Green at Tunxis Country Club

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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 70 | 6446 yards | 70.9 | 125 |
White | 70 | 6027 yards | 69.0 | 121 |
Red (W) | 70 | 4883 yards | 71.0 | 115 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 70.4/124 | 380 | 558 | 375 | 378 | 205 | 440 | 362 | 180 | 350 | 3228 | 365 | 378 | 194 | 406 | 385 | 325 | 424 | 531 | 210 | 3218 | 6446 |
White M: 68.6/119 | 363 | 511 | 354 | 369 | 188 | 434 | 345 | 166 | 335 | 3065 | 348 | 365 | 165 | 382 | 342 | 291 | 397 | 496 | 185 | 2971 | 6036 |
Gold M: 67.2/116 | 348 | 496 | 339 | 354 | 173 | 419 | 330 | 151 | 320 | 2930 | 333 | 335 | 150 | 363 | 327 | 276 | 382 | 481 | 150 | 2797 | 5727 |
Red W: 71.0/115 | 305 | 464 | 275 | 242 | 150 | 379 | 285 | 140 | 290 | 2530 | 272 | 262 | 136 | 352 | 299 | 257 | 279 | 450 | 125 | 2432 | 4962 |
Handicap | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 70 |
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The par-4 third hole poses some threats: a stream that crosses the fairway and a pond that is not all that partial to hooked shots. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Seven requires a straight drive to the dogleg’s corner, followed by a pitch to this well contoured green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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The tenth green will definitely challenge even the best putters. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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A classic par-4 of 385, the fourteenth ends on this two-tiered green (the approach plays over the pond). Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Fifteen is a great short par-4: drive to a tightly guarded landing zone; pitch over the pond to the putting surface. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Sixteen, stretching to 424 and playing to an elevated green, is a very demanding par. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Putting was tricky in the snow. Here you can see the line my ball took when I missed a 15 footer for birdie at two. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/28/2021
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Fortunately, the snow abated and the course ‘dried out’ a tad by the back nine. This is the thirteenth fairway and green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/28/2021
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A pond guards the approach to the fifteenth green; it will catch an errant shot at this par-4 of 385. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/28/2021
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The seventeenth, a beautiful par-5, plays 531 from the blues. It’s open in front, making this a possible two-shotter. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/28/2021
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A previous photo I took during the fall. This is the first tee at dusk. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/28/2021
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During the summer, as this photo shows, Tunxis Green lives up to its name--abundantly. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/28/2021
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My bathroom.. Photo submitted by gP4BBWJwofqejBFFdDSL on 08/26/2021
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Looking good guys… wow Photo submitted by gP4BBWJwofqejBFFdDSL on 08/26/2021
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If you want food you have to drive 4 miles to millys truck diner Photo submitted by gP4BBWJwofqejBFFdDSL on 08/26/2021
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Picture perfect Photo submitted by u2394689 on 05/17/2021
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Not the Green’s longest or toughest par-4, the 4th (378 yards) still demands two good shots to reach its elevated green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/12/2020
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The huge mounds at seven create an amphitheater effect; the green surface itself is a tricky one. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/12/2020
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Stray too far from eleven’s fairway and you may find yourself on the mounds—or not find your ball in the water. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/12/2020
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Another view of the eleventh fairway and pond, as well as the uneven terrain in the rough. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/12/2020
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14 is a classic, dogleg-right four par of 385. It leads to this raised, well-bunkered, two-tiered green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/12/2020
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Sixteen, a 424-yard four-par, requires both length off the tee and precision into this green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/12/2020
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At the third: pondering the break of the green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/03/2020
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The fourth features a raised green, a pot bunker, and trouble awaiting over-hit approaches. At least it’s beautiful. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/03/2020
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View from the front of the tee at five, a superb 205 yarder with links-style contouring at the green complex. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/03/2020
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Five, again: One of my favorite par-3’s in Connecticut. The contours seem like something out of North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/03/2020
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Seven: One of a slew of strong holes here. A big pair of grass bunkers (along with a sand bunker—unseen from this view) guards the putting surface. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/03/2020
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Eighteen: For those who like challenging 3-pars, Tunxis offers four, including this bunker-flanked finisher. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/03/2020
Thick rough
Think rough and the greens were a tad slow. Other than that, I really like the course. Pace was fantastic. Foursome in just over 3 1/2 hours.
Course was in excellent shape, well worth the price but a little short but excellent.
Round could’ve gone a lot better if they had some water on the course . considering it was a busy Saturday and 90+ degrees. Only saw the cart girl once and not until the 16th hole.
A local favorite
This is a popular course around here and it’s easy to see why it’s well maintained and relatively cheap. Greens can be fast
Good Value
Perfect weather. Greens were slower then normal.
Over all a great day.
Could have been better
Paid for 18 holes with a cart. It was my day off and was looking for a nice relaxing round. It has rained heavily the night before, but with a 12pm tee time there shouldn't have been an issue. Was told they weren't letting carts out and we would have to walk. I would have played elsewhere if that was the case. The bothersome part is that had a big tournament on their other course and they were letting all those participant's use carts. To make matters worse, we ended up getting passed out by people in carts by the time we got on the back 9. Apparently they decided to let carts out after all.
