Norwood Country Club

It was a nice fall Sunday, and I had plenty of time to take in the view of the leaves changing color on the trees since the course had decided they could schedule groups 4 minutes apart. That's right, 4 minutes. I don't know if it was due to some confusion between GolfNow, the inhouse scheduling system, and the people answering the phone, but there were people teeing off 4 minutes before my time, 4 minutes after, and then a group right after that. And we didn't get to tee off for 10+ after our scheduled time and had to wait at most tee boxes, usually with the players ahead of us still waiting to tee off. When you're racing sunset, that's not a good thing.

I will say that Norwood appears to have solved their drainage problem, but we're in the midst of a drought, so I'm not sure.

The course has a bit of variety and challenge due to the major doglegs and the encroaching trees.

The Good includes the small and well-maintained greens which were quick and challenging to read. The layout is filled with many interesting holes, none more so then the 220 yard second hole which is a par 4! There are a number of hazards, including but not limited to water Which can come as a surprise to the first time player. I found the staff warm and welcoming. Overall, the weekend walking rate at $40/loop was a good value. The course is flat and easy to walk with consistently short distances between greens and tees with the notable exception at the turn

The Bad and The Ugly includes the netting that borders the driving range and accompanied you down holes # 1 and #10. The walk through the parking lot between #9 and # 10 is unfortunate. As the 10th tee is tucked behind the dumpsters of a large hotel. Once your back on the course,, the aesthetics are more pleasing but the location of the course on a busy thoroughfare is perhaps is to my mind its most unappealing feature. While the fairways were not blanketed with a homogenous lush strain of grass, they were more then playable If you allowed yourself to play wi tee rules and bump the ball a few inches to give yourself the lie you have earned by hitting the surprisingly narrow fairways.

As a 4 handicap golfer, I had a great time and found the layout great fun. I look forward to when I get to play it again!

The greens were nice but the fairways were bald in a lot of spot on a lot of holes.

Course was in terrible shape, absolutely no maintenance to fairways or greens. Moved well at first but the back 9 took almost 3 hours. Go somewhere else

Got.a deal $47 cart included. Course is flat and pretty straightforward. Shouldn’t lose many balls. Its a better Ponkapoag but similar. Good place for lower skilled people like me

The Most Horrific Golf course I’ve ever played in my 33 year of playing $56 with cart is a crime !!!
The fairways was burned up with lots of crap grass ! Greens were dead and burned up also !! Trees dead on The ground everywhere!!! zero effort on upkeep looks like there is big time money problem with this course!!!! Trust me stay away from this course
Mike L

Fairways have more weeds and dead spots than my own lawn. Many soft spots and you can lose your shoe easily in the mud walking along the way nudge of the so called fairway/rough.

First time playing the course and the last.

Front 9!was closed. Course layout is good but fairways in pretty rough shape. I realize this is the end of a busy summer for most public courses but tough to play when ball isn’t on grass. Paid for 18 but played 9 and did not want to repeat.

I was very disappointed in the course. The condition of it is horrendous. There is more dirt than grass in every fairway. The pictures on the website looked absolutely nothing like it. For $48 you might as well just go to the driving range because it was a total rip off. It was like playing in a public park. Never coming back.