hutch111994

The conditioning really depends on the time of year, the course is pretty great in the middle of summer and in need of some serious drainage help in the winter. I've been playing this as my home course for about a year now and haven't grown bored of it yet, it's a very good practice ground with a few exciting holes on both nines. A word of warning, it is slow on the weekends in summer, the posted speed is 4:30 but there are days when you could be staring a 6 hour round in the face. I try to get most of my rounds in here during twilight in the summer which is usually closer to a 3:30 round.

The conditioning was pretty good, a little soft for how dry the weather had been but that can be forgiven in a flood plain. What got to me was the routing, the front is a snooze, it's very out and back with 7 very straight par 4s. The most exciting hole on the front is the 5th, a par 3 with two whole bunkers. The back is a little better and saves the course, we finally get our first par 5 and the river comes in to play making the shots a little less tedious. All and all, I'd probably only go back if I wanted to spend a 5 hour round drinking.

This course is a gem in northeast Vermont. The routing is exciting with good conditioning and a good 19th. I would go out of my way to play this course again.