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Conditions
2.7
Value
3.5
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
3.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.8
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6416 yards
Slope 130
Rating 71.5

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2019.

Course Details

Year Built 1959
Greens Bent Grass
Architect Geoffrey Cornish (1959)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Accepted
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Male golfers must wear appropriate golf attire, which may include golf slacks, Bermuda shorts and shirts with collars. Women golfers must wear appropriate golf attire as well, which may include golf slacks, Bermuda shorts and golf skirts. No Jeans/Denim.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

Reviews

3.2
178 Reviews (178)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 22
Narrow Fairways 12
Bunkers 10
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 20
Advanced Golfers 10
Locals 9
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 15
Worth the Drive 10
Convenient to the City 9

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Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Private course for public play

The greens are fast, true and very well kept. Also, the fairways are lush and there is never a bad lie. And for the money, there is no better deal around.

This is a must play!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

use of all your clubs

great course.in excellent condition.dont be above the hole for putts

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tower Ridge CC

Great day good course . Very challenging on a lot of holes made me step up my game. Would highly recommend to friends and coworkers .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Course

A nice course with some tricky fairways up on the ridge and a number of interesting par threes... what breaks your concentration though are the sporadic gun fires from the shooting range nearby...

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great value

A very nice, challenging, course for every level of golfer. fantastic views but Tower ridge needs a ranger pushing play along. Very, very, slow round with no option to speed it up, just way to backed up. Please get a ranger to push groups along, allow people with places to go the chance to play their round ?

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Tower Ridge

Good condition, not for walking as the majority of course is on the side of a mountain. Most greens are sloped and run fast. Placement of tee shots on blind holes is critical. Fun course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great views

Excellent value thru golf now.com. Challenging course with beautiful views of Talcott Mountain and the Heublein Gower.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Potential

Course and facilities definitely had a 1960s feel. Holes were not well marked and the directions were mostly spray painted on the cart paths. Greens were in great shape but tee boxes and fairways needed work. Overall, it was an average course with excellent views from some holes.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Scenic course

This course was in great shape and the first three holes make the course look somewhat easy; that is until you get to #4 and on. I liked the sloping greens; a lot of them slope from back to front. Depending on pin placement you may need to play short. This was my 1st time palying here and wouldn't hesitate to go back.

I read some of the reviews prior to my play and noted a lot of people complaining about the state police firing range near the course. We could hear the firing but was not distracting to me or my playing partner, as others stated. Finished just under three hours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

great layout and pace of play

I really enjoyed my latest round at Tower Ridge. The course was in excellent shape and the pace of play was such that I played 18 holes in 2 1/2 hours! The starter sent me off the back so I was able to fly through the round. The greens were all consitant and and in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Round spoiled by shooting sound

A late Sat evening decision to play an early Sunday morning round had me using Golf Now to find a tee time. First time playing this course tucked into the side of a mountain. We were paired with another twosome that helped explained where to aim on the numerous blind landing areas. We were told they cut down a lot of the tall grasses recently and so the course was playing easier. There were many dog leg rights that played well into my left to right shaped drives. Fairly enjoyable round until the loud reports of echoing gunshots of rifles and automatic pistols rang out from a nearby shooting range. It was almost non-stop for the last 8 holes. It made for some funny comments at first -" like that drive sounded like a cannon" - and so forth, but it got old real fast. I won't go back. I like the peacefulness of golf. and this experience spoiled that.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great experience tempered by other factors

Course was in very good condition. Interesting assortment of challenging holes. Very slow pace of play which may have been partially caused by the challenges of the course. Hearing automatic weapons, shot gun blasts and handguns firing at the nearby police shooting range was very distracting.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Tower Ridge

Beautiful views, but very challenging. Expect to play 2-3 strokes over handicap.

Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

No restaurant or beer cart

no food or drink until after 11 on a Sunday!! no beer cart at all!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

mountain goat course

you will not have a level stance all day-if off the fairway at all you may not find your ball-very high grass. greens are good and fast. you may get lost going from 1 hole to another-you really need directions playing this course.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Short but challenging

This course was short but still challenging and fair. Pace of play was ok however I can see that it can become a problem there.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very friendly staff.

Staff was very friendly. Course is very well groomed. Will play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

Great course

I loved this course. There are some really interesting holes and you will need to hit every club in the bag. Walking was a good workout, it is a bit of a "goat path", so maybe I will take a cart next time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Course in nice condition

Although the course layout is tight, it played wide open and the fairways and greens were in great shape. The course needs to improve distance markers throughout. Some blind tee shots and hilly approaches made club selection iffy at times.

Enjoyed the course and plan on playing there again this year.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Challenging Early Season Round

Overall, the course is in very good shape. The greens have not recovered fully from the winter. But, they are very playable and quick. We payed mid-day during mid week and played in about 3 1/2 hours. No one behind and the two-some in front of us let us play through with no issues. The white tees were placed well forward. Really too far forward in some instances. In summary, the course is in good shape, offers some challenging holes with a good pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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