Farmingbury Hills Golf Club

QUICK REVIEW: The attached photos should show amply that Farmingbury Hills is an excellent layout. You’ll be hard pressed to find a nine hole course in all of Connecticut with more strong ground movement, elevation changes, variety, and solid green complexes that possess fine contours. Whoever the unknown architect of FH was back in the 1920’s, this designer was highly perceptive about what makes interesting golf holes, and executed his or her vision to a high standard.

CONDITIONS: The course has been progressing since last summer’s drought, and has turned the corner on the green complexes, which now have beautifully-manicured fringes, roughs, and putting surfaces. You can’t ask for much better on a public course with heavy play. Tees were average to good, but lagging behind are the fairways and the fairway roughs, which range from below average to average. Only a couple of fairways, I noticed, were good (for instance, at nine).

PLAYING EXPERIENCE: As always, a fun round here because the layout is so engaging. Of particular interest are the alternate greens on several holes, giving the ‘second nine’ genuine distinction from the holes you’ll play on the front. Service was good, friendly and attentive here, both by the young lady behind the counter and the gentleman who started us off. I was part of an excellent foursome (played with T, S, and J (initials)) and we enjoyed engrossing conversation--mainly, of course, about golf--throughout the nine. Two of these gentlemen went on to play the back. This was their first play but they were inspired by Farmingbury Hills.

Great short 9 holes. Can play 18.. doubles back with different tee boxes...On site restaurant .. Great food... friendly staff

This course has gone under many improvements over the years. Well maintained!

We had a blast. 1006 tee time basically had the course to ourselves. My Girlfriend is just learning how to play and really enjoyed the course. She loves the hole over the road.

The folks there are wonderful.

I've taken my Grandson there they have tee-it-forward tee markers (Orange).

Very family friendly. Witnessed golfers of all abilities while eating lunch outside overlooking the 9th green.

Challenging layout.. 5th hole has actually 2 different greens to play either straight ahead or dogleg right.

8th hole first time around plays as a par 3 then as 17th hole a par 4.

Very unique set of tee boxes throughout the course.

Can't wait to go back...

On April 27th their are many patches of reseeding. It should look great this summer’.

Terrible experience overall. Avoid this place at all costs

The course is in good shape for this time of year and you cannot beat the value. However they ran out of carts and we waited 45 minutes past our tee time for them. Wouldn’t have been a problem but they let a twosome jump in front of our foursome, and daylight stopped our round @ the 16th hole when we paid for 18 and our 1130 tee time would have been sufficient. I’d still recommend the course and will go back, but mngmnt should Better handle situations like that.