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4.2
526 Reviews (526)
5 Stars
201
4 Stars
248
3 Stars
46
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
8
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
89.4%
Recommend this course
478 out of 526 reviews
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3.9
14 Reviews (14)
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6
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4
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1
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.7
85.7%
Recommend this course
12 out of 14 reviews
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4.1
71 Reviews (71)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
84.5%
Recommend this course
60 out of 71 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.

About

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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Reviews

4.2
526 Reviews (526)

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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Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Long and Open on the front; shotmakers paradise on the back 9

Late Fall playing on an absolutely beautifully groomed course. Would recommend this course to everyone.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Hot Deal??

Not sure my $39 Hot Deal was all that "Hot" since the person in the club house told the person in front of us that they were running a $30 deal for 18 holes and a cart.....HMMMMM

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

No Complaints

Course was in good shape and the pace of play was fine. Not my favorite layout, but not a bad place to place occasionally. Island Green was loaded with geese, but they did not interfere with a Par!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Wonderful october golf

The course as always iwas in great shape. Though I foud the snacks machines out of order .and staff at the bar had little snacks availble chips and so forth. All in had a great day. but who woould not playing golf.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather

Starter was great

The starter was great, he paired me up with some great guys.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

First time playing and I will definitely be going back to play again! You will use almost every club in your bag and everything is in very good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 53
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Lucky (13th)

I rate tradition of Wallingford as the best golf course in Connecticut. The view is beautiful. The tee box fairwsys&green green is real clean. I will recommend all my friends to come out and play here from now on. Thanks golf now for this experience.We had a great time playing. We score 14 more shot than usual, but we enjoyed our self. The green was really fast&defferent than what we are use too.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Back nine quirky

Booked on golf now which has held my payment for 3 days but course had me pay day of play

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Buyer beware

Play this course about 3 times a month. Playing it today the rate went up, but 5 out of the 18 holes were just aerated. Most courses lower their rates not increase their rates. They could have informed us of the aeration but did not. We will not be going back there for a while. Also be aware of a yellow jacket nest at the first set of steps on # 17. I told them about this twice and the response I got was we tried but it is a tough nest.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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

shot makers course

The Tradition proved to be a short but difficult shot makers course. You have to place your ball in very specific places and distances. The fairways were in good shape as were the greens but the pin placements were absurd. Almost every hole was 5 to 6 feet from the front edge making approach shots hard especially on their very undulating greens. Fun island par 3 hole too.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A very nice place to enjoy some golf!

Played on a wednesday afternoon with a friend. Tee time was behind a pretty slow foursome. 4 1/2 hours is slightly over course pace of 4:10 but didn't expect to play longer than course pace as a twosome...

Only other complaint would be the 4-5 greens that were recently aerated. Also the rest of the greens were incredibly fast.

Overall though it's a very nice place to play. The place is very well maintained and they have specials during the weekday afternoons.

It's not fair to be too upset about being stuck behind a foursome. So go out and enjoy this course for yourself!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A little slower than normal

The course is always in excellent condition and usually plays in under 4 hours. However yesterday it took over 4.5 hours to play it. That is a bit slow. Otherwise everything was excellent as usual.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Solid Course

Good course, well maintained. Fast greens make for tough scoring but not unreasonable. Except for #10, that green is ridiculous.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Awesome Dat

I played on a fairly wet and rainy morning, however my twosome got out earlier than our tee time and whipped around the course.

Despite the weather, the greens were in great shape and the course played really well.

Would definitely do it again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

beautiful and challanged

It is the first time to play in this course. This course is beautiful and challanged.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Greens and fairways in great shape!

Although the greens and fairways are in great shape, and most of the roughs too, there are some area's that could use some attention. Lacks flowers around the course. Otherwise a great find.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Great Condition Course

My friends and I played in this course yesterday. They told me we need to come back again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

brew

I looked for a deal and found one on GolfNow... $16 +fees to play 18 with a cart. sounds awesome right? well I got more than I expected but not much. course was in good shape considering we had a lot of rain the day before. green were a little shaggy and they hadn't been rolled- so putting was very inconsistent. My biggest problem was they have this course cut out from under power lines. I think I was on #8 and I got a shock from my putter touching the green-a little scary. Also this is not a very forgiving course... lots of target shots and loads of out-of-bounds!!!! Island green was cool but they had the drop zone right behind the bridge. all in all...I enjoyed playing but wont be going back

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were fast

Great value - I would play there again. Greens were fast and challenging. Little room for error on some tee shots

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 80
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

If you like a chalenge

for a public course is in very good condition all around. If you like a course with some challenging holes, including an island green par 3, I highly recommend giving this a try. only down side is it is not a good walkng course due to some distances between holes that would hamper pace o play. other than that well worth a try. even on weekend the pace was pretty good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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