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4.2
549 Reviews (549)
5 Stars
212
4 Stars
254
3 Stars
50
2 Stars
24
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
86.8%
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496 out of 549 reviews
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4.1
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
80.0%
Recommend this course
28 out of 35 reviews
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4.0
62 Reviews (62)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
77.4%
Recommend this course
48 out of 62 reviews
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Course Highlights
This course delivers a genuinely challenging layout with elevation changes, doglegs, and a memorable island green that rewards strategic play. Friendly staff, smooth pace of play, and excellent value consistently make it a go-to choice for repeat golfers.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6120 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.1

Wheeler Family Traditions Golf Club (formerly known as The Tradition Golf Club at Wallingford) is one of the most affordable rounds in the area and it has received praise as one of the best golf courses in Connecticut. The par-70 layout is player friendly enough for beginners but low handicappers will also find it to be a fun round. The holes are fairly straightforward though there are some fairways that have very narrow landing areas that will test the accuracy of even the best golfers. Numerous bunkers are strategically placed along the undulating greens and water also comes into play on the occasional hole. The golf course starts out gently but becomes progressively more challenging on the back nine. The most memorable hole on the golf course, the par-3 12th, is a water hole that features an intimidating island green.

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Course Details

Year Built 1981
Golf Season Year round
Architect Alfred H. Tull Roger Rulewich (2000) Ted Manning (1981)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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4.2
549 Reviews (549)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
Patio Dining 16
Watching the Game 11
Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 27
Elevation Changes 24
Bunkers 23
This course/club is great for:
Locals 22
Advanced Golfers 20
Entertaining Clients 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 20
In the 'Burbs 17
Convenient to the City 15

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Reviews 50
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Late Fall Course

Course was in excellent condition. Traps were raked, Greens were smooth, and leaves were blow off of the playing areas.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great fun

Course is in great condition...staff very friendly...

. good food & drink

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Very nice course

Course was in very good shape one green had some damage. Course was totally empty played 18 holes and never saw another golfer, only complaint is we got there early and asked if we could possibly get off early and was told you guys that book cheap tee times online have to wait till your time comes up....so we waited for an hour and never saw another group go off. Other than that it was a good day..no one picks up missed shots came out with over 50 balls all within a hands reach.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/19/2016

Thank you for coming out to enjoy our course. I apologize if our staff made you wait for your t-time, but that is our policy with "hot-deals". We hope to see you again.

Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

This is an underrated course which is a fun challenge

Drove up from NY not with high expectations and the slope rating was not high. There are some wonderful holes on the course, greens were in excellent condition and there are some very hard par 4 holes, number 2 and and 4 and 9. The short par 4 holes require focus, number 7 and and excellent 17th. Par 4 16th required two solid shots just to not lose a ball and the par 3 island 12th is as much fun as you would expect. It was a slow game but the layout was worth the trip. Plays a very long 6,000 yards from the back

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Course is in good shape, greens were kept up and consistent. Play on the course was slow but groups of golfers let us play threw, did not see a ranger to keep play moving along. Overall a great course to play.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course

Can't use your driver everywhere. Makes white tees play much longer. Greens very fast and a bit too hard. Do not believe the course slope of 119 is accurate seems much more difficult than that. Fun layout if you like the mental aspect of club selection to a target area. Some condos on certain holes and high tension wires take away from the aesthetics but not an issue for me

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great track

I decided to play a quick 9 since I was on my way to New York to play Bethpage Black the following day. I used the golf now app and this course was close by. The course has some funky holes. Very tight course. The greens are little bit slower than I am use to. A group let me play through on hole 6 and then they joined me on hole 8 since pace of play slowed down. Overall, a very nice track and I would play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf w my pops

Took my dad here. Greens are fun and challenging. I often found trouble on the course. Aim for the fairways and you'll be fine

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Wouldn't do it again

Staff was very friendly but pace of play was atrocious with no help from the ranger. Not sure they even have one. A couple of stupid holes....like most courses I guess. But for the price I'd gladly pay a couple bucks more and play a better course that I can get around in less than five hours. Observed three other foursomes that had absolutely no idea about etiquette. Replaced no ball marks, filled no divots, stepped and turned on the cups, blatantly hit balls into the group ahead of them. Refused to let smaller faster groups play through......not going back if the staff can't police their course. Not even close to a four star course.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/27/2016

The pace can get a little slow on very busy weekend mornings. It is not an easy golf course, don't let the yardage fool you. As far as how "other groups" conduct themselves, a lot of golfers now and days have no clue about proper golf etiquette. From showing up later for t-times, improper dress, and total disregard for other player as well as a clubs rules and policies, it's ridiculous .

Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Fun Course If You Play Smart, but Can Spiral Quickly

The course itself is not inherently difficult, but the changes in elevation and constant out of bounds lurking off to the side ensure that you need to play smart.

The best part about this course is the variety of layouts for the holes. You never feel like you are replaying the same holes over and over. On the contrary, each hole is able to stand on its own and provide a unique experience on every tee to green.

The hardest part when we played was the speed of the greens. It hadn't rained in a while and it was impossible to putt well. All things considered, it didn't detract from the day and we just figured it was part of the challenge.

The food in the clubhouse is quite tasty and the staff is friendly, but service can be painfully slow on weekend afternoons. So much that you'll regret wasting time sitting and just decide to head somewhere else to eat. If it doesn't look too crowded, give it a try.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

This course has a par 3 water hole and a lot of different elevation shots

Great course to play, great greens and very nice. Not a green level, need to read all shots. Fairways fantastic. Overall the course is great, and 19th hole is great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good course

Good course, has something for all skill levels. Pace of play 5 hours just too long. Need a ranger to move people. Food was good.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

WOW AMAZING COURSE.

One of the best courses I've played between western MA and New Haven, CT. Greens are as good as you can imagine, undulation is freakish and beautiful. Fairways are pristine and have good run out. Some of the tee boxes are a bit sandy, and they course is definitely plenty long and challenging. The wind was NUTS today, and with elevation changes it will absolutely make you pause. I am absolutely in love, and for 42$ with a cart that's incredible. Played the back tees and the forced carry is great. Fairway bunkers are strategic but easy to avoid. You want to be accurate, so don't spray everywhere. The 6th tee shot is tightest tree line fairway I think I have ever seen. Island green 12th is surreal. Considering I have never been here before, I'll take the 86! Warning- not walkable with the layout. You will definitely need cart. The only thing that was a bit annoying was score card yardages vs. stone yardages have variance, since no gold tees. You'll add this course to your favorites in CT, no doubt about it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Ridiculous blue tees

I play this course often, and yesterday was a joke. Blue tees were as far back as you can possibly have them on every hole except 18 (because of maintenance on upper tee). Almost every hole was 20 - 30 yards beyond the beginning of the blue area and some were an additional box beyond the normal area. 6 made for a ridiculous tee shot with an overhanging branch on the right that needs to be cut with the tees back that far. It left only about a 15 - 20 yard wide window to hit your drive. I moved to the very left of the box to give myself the best angle and had bushes in my backswing. It made for a much less enjoyable round. They should warn you when you check in if the tees are all the way back, we would've played from the whites.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good Course for the price

I have played here 10x this year already and definitely recommend it. I wouldnt reccomend playing from the blues when they are on the tips.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hard Course but alot of fun.

This course was a very difficult course in my opinion. Usually shoot in the low to mid 90's and I ended shooting 103. Not for hackers. Requires some precise shots and pretty decent accuracy overall. Lot of places off the Fairway where you could loose balls. Lots of narrow fairways but overall had alot of fun. The 12th hole with the island green was great. Lost two balls but finally got the 3rd one to stick. The only downside was the grass and greens were very dry and almost burnt 6.4.16 but we have not had much rain recently. Overall great course and maybe I'll play again one day but right now it's a little to hard for my skill set.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging

The greens are very challenging. It helps if you know where you want to put your ball on them. 3 putts happen more than I like. Lol. You have to be striking the ball well if you want a good score.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

well kept greens

The course was in great shape. The staff was friendly.

A lot of undulation in the greens.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

not easy not difficulit

Easy start but more difficult course. Challengeable eagle on 10th. Beutiful and interesting 14th island hall. After round grab a beer at restaurant.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course with an island green

Overall a really nice course!

The carts are kinda slow and old, which I feel added another 1 hour on to our playing time lol. The only negative thing for me is the last 4 ending holes, to have a par three and than two holes back to back in wig u have to lay up and than another par 3 kinda always makes me scratch my head when I play here. I I will continue to play here but probably Will not be my first choice sadly

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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