were covered in divots.

It is clear that the fellow player is not doing there part. Divots just off the green, unrepaired ball marks, unraked bunkers, and just sloppy golfsmanship was evident.

I'll play it again, and hope that what I saw was an aberration.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 97
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Rough rough

A five hour round is frustrating on any course any day of the week. The rough was so high which made finding balls was extremely difficult. The rough did factor into the pace of play for sure. Additionally, there was a ranger who was out a visible yet the group in front of us had a hole opened in front of them but nothing was done to have them pick it up. Not sure what the function of a ranger is then.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow

Teed off at 3 o'clock finished in the dark 5 1/2 hours never saw a Ranger could've been handled a lot better by The staff the group in front of us was drinking heavily and leaving the beer cans for us to pick up three open holes The staff the group in front of us was drinking heavily and leaving the beer cans for us to pick up three open hole in front of them and we never saw a ranger

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent for the money

The bunkers are hard pan, unplayable. Greens were slow. The rest of the course was in good condition and the layout is fun.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A serious treat

Had a work training in this area and decided to bring the clubs with a few co workers and I'm glad we did. Got a 6:12pm tee time off the app for $38 but we got out at 4:30pm so we decided to warm up on the 9 hole course before and this was the nicest par 3 course I had ever see and the practice facility was gorgeous. The jones course was next and it did not disappoint. 4 sets of tees for all abilities and the course was in perfect shape!! Difficult but not to hard for your average golfer and just a gorgeous landscape. This is one of my all time favorite courses and I'm just upset that I can't live closer to this course. I will be going to more trainings just to be able to play this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

putting

the greens were in good shape and were fair - but they are very contoured and tough

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Another ride around the jones course

I took advantage of a 50% off hot deals special so I played 18 with a cart for $33.75 on a beautiful sunday.
I was here about a week ago and I enjoyed this round even more than the last one. Everyone was very friendly and accommodating when I showed up to play as a single. The course is in absolutely great condition. These are my new favorite greens to putt on. They roll decently fast and true. Best greens I have played on with the tradition of Wallingford being right there with these. The Rough is really thick and penalizing. This courses true defense. I have no complaints about it though other than it being hard to find your ball when your in it. So keep a good eye on your tee shots! Pace of play was a usual sunday. A lot of people on the course but I was able to skip a few groups and pair up on the 9th tee with a 3-some. If you get a chance to play here on a good golfnow deal I highly recommend this course!! A little pricey otherwise.....

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

Course was in horrible shape. If you hit it in the rough it's imposdible to find your ball. I personally like challenging toughs but when you have 8 sets of eyes on where it landed and still can't find it until your hovering over theirs a problem. Also greens were super slow and some in disrepair with bare spots. Play was extremely slow as to where we couldn't even get our 18 holes in and left at 14th. 4.5hrs. I would wait to go back next year to give them a second chance and clean up the course. Way overpriced for condition this year

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/27/2015

We are sorry to hear that you were disappointed in your experience. Our rough is certainly healthy, and our turf crew is working over time to keep up with its length. Adding a first cut of rough has greatly helped with this issue. We are also concerned about your pace of play as that is a priority for us to improve. We have already implemented changes to our scheduling of Marshals and we hope to see you back at Lyman Orchards soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice view great layout

Great layout and undulating greens. We played in the fall, the greens recently had "little lines" instead of aeration holes. The machine made lines in the green which affected putting, otherwise in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

great fall golf

Have played here since it opened. Great design, allways look forward to playing the Jones course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Conditions of course

I couldn't believe the amount of leaves left on the course (in the rough as well as the fairway) for the price I paid. It slowed play tremendously.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Much Better...

In the past, I've always felt the staff was a little unaccommodating, course overplayed, conditions bad, pace of play horrid, and way overpriced. That was not at all the case this past weekend. I golfed on a Sunday, and albeit crowded, it was a pleasure to play and saw very noticeable changes from staff to course condition.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day

2nd time playing the course and was very pleased again. Great layout with a mlx of tough and fair holes

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Top public course in the area

The Jones course is a classic. There is plenty of challenge from the back tees but very playable from the whites. I guess a good review would be tough but fair which you don't find very often. The staff is awesome! It is our "go to" course and very reasonably priced during the week. The weekends can get very crowded. Overall, it is a pleasure to play and we never tire of it. Enjoy.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Jones course

We have a twosome and played 18 holes in 3hrs 45 min. Course condition was impeccable . Very nice place for the $$

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

a great place to play golf.

One of the better kept Golf courses in the state. The staff are very friendly and the food is pretty good as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Another Long Day at Lyman

Forgot I played the Player course last September and also had a 5 hour round, The player assistant assured us he warned the group ahead of slow play--but obviously he could do nothing about it---5 hours+ is not an enjoyable day. Lyman is off my radar for a long time.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

On the Right Track !!!

Course is under a new superintendent who is making the conditions much better than last couple of years... I know 2 members who quit due to conditions and now want to rejoin as it has improved so much,

I shot 81 w 11 pars, 2 doubles, 1 3 putt... so ok.

The rough was deep as it growing out for health reasons so maybe a first cut would be fair, but they are on track to a MUCH improved facility.!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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