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Blissful is always a good time. Conditions are always great and if you hit it around club tourney times the green speed can be a challenge. The staff is great and the restaurant/staff are also very friendly. This course is also one of the best values you can find. Not too many places give you this golf for the price. Yes you have to get there but it is worth it. To me the par 3s at Blissful is where a lot of the challenge and fun is. You'll hit different clubs into greens and better think before you just pull a club.

Played with a friend. Starter matched us with a third. After two holes a single arrived we asked him to join but he wanted to play through. We let him go. Caught him on the back nine because a foursome would not let him through. Lyman can do a better job with this.
Greens were very good. Semi-fast and true. But one worker was pumping air into the greens to soften them and another was two holes away rolling them. What?
Traps were below average, basically hard red dirt/sand and rocks. Tees and fairways fine. The course is a challenge. Food was very good after the round.

Course deal was fair. Front nine is interesting. Greens are in good shape, tees and fairways good shape also. Back nine across the road is much hillier than the front and pretty much cart path only the way it is roped off so be prepared to walk and climb. As always staff was great and pace of play excellent. If you are in the Hartford area this course is worth a visit. Might be just a little harder, though shorter, than the Anderson.

Norwich is an old style Donald Ross design that retains its heritage. Most of the course is in front of you. Not too long from the back, be prepared to play for position off the tee on some holes. Greens were great, fairways great, tees not too bad (a few were thin). Pace of play was great and the staff are super.