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3.0
Value
3.6
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.2
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 36
Length 3033 yards
Slope 120
Rating 34.8
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Vineyard Valley Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker No
Golf School Academy Yes
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2018 #15)
  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Connecticut (2018 #10)

Reviews

3.3
97 Reviews (97)

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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 313
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3.0
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Cold weather
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Ending with a Flourish

A course that is basically built on one huge hillside, save for final hole of these nine, Vineyard Valley offers some entertaining holes and a few challenging ones. A pleasant setting greets you as you start your round behind the clubhouse. Yet the first hole, which travels straight uphill, provides no gentle start to the round. The hole is short for a par four, but seems to play sixty yards longer than its stated length. To add to the challenge: the first green is set on a tall mound. The cypress trees that line most of these fairways have been clearly deployed by the (unknown?) architect to make your life miserable, very frequently, when hitting into an adjoining fairway. The fairways meander up and down–as well as back and forth–on that giant hill. If you’re not good at hitting from sidehill lies, you may want to brush up a bit before playing here; you’ll find no shortage of them on three through five, with four playing as the #1 index. Vineyard Valley slopes at an above-average 120 from the blues.

Fun Stuff:

Vineyard Valley is outfitted with three entertaining holes. The seventh and eighth both skirt dense woods on the right–so both are mean to slicers. Seven, a tough hole to even par, will have you walking off the green with a swagger if you can card a four or less. Playing eight seems to me the golfing equivalent of eating a chocolate eclair, as a tasty driving challenge awaits, and from the tee you’ll be lured into pounding a drive as far as possible over the pond. But flighting the ball over the pond means a forced carry. Unfortunately, I still can’t drive the green on this 300-yard hole, but it’s still nice to hit a 30-yard pitch as your approach shot. Nine is a medium-length three-par that’s heavily guarded in front and on the sides by water. Almost every tee shot I’ve ever hit from the ninth tee feels somewhat chancy–although the green is not so elusive as it appears.

Conditioning:
Vineyard Valley definitely improved this year, and course conditions have risen a few notches over last year and several before that. While conditions are still about average, and not unexpectedly have fallen off somewhat in the late fall, it’s good to be able to play nearly every fairway stroke here without looking for a preferred lie. Overall, the fairways were about average and the roughs about the same, but the bunkers were pretty good. Still, the greens ran a bit slow for my liking, and the tees fair. But putting surfaces are conditioned far better than before and basically roll truly; now only green seven needs a good deal of work.

Some Conclusions:
While Vineyard Valley is not a course for those golfers who might actually prefer to be hampered by tough bunkers and water and trees everywhere, this layout still poses some firm challenges. I’m not a great fan of an excess of strong side slopes (as at 3, 4, and 5), yet they do offer some scoring resistance. And there’s little doubt that the fourth hole is both challenging and well-designed. Better still, the closing trio of holes ends your nine with a flourish.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Much improved

You can really tell that they've put work into this course and it's paid off! I'll definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Nice place would come back soon

It's was my first time there loved it can't wait to come back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good challenging course

Not a terrible course and the price is right. A few greens still ravaged from the winter, the fairways are in good shape and the tees are pretty good. Cart paths continue to be the rockiest of tracks. I personally love the course. Wish a little more care taken on greens. Worth the value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 313
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 25 Contributor
Connecticut Advisor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Headed in a Better Direction

Conditions–generally the story at Vineyard Valley–have improved somewhat over last year: the greens are less patchy, the fairways more evenly covered in grass. But everything still has a way to go to be considered good. Tees were sometimes bad (several were acceptable) though bunkers are now far better than last year: they were well-raked and smoother. Greens were too slow and most of their fringes only partially conditioned, and, while the fairways were cut, they were also marred by too many ‘other forms’ of vegetation. With these shortcomings, I couldn’t post a realistic score, especially because of the greens: none of my putts reached the holes until the sixth.

On the other hand, this rolling, hillside layout is quite spacious yet offers some decent challenges, notably a good closing stretch at seven, eight, and nine. Seven is a long hole with a small green; if you hope to land on it, an accurate approach–usually a run-up–is in order. Although eight is a drive/pitch affair, the tee shot must cross a pond positioned in front of the landing zone. Nine, the toughest GIR on the course, is nearly an island green with water on three sides; it requires a mid-iron for most players. The bulk of the greens are small and mostly you’ll want to be hitting 9-irons or wedges into them, and picking the right tees becomes essential. So the keys to scoring here will be, typically, hitting enough of the compact greens, along with managing the lies (uphill, downhill and sidehill) on all holes but two, eight, and nine. Even the pros might find some of the sidehill lies tricky.

Service was both friendly and accommodating, and the pace was rapid; not many golfers were out due the cool weather for June. Despite the conditioning flaws, the greenkeeping staff now seems headed in a better direction.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Avid golfer

The greens are slower than slow, tee boxes are almost nonexistent but other than that a great place to work on every type of lie known to man.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good beginner course.

Good beginner course.
This course is hard to get in trouble. A few bunkers, no water. . Very wide-open.
Very beautiful scenic views.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course is so bad

This is the worst course I’ve ever played at. I don’t think I would play here if it was free. Almost all fairway grass is dead. And the tee boxes are dirt. Wouldn’t recommend.

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

Beautiful views from 7th Tee

This course always seems to be in decent condition, although at wet times it can be extremely soggy. the water come off the side of the mountain is tough to contend with but playable. We played in the drought conditions and surprisingly it was fairly green. Tees were in OK shape, greens are definitely in need of upkeep. Weeds are starting to creep into them. Course remains to be a decent course to play a quick round. Only the best shape people should even think about walking this course. A cart is really the best to enjoy it properly.

And yes...stop and admire the view from the 7th tee. worth the course fee.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 313
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Top 25 Contributor
Connecticut Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Solid Layout, Shaky Conditions

This is a decent layout and entertaining to play. It’s a beautiful course, to be sure, in the attractive town of Pomfret, and the distant views get better with each fairway as you slowly climb the large hills, reaching the course pinnacle at tee seven. I walked it today, and it was strenuous but manageable. The sidehill lies on these fairways are a big part of this course’s defenses, along with some holes that play steeply uphill, greens placed on hillocks, and the average small size of the greens themselves. Then again, there’s the finisher, a hard par-3, where your tee shot must traverse the pond. Nothing less than an excellent strike will allow you to find land, and there’s a great feeling of satisfaction upon making this GIR.

It was an enjoyable round, but I found I couldn’t keep an accurate score around the inconsistent greens. I only wish the conditioning were improved, and what I found today was about the same as last summer. The course needs better irrigation/maintenance of the fairways (lots of crabgrass, clover, etc.) and the tees are pretty beat up overall. Greens suffer from too much patchiness, and I found most of my putts losing their lines. But the bright spot was the three or four bunkers on the course, which now have decent, relatively smooth white sand.

The atmosphere at Vineyard Valley has always been a friendly one.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Affordable but with a downside

Very affordable nine hole course at the site of a former vineyard staff was very friendly,

The course itself was in very rough shape very spotted fairways, Greens had dead sections and were otherwise very long you could basically putt any putt hard at the hole because it wasn't going to break significantly because it didn't roll straight
I got the impression that the greens keeping staff either isnt experienced or doesn't have the proper equipment and funding to make a real difference here course needs some serious love and dedication from an experienced green keeper with the funding to get the job done

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful views off the 6-7 holes

Very nice course, fairly challenging course layout

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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