Indian Springs Golf Club

Course was in excellent condition, tee boxes were decent, greens were excellent. Pace of play was very fast. No wait. Great price.

Played a quick 9 with my uncle and was pleasantly surprised. The greens had just been punched and the course was a bit dry but you could tell when in prime condition it’s a fun track. There are absolutely no flat greens on this course so I hope you can read greens and speeds well. Both par 5s are short but not for the faint of heart. The par 5 2nd has a huge shelf that filters all balls into the woods. I absolutely crushed my drive but because it was so dry the ball rolled all the way down to OB. I was told by the locals that on normal days that was a perfect drive. The 2nd par 5 asks the golfer to drive the ball around a tree and then play a procession shot down a “cliff.” I enjoyed the course for what it is and for a quick 9 it’s perfect.

Course was well maintained. Only thing I didn't understand was they were irrigating the greens while we were playing? Maybe they'res a reason that couldn't be done before opening or after hours? Idk. Other than that nice place

Overall we liked the course, however, it wasn’t good timing with aerated greens that we know needs to be dine.

We paid for 18 on saturday, after playing 9 stuck behind the slowest playing golfers of our life we decided we didn’t want to circle back and play 9 again that day behind walking groups, we asked if we could get our money back and they told us we can just come back and play 9 another day. We booked for the next day (and rightfully assumed it was not going to cost us anything) When we arrived the same lady who

told us we could come play our other 9 the day before, now tells us 9 is more expensive then 18 and we we have to pay... what??? So we could have played our other 9 for free saturday but have to pay after being told to come play it whenever? Will never play here again strictly for that reason. Course is also not great, can be very hard to play, won’t miss it.

Varied comments on Indian Springs:

A) Solid Al Zikorus layout will challenge you from tee to green, and especially around the greens. They were slick today—as always—and downhill putts seemed, on a couple of occasions, to roll on and on. It’s comparable in difficulty to another Zikorus-designed toughie, Stonybrook GC of Litchfield.

B) I enjoyed playing this tough 9-holer once again. Still, the very quirky second, a par-five, left my ball running out of control over its fairway under these still-dry conditions, and it’s tricky under any conditions. My drive ended up in the far left rough even though I hit it straight up the middle. A few of the fairways have suffered a bit from the hot stretch throughout most of August, but it’s also clear they’ve all been watered.

C) Conditioning is good—better than most—but right now falls below what is the typical Indian Springs standard: excellent. It should bounce back before long with more rain added to what we’ve had recently. Pace was on the slow side: 2: 15 for nine.

D) The two best holes on the course, arguably, are seven and eight. Tee-to-green, the most difficult hole may be five, where three precise shots (favor the far left side of the fairway—or even the rough—on your tee shot) are required for a GIR. I’m still not a fan of the third, though it’s growing on me. Nine is one of the neatest drive-and-pitch holes in Connecticut; it’s the perfect finisher.

E) Plenty of elevation changes—sometimes steep ones—make this track interesting. And for low handicappers, there’s nothing automatic about breaking 40. You’ll have to earn pars, one grinding shot after another, and this despite only modest length.

F) Aesthetics are first-class; the holes are beautiful with some open and inviting, even a touch links-like, others winding through or around the forestland.

It was a solid place to play I enjoyed the layout and views. Only negative was they had the sprinklers on in the middle of the day and my buddy and I had to sit around and wait for them to be turned off.