Candlewood Valley Country Club

Very enjoyable round, course was in very good condition - fairways were well-groomed, greens in excellent shape. Good mix of challenging and straightforward holes, accuracy and knowing your club distances is key. According to my playing partner's Apple watch, it was a 7-mile walk including the cart paths - relatively flat compared to other CT courses, good workout for a balmy Monday.

I really enjoy Candlewood and have played there on numerous occasions and never have had a problem I like the friendly people who work there and the course is always well maintained. Unfortunately, there was a frost delay yesterday and after being allowed to play, the pace of play was dreadful, over 5 hours. That is atypical, however.

Nice course! First time there! The sand on the green was annoying but overall very pleasant experience.

no ranger to be found. 3 some in front of me constantly re hitting poor shots. 3 open holes in front of them. round took almost 5:15, which is ridicules for a mid week round.

Pretty narrow fairways on a few holes. Excellent conditions with nice rolling greens. Will be back for sure.

Generally a pretty wet course. Situated on floodable farmland on the still river. Greens are quite small and elevated to stay out of floodwater. Balls usually will plant on the fairways and greens. 2022 it’s been very dry and playing that way. But is now wet again after the rain (9/9/22). The course is a pretty good challenge as there is trouble on every hole in just about every direction. Woods water brush creeks river trees you name it. Approaches to greens can be tricky cause they are small. Narrow miss windows. And expect to fall off greensides off what you’d think was a good shot. Greens have quite a bit of slope. But technically speaking arent ridiculous. Usually on the slower side but faster in ‘22. Greens usually have quite a bit of marks due to the general folk who play here. Some holes on this course can be very dangerous and require very precise shots. Shots that require dead straight accuracy or pinpoint placement. Expect to run into trouble. This course rewards consistency. And will tear you apart if you let it. It’s a fairly shorter course. But there is trouble and trees left right and sideways.

Great layout some easy holes some tough , some narrow fairways water in play on a few holes , nice and spread out ,good signage for getting from hole to hole, Lot of great views , mountains in background couple fountains, tall grass in the marsh areas looked cool . I thought it was a fair challenge

Greens were good some more dinged up then others , they rolled good, fair amount of slope on most greens , they seemed fast today 7/10

Fairways were average 6/10

Bunkers were ok no rocks all clean but a heavy sand but always consistent 6/10

Rough was average not always perfect 7/10

Putting and chipping green was in great shape 7 flags , good size 8/10

iron only range ( there was a big group lesson so they said I couldn’t use range and that it was private , not sure if anyone can use it )

-Practice green , range, cart barn, pro shop , restaurant and mobile bar are all conveniently right next to each other near the 1st and 10th tee 10/10

-Beverage cart was great always around at the right time , super friendly and good drinks 10/10

-Electric carts, no gps, super comfortable seat cushion, my cart seemed a little slow , can’t take them in parking lot

-Not very hilly at all definitely walkable

All cart paths are crushed stone and dirt , kinda dusty

Some holes are quite challenging. Course conditions were very good considering the lack of rain. Front nine plays harder than back.

Course was extremely well kept and pace of play was excellent for a Saturday afternoon. On the negative was the 1st tee situations was confusing and frankly the starter did nothing to organize who was teeing of when and with who. Also no use of what seemed like a practice range was also confusing.