Lyman Orchards Golf Club

Address:	70 Lyman Rd, Middlefield, CT 06455, USA
Phone:	+1 860-349-6031
Site:	lymangolf.com
Rating:	4.2
Working:	9AM–7:15PM 9AM–7:15PM 9AM–7:15PM 9AM–7:15PM 9AM–7:15PM 9AM–7:15PM 9AM–7:15PM

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Sam Chaney

Overall Lyman Orchards is one of the best values for golf in Connecticut. There are 36 holes of championship golf on the Jones and Player courses, each with their own set of nuances. The Player course is all about club selection. If you are too short, you are in a ravine. If you are too long, you are in a ravine or water. The easiest looking holes turn out to be scorecard nightmares if you dont select the right club, or if you hit it fat or thin. The Jones course is more subtle. It looks easier than Player in many ways, but it is amazing how Robert Trent Jones places sand traps and trees right where your drive wants to go. Or how he places water into play on the side that the wind is blowing towards. Overshoot a green by a couple of yards and your ball can careen down a steep hill into overgrown vegetation of various sorts. Speaking of greens, the Jones course will challenge you with pin placements that almost guarantee a wide variety of undulations between your ball and the cup. Oh, I almost forgot the Apple Nine. There is a complete practice facility with a driving range with both grass and matts. There is a large putting practice area, and a chipping and pitching practice area along with a completely separate putting green. The Apple Nine itself is a nice executive course that will help you to dial in your approach shots, where you can play a quick nine for lunch in an hour or less. Add to this the Lyman Orchards themselves, along with the pick your own fruit, the corn maze, and the Apple Barrel farm market and deli, and Lyman Orchards stacks up to be a treasure in the state of Connecticut!

Liana Layug

Today, we hosted a tournament which benefited veterans at this venue, and the two years that we have been doing it, I have just been amazed at the level of service that Lyman Orchards provides. I have personally witnessed how they treat our team like we are their good friends and have benefited from this treatment as well. As we came unprepared to set up our missing in action and prisoner of war table, Mia was very instrumental, timely, and innovative in the way that she solved our problem and helped us put this together at the last minute. Chad was instrumental in helping us gather and purchase items for our raffle, even if it meant going completely out of the way. He was extremely friendly, patient, and very professional throughout the self-inflicted lengthy process of selection. I think her name is Ashley, but she was extremely attentive to our needs in hanging up a sign that was a pain to hang up and was making sure that we were all set throughout the entire event. Another female, I think her name was Dawn, was super nice to our event coordinator, making sure that he ate among the busyness of the festivities. The bartender was also phenomenal in the way that she poured my drink. I definitely felt like the drink lived up to how much it cost, which doesnt happen often in Connecticut. Basically, the entire team is as fantastic as the landscape and the course itself. Im not a golfer, but I highly recommend this venue just based on the service, alone.

Ken Hehir

Played the Jones course over 4th of July weekend. Being a holiday, I expected some slow play, but this round was far worse. There was an incredibly slow foursome two groups ahead of us with absolutely no concept of proper pace. (all four golfers congregating at each players shot, etc.) There were no rangers to be found. 18 holes started 20 minutes late, and took just under 6 hours. As for the course conditions, they keep the fairways, rough, and greens in great shape. One minor quibble is that they replaced the normal color-coded flags with American flags for the holiday. I dont have a problem with that, except that I wish they provided a pin placement sheet or something. My biggest issue was with the bunkers. They were not really sand traps as much as hard-pan dirt with a thin layer of sand on top. It was so bad that on the back nine, I pulled the ball out of the traps, for fear of breaking a club. For an otherwise very well-maintained course, this was very disappointing. All in all, this is a very nice public course. I will definitely return as long as they fix the bunkers, just not on a holiday weekend.

Robert Ballot

LYMAN ORCHARDS GOLF CLUB Middlefield, Ct. Gary Player Signature Course Terrain: Hills / Wetlands Price: $$ Public Driving Range: Yes Opened: 1994 Architect: Gary Player Lodging: No SCORECARD Par 71 Gold 6725 Yards, Slope 134, Rating 72.9 Blue 6325 Yards, Slope 132, Rating 71.2 White 5890 Yards, Slope 129, Rating 68.9 Red 4900 Yards, Slope 113, Rating 68.3 SNAPSHOTS: Fantastic collection of holes; feels like you played two golf courses on the same day The third hole makes you play over junk first, and then water, with both shots requiring great skill Back nine features two tee boxes which come with glorious vistas of the Connecticut River Valley Holes are very remote from one another BEYOND THE WHITE STAKES Brewskies: Time Out Tavern (3.9 miles) Sundae Golfer: The Caboose Ice Cream Stand (2.8 miles) Stop for a Bite: Blackbird Tavern Pub Food (2.2 miles) Worth a Detour: Dinosaur Trackway, Rocky Hill (12.6 miles) Splash! Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middletown (4 miles) Native: Austin Essery - Div. III NCAA Hockey Goalie at Connecticut College No pubs are located within range

Jan Wojas

Middlefield has four golf courses: The Jones, The Player and Apple 9 and Indian Springs (last two are 9 holes). We play them often, because everyone has different set of challenges and different type of "atmosphere" (especially small ones). I am very pleased with such a selection and quality of ground keeping provided on all courses. The Lyman Enterprise celebrates 275 year of existence this year. Their courses are well prepared for that. We appreciate The Apple 9 course, because it is great for a little everyday afternoon golfing. We see a lot of families and couples paying there. The driving range there is very popular even among players who later go on and play The Jones or The Player courses. It is amazing how ground crew keeps this course in excellent shape considering amount of players go through it every day. Overall all courses are worthy recommendations, especially in the fall, when one can enjoy the views and picking occasional apple from the Orchards located in the middle of the Player course.

A Private User

Lyman Orchards is a great place to play golf. You have a choice between two championship 18 hole drives (Player or Jones and the price between the two differ slighty) and both provide their challenges and rewarding scenery. The Jones course could be described as your more traditional links course with medium to narrow fairways and rolling hills with some interesting dog legs in the back. The Player courses front weaves through the valley and provides its own challenges with hazard placement while the back climbs through the apple orchards and gives some fantastic views of the valley. Driving range is paid for inside and the staff is friendly and helpful and the food in the bar/grille is good. The only serious complaint is incredibly slow play. Also the course doesnt handle rain very well as even after an overnight shower, it is strictly cart path only and you find yourself walking through fairway marshes. Overall it is a great place to play golf for mid-Connecticut.

Forest Rogue

The course is well maintained and the greens appear to be evenly cut but you will notice that they never roll true. I took a close look at the grass on the greens today and saw that there are different types of grass. There are areas that have grass blades densely packed and areas that have loosely spaced blades. This causes mini undulations on the green that are camouflaged by the even looking cut. You will notice that the golf balls never roll true on these greens. I ran my hand across the green and could feel the different heights of the grass. If the grass on the greens were cut shorter/tighter then they would roll better where the different grass densities would not affect the golf ball as much. I hope the superintendent reads this post. Thanks