Shining Rock Golf Club

[kmorr2586]

Opening April 2010 Northbridge, MA

From what I understand it was built in 2002 and the owner's soon then went under. Was then bought by TD Bank and auctioned off. Looks to be a very nice and challenging course. Has been played once in 8 years!

www.shiningrock.com

[md7716]

I've been following the opening of this course as well. I've heard some good insider reviews. Can't wait to get out on this track.

[harbor17]

I am playing this course sunday and am looking forward to it. It looks to be a pretty tough course as the tees second from back are 6600 yards and 73/137. I am an 8 and usually play second from the back so I am anxious to see what this course has to offer. I hope the greens arent too hard since they are new. I will update next week.

[md7716]

I got out here two weeks ago and it was sick. Fast, firm fairways. Pretty quick greens that roll true. One of the best new courses I've played in a while. I'll be there tomorrow as well and plan on giving these guys most of my money this summer. Very fun track. The only knocks would be the routing is a little funky, no range and temporary clubhouse. That said, it is a solid course.

[harbor17]

I played this course yesterday. The course was in good condition and the greens were in good shape with a true roll and they held well, they had big undulations and were fast, almost unfairly fast with some of the pin locations and the amount of slope on the greens. I had trouble adjusting to the greens, I had a few putts above the hole about 12 feet that I barely nudged and thought they the were good putts until they rolled past the hole 20 feet. To me that is gimicky and probably explained why the round was slow as people were spending most of thier time on the greens. We played the black tees which are 1 in from the back but on almost every hole they were placed on top of the championship tees. This course has alot of blind tee shots and approach shots so it is tough the first time you play it. The staff in the pro shop was good. One hole to make note of is the 18th. The scorecard says it is a 390 but they have another set of tees some 80 yards back and down hill so you are hitting up over the original tee box into a blind fairway. I did not like this hole played this was, I hit a drive I though was good but was into the wind, I got to my ball and found it to be about 260 yards to the back pin location on a par 4, that is rediculous. Overall the course is nice but was set up too hard for weekend golfers yesterday, i will go back and expect to score better since I know what to expect.

[MAPster]

Not a fan of this course and I will never go back. Greens are foolish. If you end up on the wrong part of the green, and with the pins I played that was 80% of the green, there is literally nothing you can do to prevent the ball from rolling off. There are so many better options in the area.