Nice course
Enjoyed the course but were not informed of two tournaments being played. Really slowed it down to such a point we got caught in the rain and had to quit
Fine, Balanced Layout
Spread over a broad expanse of river valley acreage that is devoted to three separate golf courses, Tunxis has earned repute as a Connecticut golfing destination over decades. The Green Course, last of the three to be completed some twenty-eight years ago, is a hybrid parkland/links-styled creation that for me checks all the boxes as a good test. Foremost among them are balance, fairness, and a variety in hole design. Today, the Green impressed, as well, by its improved conditioning, returning to form through the groundskeeping staff’s close attention to–especially–fairways, roughs, and green surrounds.
LAYOUT:
Tunxis begins with a couple of straightforward holes, although the par-5 second is long (#1 handicap index) and punctuated by a raised green protected by big bunkers. At three, you’ll contend a big, leftward pond off the tee; at four, a dogleg left that finishes at a raised, canted green. Nearly every hole from five through ten, however, has some panache, a style inspired less by American parkland design than the central features of British Isles golf: falloffs or large mounds around the greens, hidden bunkers, subtly twisting fairways, greater movement on the putting surfaces, and a generally open feel to the holes, which are less constricted by trees. The openness allows some distant views across the river valley to the hills beyond.
Holes eleven through thirteen are fairly ‘vanilla’ if not quite relaxing. At fourteen, a tricky dogleg right makes for a tough drive, followed by an equally tough approach over a pond and into a bunkered, two-tiered green.
The Green’s last four holes are among its most stirring. A short par-4, the fifteenth nonetheless demands a careful layup to a tight fairway surrounded by bunkers and water, followed by a pitch over the pond. At the long 424-yard sixteenth (number two index) you’ll want to cut loose with your driver, but the strike must be accurate. The 531-yard 17th, which invites you to thrash another driver, and, on its heels, a go-for-broke approach, is reachable because the green is open in front. Eighteen, a beautiful par-3 of 210 but jam-packed with danger around its green, will make you work to finish the round admirably.
DEFENSES & HAZARDS
To be sure, Tunxis is an uncharacteristically flat New England layout, but it compensates by a relatively long holes that comprise this par-70 layout of 6,446 yards from blues, a layout made harder by its diverse, seldom-flat green complexes and the numerous hazards, including plentiful bunkering and ponds in play on five holes. Another compensation is the set of four long par-3’s, all beauties, which have something to do with its solid course rating of a half-stroke about its par. Most golfers, too, will find their line of play blocked by a tree, once or more, before the round is done.
SOME STANDOUT HOLES:
FIVE: Par-3, 205.
Your ball must fly over a thickly vegetated hollow onto a raised green, which is most strongly defended on its left flank (hidden bunker) and behind.
SIX: Par 4, 440 (no. 3 index)
The best par-4 among many strong ones on the Green Course, requiring two strong and accurate shots to reach the surface in two.
SEVEN: Par-4, 362
Dogleg-right makes for a tricky tee shot. Around most of the green: tall, amphitheater-like mounding which swallows golf balls.
TEN: Par 4, 365
Good driving test; approach to a raised green that is beautifully contoured. Short, yet hardly an easy par.
PACE:
Slow, four and ½ hour pace was unnecessary: no rangers.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
I was pleased to have paired up with a very pleasant young couple from Middletown, one of whom was along for the ride; we shared interesting conversation throughout the eighteen. On days like this I am thankful that I have made golf my hobby, allowing me to spend an afternoon with people of this caliber. Enjoying their company was absolutely the highlight of my Memorial Day weekend.
BOTTOM LINE:
There are several good reasons that Tunxis has been ranked as high as the tenth best course in New England by GA (2015). I’ve always found this kind of balanced layout to be the touchstone of a fine golf course.
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The par-4 third hole poses some threats: a stream that crosses the fairway and a pond that is not all that partial to hooked shots. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Seven requires a straight drive to the dogleg’s corner, followed by a pitch to this well contoured green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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The tenth green will definitely challenge even the best putters. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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A classic par-4 of 385, the fourteenth ends on this two-tiered green (the approach plays over the pond). Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Fifteen is a great short par-4: drive to a tightly guarded landing zone; pitch over the pond to the putting surface. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
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Sixteen, stretching to 424 and playing to an elevated green, is a very demanding par. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 06/01/2022
Bfly
I like the layout, easier and open. I found the rough very fair, greens in OK shape for the Season, wish the fairways were a little more lush. If you get it on a Hot Deal, well worth the money.
Great walking course
The Green course is a quiet, flat, scenic course to walk. It is well maintained, but overpriced considering other comparable courses, like Timberlin and Stanley, in the area ($33-41). The layout is a little confusing, if you haven't played before. They could use more signage indicating where to find the next tee box at some points. Greens were slow and choppy- but still growing in since irrigation a couple weeks prior.
Tunxis Review
Course is ok condition.... Pace of play good... nice layout and somewhat challenging.... Only real issue I have is checking in,,,, ALWAYS on the weekend only one person checking players in and line is out the door and takes FOREVER.... there either needs to be another person checking people in or a quicker way.... Also they do use Mobile check in with Golf Now which would help but the online fee is for walking and when you do mobile checkin you can't add the cart fee so you need to go through check in anyway ... either have the cart fee in golf now reservation or have a way to add cart fee when you check in