Wintonbury Hills Golf Course

Wintonbury, CT
http://www.wintonburyhills.com

A $79 greens fee may be on the high end for a muni – but this is no ordinary muni. Less than a 2hr drive from Boston, tucked away in the rolling landscape near Hartford, Connecticut lays New England’s only course designed by one of the games most influential architects – Pete Dye.

Pete Dye is often credited with changing the direction of golf architecture; interjecting bold characteristics that require precise shot making, leaving a course visually intimidating but most importantly memorable.  His highly acclaimed layouts include major championship venues such as The Ocean Course, TPC Sawgrass, and Whistling Straits.   At Wintonbury Hills you are able to get a taste for many of the features and strategy that are uniquely Pete Dye but are able to avoid the punishment that comes along with so many of his other high profile courses.  The intriguing routing blends links like design with more traditional parkland style providing each hole with its own distinctive personality.

A joy to play and in pristine condition, it is certainly a course that is deserving of its lofty praise and rankings in the public golf arena.  I would recommend anyone that appreciates course design to venture to CT and experience one of New England’s finest.

Playing Wintonbury hills is like getting the chance to sleep with Pipa Middleton.  Maybe not as famous or as stunning as her sister, but still impressive in her own right - and a whole lot easier to get on