607 West Thames Street, Norwich, Connecticut 6360, US
(860) 425-3500
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About The Spa at Norwich Inn

The Spa at Norwich Inn could provide the perfect couples golf and spa getaway. Guests can stay in villas or a historic inn featuring a destination spa with 27 treatment rooms, sauna, salon, fitness center and indoor pool, all surrounded by 42 stunning acres of perennial gardens, mature oak trees, fountains, reflecting pool, courtyards and the city-owned Norwich Golf Course across the street. The Kensington’s Restaurant offers indoor and outdoor dining. The 6,228-yard course dates to 1926.

Facts

Price Range$$$
Property Class★★★
Acres42
Year Opened1929
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Casual, Bar
Room TypesRoom, Suite
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Room ServiceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?No
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at The Spa at Norwich Inn

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4.2
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Reviews 90
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Slow day

Not a bad golf course.Staff inside the clubhouse and the starter were friendly.Practice green was in good shape.Layout is good and the fairways and greens are in good shape.

The only bad part of the day was getting stuck behind a foursome who would not let us play through.We caught them on the second hole and were stuck waiting for them to hit their second,third-and sometimes fourth shot before we could tee off.

Absolutely baffles me that a lot of so call golfers have no golf etiquette or even good manners.Repair your divots and ball marks and don’t take your frustrations out on the course.

The bunkers lack a lot of sand but this course is still well worth playing

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dry after rain

Although we had over 8 in of rain was only one hole that was affected at all The greens were still firm and rolled good the courses in the excellent shape considering the rain we got you can't even hardly tell except for the second hole keep up the good work

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Challenge accepted

Love coming here to play, just wish they had a ranger to watch pace of play sometimes

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course but slow greens.

Course conditions were good overall. The greens were very slow and tough to read. It is not a woman friendly course because there are many elevated greens adding to the distance to the holes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

No starter or Ranger

Pace of play has slowed considerably the last two times playing the course. Tee times spaced 10 minutes apart are too frequent for a public course with a wide level of skill levels on the course. Lack of starter results in twosomes not being paired up, which slows play further. No ranger on course to monitor and help speed up the pace of play leaves faster groups no options other than to wait for slow groups ahead, which results in rounds 5-6 hours long, or skipping holes to avoid rounds longer than five hours.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

need to do something about pace of play

took over 5 hours - course backed up on every hole - seemed like a few foursomes were way too slow

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent course but terrible pace

First time here, conditions were fair..little damp but that’s due to weather. Tee’d off around 1130 and literally waited on line to tee off on holes 8-10. There was a group of 7 and another of 6 backing everyone up. Multiple groups including mine left before playing all 18. Decent place, but that was absurd.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 102
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 85
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No ranger

The best thing know which golf course could do to make it a better experience is to have a ranger on the course to keep people from ball hawking and looking for balls 20 minutes every hole a lot of people don't play golf because the five six hour rounds it takes to play they need to keep people moving and have them keep up with the group in front of them without a ranger that is impossible

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Awful pace

Overall I enjoy this course and play it often, however lately the pace of play has been extremely bad. I've had multiple rounds over 4.5 hours. Today I started at 345 and finished at 9, struggling to see our drives on the last 3 holes. We saw a group of 8 people teeing off at one point. Needs more active rangers to keep pace up.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Poor
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