Miner Hills Golf Course
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 30 | 1769 yards | 29.0 | 95 |
White | 30 | 1618 yards | 29.0 | 95 |
Red | 30 | 1302 yards | 29.7 | 80 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | Total |
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White/Blue M: 58.1/95 W: 57.7/94 | 150 | 138 | 290 | 220 | 140 | 195 | 240 | 115 | 130 | 1618 | 3372 |
Gold W: 56.4/92 | 140 | 135 | 250 | 160 | 110 | 150 | 185 | 100 | 110 | 1340 | 2680 |
Red W: 56.0/91 | 130 | 130 | 240 | 155 | 100 | 140 | 157 | 100 | 100 | 1252 | 2504 |
Handicap | 13 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | ||
Par | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 60 |
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From its left flank, a view of green one at Miner Hills. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2023
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150 yards from the green and starting from a high tee, this downhill tee shot at the second can be spine-tingling. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2023
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The first green at Miner Hills. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 10/20/2022
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Hole two plays straight downhill to a green backed by a hidden bunker. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 10/20/2022
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The third fairway in the late-afternoon, autumn sunlight. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 10/20/2022
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Seven, an uphill par-4, as seen under overcast skies. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 10/20/2022
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The same hole in the bright sunshine. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 10/20/2022
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A short but tough uphill par-3, this is the ninth in the late afternoon shadows. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 10/20/2022
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At the par-3 second, your tee shot will plummet to a relatively small target. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 05/06/2022
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The fourth travels through a corridor of trees to this green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 05/06/2022
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Hole four from behind. It’s short, but tight and challenging. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 05/06/2022
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Green six, as seen from high in the left rough. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 05/06/2022
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The sixth green from behind. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 05/06/2022
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Seven, a short four-par, plays up a hill that seems as steep as a ski slope. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 05/06/2022
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Photo submitted by eric321 on 08/16/2021
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The second travels 150 yards downhill to a green open in the front. A hidden bunker lies behind. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/09/2021
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A view down to the third green from its right rear flank (standing on green five). Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/09/2021
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The fourth, this course’s tightest hole, features a fairway that doglegs among the woodlands. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/09/2021
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Five is the trickiest and most perilous of the par-3’s, with a well canted green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/09/2021
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Seven nearly steals the show at Miner Hills. Great short four-par. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/09/2021
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The eighth is a short par-three, but you may not find it easy to hit its green in regulation. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 08/09/2021
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8th hole from the blue tees Photo submitted by Srosenthal44 on 05/03/2021
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Almost my first Hole in One! Photo submitted by Srosenthal44 on 05/03/2021
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View of first green: Miner Hills features good conditions and pleasant aesthetics. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Third: A nice touch added on the right side of this fairway. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Fourth: Some classic contouring around the green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Six is a robust par three of 210 yards (seen here from behind the green). Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Seventh: The toughest par-4, straight uphill to a two-tiered green, on which a tiny bird has alighted. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Green nine from its right flank: Small, perched, and tough to hit, with a big falloff into the right side woods. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Clever 2nd with hidden bunker behind green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/23/2019
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The 4th: dogleg left. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/23/2019
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Green contouring at 4th. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/23/2019
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Most challenging hole: the 5th, with greenside problems right. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/23/2019
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After a 260 yard climb, we reach green 7. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/23/2019
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From behind the 9th, a superlative golf hole Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 11/23/2019
Gem of a course!
First time playing here. Really well maintained. Pretty course with some challenging holes. Played after the rain, so the course was wet, but in great shape. Definitely will play her again!
Hidden Challenge
Chose this course based off it having a range and being a 9 hole executive course. When I first looked at the scorecard, I thought it wouldn’t be as challenging but certainly had some creative and challenging holes. Course condition was great for being May 1st. Certainly hilly and may not be best for all to walk but will certainly get a workout walking.
Hidden Gem
Great little course with some longer holes and great for practicing short game.
Staff needs work
Staff at club house window not very friendly at all. I had to ask for a Pencil And scorecard. Holes need better directions and signs.
Good for the money
Love that I can play with my irons. Fun little place. When I played it was really wet. Cart path only. Wish they had more like food and drinks
Major hills
Fun par 3 course, but don’t confuse fun with easy. This course has a ton of hills and the fairways are rather narrow leaving little room for error.
Fun par 9
Saturday morning with a cart for 22 bucks was a great deal! Course was fun and good for beginners like me while also having some challenges , will play again!
Excellent late season round
The staff are really friendly, course is well groomed not too many leaves on the course( fall) other than 7th white tee box needing some work, a great little course
Typical fall round in New England. Wet, fallen leaves and branches in the the course. Friendly staff, great service. Can’t wait to golf this course again hopefully in a dry day.
Executive Track with Character
A few major points about Miner Hills:
A) Above all, this course offers excellent value, as good executive tracks often do. I walked it today, paying $14, a cost-effective rate when you consider that the typical Connecticut public course costs about $22, typically, to walk on weekdays. This, then, is less than 2/3 the price of the ‘standard’ par-36. And many driving ranges will charge as much (perhaps more?) for a large bucket of balls. As the catchphrase goes on NFL Monday Night Countdown, “C’Mon, Man!” … This is a great deal!
B) Conditions were surprisingly good for an executive track: smooth greens, well-conditioned bunkers, carefully cut rough—especially around the greens—as well as manicured greenside fringes. It’s clear that the owners take pride in how their golf course looks, and Miner Hills has definite aesthetic appeal. The one weakness was some patchiness in the landing areas of two of the three par-4 fairways, but perhaps that’s quibbling a bit. The greens were also definitely slow, but I adjusted to them quickly enough. For some they may be an acquired taste.
C) Played with a very nice gentleman today, whom I bumped into on the first tee. We hit it off and enjoyed a great conversation throughout the nine. This is one of the things I enjoy most about playing golf.
D) Two things I really like about Miner Hills:
ONE) This is real golf. Why? You’re not getting, as is the case with many executives, a boring string of simple-minded par-threes. Four of the six three-pars here—two, five, six, and nine—are holes where you’ll truly work to earn threes. Five, in particular, is an absolute bear, and the other two three-pars, one and seven, are hardly pushovers.
TWO) The trio of par-4’s has genuine variety. Hole three is straightforward with a hidden pond and some headache-inducing mature trees scattered on the periphery. Hole four is short, doglegging and tight; moreover, it sports a well-protected, raised green. Hole seven, on the other hand, is nasty and brutish: straight uphill, nothing but slopes and awkward lies, and a two-tiered green which may give you fits. It’s also a ‘road hole,’ so heading too far right—off the tee, especially—is not a valid option.
E) The cherry on top of all of this is the ninth, hardly a routine closer for an executive. In fact, it looks much like something Al Zikorus would design, travelling 130 yards uphill to a strongly pitched green with a deep fall-off on the right.
All of this for fourteen bucks? C’Mon, Man! Play it.
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View of first green: Miner Hills features good conditions and pleasant aesthetics. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Third: A nice touch added on the right side of this fairway. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Fourth: Some classic contouring around the green. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Six is a robust par three of 210 yards (seen here from behind the green). Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Seventh: The toughest par-4, straight uphill to a two-tiered green, on which a tiny bird has alighted. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020
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Green nine from its right flank: Small, perched, and tough to hit, with a big falloff into the right side woods. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 09/09/2020