Player at Lyman Orchards Golf Club

Good day playing the Players course. it was a bit wet but still a nice day for the start of February. The staff in the clubhouse were very friendly and paired up with a twosome and had a nice round. The fairways greens and tee boxes were in good condition for this time of the year. Pace of play was fine and we finished in about four hours and 15 minutes.My only gripe would be that there was no markers on that tee boxes and very few markers if any on the fairway telling you what yardage. It was car path only and It would be nice if the sprinkler heads had yardage marked to the center of the green. Driving range was closed but the putting greens was open. Would not recommend walking the players course As it is quite hilly and a fair distance between some of the greens and tee boxes.All in all a good day and it’s nice to be able to play golf in Connecticut in February

Course is maintained. Cart paths need a lot of repair.

Course overall for late November was in good shape . Greens quicker than regular season. Few cart paths need major work . Gripes were cart path only and not even wet , no rakes for traps , greens full of ball marks and rough so thick often can’t find the ball just off the fairway .

If you’re going to keep the course open take care of it a little
Lots of potential

it was great weather for the end of November. It seems like everyone had same thought; thus, the course was very packed.
It can be understandable, but the course manager or rangers should involve for controlling the pace of play.
I booked for 12pm, and tee-off at 12:15pm. Delayed, delayed, delayed...couldn't finished round. Had to leave at 15th hole. with sunset warning.
Course is in good shape and cart is powerful though. Cart path only even in sunny and dry day.

One of my go to courses in the area, great job by grounds crew on the upkeep. For the time of year course is still in great shape.

We played nine holes. The fairways were soggy, with longer then normal grass, and a lot of leaves. The rough on the sides was covered with leaves and the ball would be buried in the the grass, it was so deep. Balls were lost in the fairway because of the leaves and if you hit into the rough, forget about it! There wasn't one green that didn't have a bunch of leaves, with some greens almost completely covered. Carts were only allowed on the cart path.
I think we should have be informed of the condition of the course when we checked in with the option of a refund.

The Player course is a very nice course to play in the fall. Picturesque to say the least. Course must have had significant rain recently because there was standing water in a number of fairways. It was cart path only which was necessary but it does slow the play. The traps had been raked and were mostly dry which means they have decent traps. Fairways were blown of leaves as well as greens. The tee boxes need a lot of work. I was disappointed that a nice course like this didn’t send someone out to fill divot’s each afternoon. Overall the course is fun to play you have to hit shots not just bomb away and the views add to the day.

Course was in fine shape except for the tee boxes. They were very rough.

The Player is brawny and hilly, mainly tree-lined and strongly target-oriented. And target golf means you can’t stray much from most of these fairways, especially on the front side, where you may well encounter large mounds and daunting hills, woods, rows of trees, marshy bogs or other various and sundry hazards.

The hardest hole, number three, intimidates those among us who don’t routinely fly the ball 250 yards, with a gaping pit that reminds me of the infamous 16th at Merion Golf Club’s East Course. Like that hole, which may have inspired the famous architect of this design, the third’s tee shot requires a long forced carry over scrub, along with a fairly tight fairway but no bail-out to speak of. At least things settle down on the fairly flat green.

I played the front today, and here the challenges persist for the first eight holes, only to let up just a bit at the fairly routine ninth. Other standout holes include the tight, par-4 fifth, on which the fairway plunges abruptly down toward another bushy no-man’s land past the landing zone, and the dramatic, downhill 7th, a terrific par-3.

Around the greens themselves, you’ll likely be giving your pitching game more of a workout than chipping, with the added difficulty of plush and dense greenside roughs. And the bunkers can be magnetic, so a capable bunker game will preserve many a good score. For many players, the greens at the Player will probably be the only “easy” aspect of this course, but they are still fast and have plenty of subtle breaks.

Without a doubt, the Player course’s conditions have improved since I played here in the springtime, when the maintenance staff was engaged in a few significant projects. Today, despite a few flaws around the greens and fringes, along with mediocre grooming of some of these bunkers, the green complexes were in good shape and the fairways some of the best I’ve seen since summer began. Only some of the tees lagged; they could use better attention. This does seem like a course that–rightfully so–gets fairly heavy play.

Surprisingly, this is a decent walking course as long as you’re up to climbing a few hills, but also the long walk (involving a tunnel) between the bulk of the holes and the stretch across the road–the third, fourth, and fifth. Most golfers opt to take carts. Pace was only about average but service professional (as usual) in the clubhouse.

Having this much going for it, the Player offers strong value, and I would recommend it to anyone who appreciates a stout challenge, but also a venue with some of the most impressive scenery across Connecticut.