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Conditions
2.6
Value
3.0
Layout
2.9
Friendliness
3.3
Pace
2.3
Amenities
2.2
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 30
Length 1769 yards
Slope 95
Rating 29.0

Course Details

Year Built 1994
Architect John S. Ott

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted None
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

2.7
77 Reviews (77)

What Golfers Are Saying

This course/club is great for:
Locals 8
Beginners 6
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 6

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Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hidden Gem

Great little course with some longer holes and great for practicing short game.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

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

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Just ok

The tee boxes were in very rough shape, felt like cement. Good for the iron game.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

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!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 313
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 25 Contributor
Connecticut Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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