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4.2
Value
4.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
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4.1
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3.6
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Holes 9
Type Public/Municipal
Par 36
Length 2887 yards
Slope 109
Rating 33.9
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Hop Brook Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1910
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Blue Grass

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Reviews

4.2
127 Reviews (127)

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Reviews 67
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Jump over to Hop Brook

A quirky 9 hole course that is fun to play. Greens are in good shape, fairways and rough a little worn. Worth a look if you want something a little different.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 53
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging course

Course varies, helps you learn to manage your shots, play smart.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Quiet course perfect for a quick 9 holes

We played 9 holes here and it was a nice quiet experience early on a Tuesday morning. The grounds are well maintained and the course was challenging enough for a few beginners. I'll definitely be back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 313
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 25 Contributor
Connecticut Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Parkland Golf with Great Conditions

Hop Brook is a natural, wooded parkland course that presents a solid and reasonable test of golf throughout its nine holes. It is nicely varied, most notably by the contrast of the opening five holes, which feature plenty of elevation changes, to the flatter but mostly dog-legged last four. Its bunkers are not especially deep, the fairways are of decent–but not too generous–width, for the most part. Some of the greens can be very testing when you putt from certain sectors, most notably the second, ninth and (above all) the first. Further still, the course has been much improved since I used to play it, back in the 70s/80s when I lived in western Connecticut. What is most impressively improved since those ancient times are the additions of deeper tees and several fairway bunkers, but above all else the seriously better conditioning–and today it was uniformly excellent.

The Layout:
Holes one through five are all strong and challenging. As the number one index, the par-5 first issues a quick wake-up call, starting with a tee shot to a wood-lined fairway, and beyond that a second that must cross a small pond if you hope to pitch into the green with a wedge. And pitching to this small, deeply undulant green, where three-putting is common, becomes a huge advantage over flying it in with a mid-iron. Two is a beautifully natural hole, especially for its classic, rolling fairway that dips through an extended, sunken section in part of the landing zone. It's also a great hole for a run-up shot onto a green that tilts back to front. At the par-4 third, it’s a tall order to stop the ball on the small, slightly elevated green without the strong backspin of a short iron or a smartly calculated run-up shot. The most memorable hole may well be the fourth, a hole that may bring agony or joy depending, mainly, on how well you hit your tee shot. With its hog’s back fairway (a template style hole not surprising for a course designed in 1910) set upon a large hill, this will demand your best tee shot. I hit a drawn 3-hybrid, then an 8-iron from the left side of the landing zone from a relatively flat lie. The hole is not merciful, however, when you miss this fairway. I also like the fifth for its simplicity: a tee set upon a high hill that plummets to a sizable green, but with no bunkers or other hazards surrounding it, other than a road in front. Who needs more hazards, anyway (?); the tee shot is difficult enough to gauge.

While the last four holes don’t quite live up to the first five, they’re still good, especially the 8th, a classic, dogleg-right par-4 of over 400 yards, and fittingly the second toughest hole. Green eight, surrounded by a large ring in the form of mounding, is well protected. The par-5 sixth contrasts with the opening five-par, mainly because it is dog-legged (right) and only of moderate difficulty. Likewise, the par-3 seventh is quite different than the par-3 fifth: longer and somewhat tougher, its green more of a fortress. This nine concludes with a tight par-4 on which the fairway curves narrowly to the right around the woods, making the tee shot of choice a fade. The final stretch of fairway runs parallel to the clubhouse, set on the other side of the brook.

Other:
The greens ran medium-fast today and were so smooth that I found myself comparing them to those at country clubs. Fringes were also near-perfect.

Excellent service too, was both accommodating and efficient. The gentleman in the pro shop, whom I’ve met several times, was again friendly and knowledgeable. Pace on the course moved quickly.

Conclusion:
It’s fairly simple: A nice layout, a strong value, and top-notch conditioning–remarkable for a public course–make Hop Brook a must-play venue for golfers who appreciate good nine-holers, along with just about everyone else. Strongly recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Enjoyable Play

I went as a single, got paired up with a duo and another single. They were pretty nice guys. The course was great, a little hilly, but that just makes it a bit more challenging. It’s only a nine hole course, but you can play at twice for the full 18 experience. I will definitely be going back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Day at Hop Brook

I was informed that they were running a few minutes behind, but after the 2nd hole, it was smooth sailing. The course was in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great 9 hole course worth a trip

This is a fantastic 9 hole course and is a great bang for your buck. The scenery is beautiful…. I especially like walking across the bridge to the first tee box as i get to enjoy the sound of the flowing brook it passes over. The staff both in the pro-shop and on the maintenance team are cordial, knowledgeable and helpful…. They’re all good for a joke or in answering your general questions.

The course conditions are professionally kept unlike many other municipal 9 holes in the area and consist of nice lush disease free grass, and generally plays to a thicker cut rough which requires you to really assess your shots. The greens are some of the best in the state consisting of plenty of undulations and grain divergence, making every shot onto the green and putt towards the cup unique. If you want to work on your short game or practice reading greens this is the perfect place to do it.

The course itself offers two very different layouts from the front 5 to the back 4. The first 5 holes utilize more sloping in the fairways to navigate around where the back 4 plays much more flat with differing doglegs. This front back difference is best reflected when comparing the two par 3 holes being the 5th and 7th. The 5th hole plays downhill about 160 yards with the front half of the green being a blind shot, whereas the latter if a straight shot about 180 yards with two mounds and a sand trap directly in front of the green, requiring you to float your ball over trouble. The course also offers a fantastic putting green which is large and consistent with the play style of the greens on the course.

I also appreciate the fact that the course pays its respects to a CT old-timer and Naugatuck local Billy Burke, a pga pro who was the first player to win a major (1931 US Open) using steel shafts in an infamous 72 hole bout followed by an additional 72 playoff holes. Check it out you wont regret it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course

Course was fun to play. Greens we’re in great shape. Play was a little slower due to walkers.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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