Lake Waramug Country Club is a nine-hole golf course located in New Preston, Connecticut. It measures 3128 yards from its longest tees and plays to a par of 35. The club was founded in 1916 and the course was built and added to over the next few years. It sits high on a hill overlooking its namesake which is the 2nd largest natural lake in Connecticut.
The club has a small Pro Shop, practice putting green, and a small practice area located away from the first tee in the middle of the course. The clubhouse has locker room facilities, a restaurant, and a spectacular wrap-around porch overlooking the lake. It is one of the best places you will ever find to sit and enjoy nice company and a cold beverage.
The course is always in fine condition with greens that run on the faster side but not overly so. It is pretty wide open with only a couple of areas of high grass, overwise it’s pretty easy to keep the ball in play. Water comes into play on only one hole and you would have to miss it right quite a bit for it to be a factor.
Hole #1 is a medium-length par 4 that plays downhill from the clubhouse. Everything slopes from left to right with a couple of bunkers guarding the green. Photo courtesy of LWCC.
Hole #2 is the number one handicap hole. At 426 yards from the longest tees, it is a stern test for the average golfer. There is a slight dog leg left with a large pine guarding the left side. If you place your tee shot in the right area you are left with a straight shot into a relatively flat green.
Hole #3 is slightly longer 438 yards but plays a little easier as it is straight and slightly downhill. Two large bunkers guard the landing area of your tee shot. The second shot to a green sloping left to right, with a bunker guarding the right side. These are two excellent par fours.
Hole #4 would be considered the signature hole. At 170 yards, this downhill par 3 plays slightly shorter. The lake provides a spectacular backdrop as your tee shot flies high into the blue sky, in front of the blue water, and hopefully onto the green. Avoid the tennis courts on the left, the three surrounding sand traps, and the temptation to pull out a driver and send a ball flying into the lake.
Hole #5 is a short uphill par 5 with the fairway sloping right to left, carrying balls into the higher grass left of the fairway. Longer hitters still have a chance to reach the green, which like the rest of the hole slopes right to left.
Hole #6 is a short uphill par 3 with a false front and two large bunkers guarding the front of the green. The green is severely sloped back to front. Anything long past the hole will leave a fast downhill putt. Right or left of the hole brings the added feature of severe breaks to the putt. One of the short par 3s that should be easy, but is far from it.
Hole #7 is a straightforward medium-length par 4, to a green that slopes left to right, guarded by a pond off the right side. When you play the back side, you play from a tee much farther back, which makes the a short par 5 that is reachable by the longer hitters.
Hole #8 is a short par 4 of 300 yards. The longer hitters may try to reach the green by going over the trees, but most golfers will choose to lay up between the trees for a wedge to the green. In order to make each nine play to a par of 35, on the back-nine you move to a different set of tees to play an uphill par 3 of 187 yards.
Hole #9 is an uphill par 4 that plays longer than its 374 yards. A larger bunker guards the front right of the green and everything slopes a little to the right. Photo courtesy of LWCC.
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