Richter Park Golf Course

I was excited to play Richter Park because it's one of the best public courses in CT, but my group didn't even get to the back nine! It took us 2 1/2 hours to play the front nine due to some inexperienced and deliberate golfers. I have experienced this before, but we teed off at 5 PM! My trio thought we would be able to whip around in three hours, but it wasn't meant to be. With that said, the course was in pretty good shape (hadn't mown fairways and greens because of previous night's heavy rain). We are three experienced golfers - two of us with single digit handicaps - and, even from the back tees, we found the course very playable. I only wish we had gotten to the back nine because one of my playing partners said it was a much better nine. So....I would like to play the course again but only if I knew the pace of play would be regulated.

This is the second time we have played Richter Park this season. The greens were not up to their norman standard from last season. Very disappointed with the greens and overall condition of the fairways.

Course was excellent. They almost stopped us from bringing cooler. Good thing they didn't we didn't see cart girl until 18th fairway.

Great layout. Very slow greens. Has a lot of potential.

This clup seems to be built in a nature preserve. The vistas were amazing . the course condition also exceptional, a little pricey but worth it.

The course is is good condition, especially for a public course. The course is very hilly so much so they use gas powered carts. However, the group in front of us was walking...something that should not be allowed, especially on the weekends. Took us over 5 hours to play a round. The group behind us got impatient and hit into us twice (not cool). There is not practice range to hit balls before your round which is also a bummer. Nonetheless, I would play this course again as it is one of the better public courses in CT.

Greens are still in lousy condition. The current groundskeeper has ruined the course. The staff is very nice. The groundsmen have no golf etiquette and apparently were never taught. They are constantly mowing and weed whacking without concern for the players. Seriously, if they don't make a change with the people in charge of the upkeep and management of this once great course, they will be out of business. Too many people are starting to play elsewhere. My tax dollars are wasted here.

I booked a 530 tee time with a friend to try and get 18 holes in during a gorgeous afternoon, and we finished hole #9 at 845. It should never take 3+ hours to play 9 holes. Everyone seemed to know each other so maybe there was some sort of league play I was not told about or the starter just really messed up. While I waited to tee off on the 7th tee box the group ahead of me was up ahead in the fairway, they were waiting for the group ahead of them who was up ahead on the same hole, to the right of me were people on the 8th green, then up on the hill was people waiting to shoot on the 8th fairway. Everyone was either horrible at golf or nothing was spaced out correctly. The group in front of me also had two guys wearing sandals with no socks I felt like I was at a packed mini golf course.

It's a nice course, scenic and generally a well run municipal. There are a couple holes that Border on silly if you don't know the layout (I'm talking to you 6 and 8). I think their pricing went bonkers a few years ago when golf digest wrote them up as a top 100, especially for non residents. Way too expensive for what it was, but they seem to have subsided a bit on that price model and deals can be had. It's a nice course, but I never thought it was top 100 honestly.

The day of play I was surprised that no employee offered to load the bags or really do anything. I don't generally care, but Service normally does come at the higher reputation courses (but not here I guess). No big deal, but some might be unhappy.

Unfortunately though, the greens were just struggling. The front 9 was better than the back, which have burnt patches. They are not alone, this region was clobbered this winter and many courses lost the greens, but theirs are pretty rough still. VERY slow, very uneven, and full of hops and jumps. no good rolls to be had anywhere. Honestly, i think they were the slowest and bumpiest greens I've played in a long long time.

I hope they get them back. I'd still play here, but the price would have to be "right".

Great round and weather greens are slow and in bad shape

I have not played this course in 11 years! Overall the course was in good shape, the greens have little to be desired, Slow Bumpy and Inconsistent! As the season goes on I'm sure I'll play it again in hopes of the greens returning to the condition I'm used to putting on there!

Overall I would recommend this course to your must play list!!

Hit them straight!!!

The day was very enjoyable. The course is a fun and interesting course. Unfortunately the greens did not survive the harsh winter very well but advance notice was provided and reduced fees were charged, so no complaints should be posted. The greens will recover.

I'm not sure why everyone raves about this course. At one time IT WAS the best place to play in the area. There were 3 temp greens the day I played and the other greens were in deplorable shape.
The course should be CLOSED to allow the greens to recover.
Last time I played this course was appx 1.5 years ago and they were having trouble with their greens back then. Not sure why this problem persists , but its on an ongoing issue.
Pace of play was 5 hours.
Also, they did not properly honor my Golfnow tee time and we had to wait 35 minutes due to a double booking of the tee time slot.
Sorry to say, but I am officially giving up on this course for good. There are many other courses in CT that are cheaper, better and faster pace of play.
Goodbye Richter Park!!

Was looking forward to playing this course for a while, boy was I disappointed. I know a lot of the damage was due to the harsh winter, but I've played a few in the Hartford area and they are doing just fine. Fairways and greens were beat up pretty bad. Lots of dead spots. Pace of play was sooooo slow. Almost 5 hrs for 3 of us. It's gonna be a while before I attempt to play here again. Only positive is traffic wasn't bad at all on our way back to Wallingford.

I played this course multiple times from 2007-10 and it was one of my favorite courses in Fairfield county, public or private. The layout and beauty of the course is truly New England.

I noticed this course on GolfNow the other week and was excited to play it again due to the quality of golf I had once enjoyed. That is no longer the case. Not sure what happened, but it looks like the maintenance crew is asleep at the wheel.

The greens, if they are open, are awful and inconsistent. Some roll true, some are significantly slower, some are beaten to death and have large pockets of dirt and then some are temp greens. I was amazed at how bad the greens were. Fix the greens and the course is the best value in Connecticut.

Hopefully with some better maintenance this course will return to it's former glory. I can see why it stopped hosting AJGA and Met PGA events back in 2009. The course is not cared for anymore. Still a great layout and a deal for $40 at 7am on a holiday weekend. Perhaps they raise the prices 10 bucks and put that into the course. Golfers would appreciate some up keep.

7 or 8 temporary greens and the greens that were open were bad/awful. Fairways were hairy and not well manicured. Really disappointing as it was once a class course with great views.

3 temporary greens should have had 4 or 5 because most of the greens were in terrible shape. Very disappointed in the conditions. Won't play here again for quite a while

3 temporary greens and bare spots in greens were disappointment but expected. It is still heck of course to play.

Three temporary greens (which we knew) and 15 greens that just might have been unplayable.

The course was beat up from the winter, 3 temp greens and all other greens were bad. They only charged 42 bucks so they discounted the normal rate based on conditions.