npmccormick

I would encourage golfers to avoid this place. I booked a tee time for a single at 3:40pm on a Friday afternoon. I was told that I would be playing behind another single and a 4some. After waiting for some rain to subside and a delay on the first tee, I tee’d off around 3:35pm (I checked in around 3:20 and opted not to warm up and was told I could head to the first tee.). The pace of play was horrendous. I waited 8 mins on the 3rd tee box and decided to walk off and head home at 4:18pm – 43 mins for 2 holes of golf. I walked into the pro shop and inquired about a ‘slow play’ rain check and mentioned that I was leaving because it took me 43 minutes to play two holes and the response I got from staff was “oh gosh.” Not an apology, not an offer of a rain check. If such lackluster caliber play is going to be allowed at this course, there needs to be a modicum of pace of play enforcement. I would say the $90 I spent was wasted but I look at it like this: I spent $90 to realize I will never set foot on this course again and encourage others to do the same.

Tee boxes need some attention. It’s one thing if one or two were primarily unfilled divots, but many look as if they haven’t been addressed in months. Some silliness putting the black tees behind the tree on #8 and the blind tee shot on #5, a par 3 is equally as silly too.

2 hours and 45 minutes for 9 holes is outrageous and certainly not worth the $89 Sunday morning greens fees. I would like to think that the remarks on the scorecard about eliminating slow play, and the expected time to complete a par 3, 4, and 5 would mean something. Having a 4some with little on-course skills is no excuse to justify 20/mins per hole. Staff really should be more cognizant of unjustifiable slow play. I’m a single handicapper and have been playing golf for more than 20 years and today was the first time I left after 9 holes due to pace of play. I thought only Triggs could cultivate this type of pace but alas, New England Country Club has achieved something new.

After hearing some positive reviews about this place, my friend and I decided to give it a try. What a mistake! The pace of play was terrible. The starter has my roommate and myself, a twosome, play between a few foursomes. The greens had been recently aerated, but there was no discount nor notification from the clubhouse. I've played at courses that are in much better shape that charge a rate that is not much more than what this course charged. Overall, a disappointing experience.