Butternut Farm Golf Club

My first time playing this course. Very pretty, very walkable. Like Aaahnold, I'll be baaack!

I really do like this course. It is a good value for the money. That being said I have never played it well. It is not a long course but it feels very narrow with trees down both sides of most fairways. And those that are open are their hardest holes, including a par 5 that is almost 600 yards long.

If you do not hit your drives straight it could be a long day and if you do hit the green you may have a long putt as the greens are a good size.

Again all that being said I will continue to go back and try to shot a good score.

I do recommend this course to anyone who loves golf!!!!

Normal tee times are about 8 minutes apart. Due to the pandemic they increased to 15. Group ahead had 2 novice golfers that were slowing them down, and they let us play through. The group in front of them were just as slow, and had almost 1.5 holes of gap between them and the group ahead of them. Marshall only drove by and never said anything. It shouldn’t take 4.5 hours to play when the tee time spacing is almost double.

Was in the area for work and played 9 with some coworkers after our day ended.

We walked 9 and finished in about 1:40. The course is reasonably well maintained. It is a very tight course and there are a LOT of trees to contend with. The greens were pretty slow as well.

We enjoyed the round and I'll return next time I'm in the area.

This is a nice, well laid out and maintained course, and the weekend fee is reasonable. My three complaints are: (1) the fairways are extremely tight, and the holes are so close together that you constantly hear shouts of "fore" from golfers on adjoining holes; (2) the pace of play on a Saturday morning was 5.25 hours; and (3) there is no water on the course, except the bottles you can purchase from the drink cart. If you hit it straight, don't mind a marathon round and pack your own water, you should love this place. I might give it another try mid-week during the shoulder seasons.

I listed narrow fairways as one of the "challenges", but this isn't entirely accurate. The real challenge is narrow alleyways from the tee box. Many tee boxes are surrounded by trees. The result is someone who plays a consistent shot shape really needs to pay attention to where they tee up as a push-draw or pull-fade could hit a tree before the draw or fade comes into play. These tight alleyways and a par four dogleg left that doesn't allow for a straight shot in the fairway are why I knocked the rating down for course layout.

My first time at Butternut Farms was great!! Golf course is really good. Plays shortish at 5755 from whites but is very narrow and tree lined. If you spray ur tee ball you will not be able to do nothing but pitch out and regroup. Some really memorable holes here. # 3 is a longest hole to a double green. # 8 is fantastic!! 268 yards over wetlands to narrow fairway w a small green. Beautiful hole. # 9 plays into a great clubhouse with a patio over the back. # 10 is a monster. 600 yards slight dogleg right w a narrow fairway. 3 or 4 shot hole with fairway ending at about 120 with pitch over a pond to a narrow green I actually hit pin on the fly and landed close for me to save par. # 5 plays long over a lake after going across a covered bridge. Really enjoyed 14. Drive over protected wetlands to a slight right dog leg. Overall course was in great shape. Bunkers. Greens and fairways. Only two complaints. Tee boxes were hard. Not forgiven for irons and tough to find a soft spot for tee. My main issue was customer service in grill. Girl didn't seem to want to be there. Outside smoking when we arrived. We only had time for a drink b4 our round but planned on coming in after round for drinks and a burger but when we asked her the hours she basically said that 5 pm was it. On a summer Sunday!?!? And sure enough with our 206 tee time we were done about 615 and it was locked and done. C"mon maybe 7 o'clock during the summer?!? Very disappointed. This was reason I couldn't give Butternut Farms five stars They have a amazing clubhouse. Keep it open so we can enjoy it. Definitely will be back. I shot a 76. So golf was excellent

I really enjoy playing this course it is a very challenging course and it is 20 min from my house