Cold Spring Country Club
About
Cold Spring Country Club is situated halfway between Springfield and Worcester. Opened in 2010 in an effort to bring world class golf to western Massachusetts, the club has since garnered a local following. The par-71 layout is unique in that it has six par 3s and five par 5s. There are also some par 4s in the 450-yard range. The 6,521-yard length indicated on the scorecard can be deceiving since it feels much longer when you're playing it. The golf course has plenty of variety, including dogleg lefts, doglegs rights, short holes, and long holes. Thanks to its mountaintop locale, Cold Spring C.C. offers stunning views that are as diverse as the holes. The vistas from the elevated tees and greens stretch to the Berkshires, Connecticut, and Vermont. From the golf course's highest tee box on the par-3 10th, you'll have a panoramic view of central Massachusetts.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 71 | 6521 yards | 71.7 | 130 |
Blue | 71 | 5945 yards | 69.6 | 125 |
White | 71 | 5430 yards | 67.8 | 120 |
Yellow | 71 | 4801 yards | 65.0 | 112 |
Red (W) | 71 | 4676 yards | 68.2 | 114 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 72.4/130 | 216 | 537 | 131 | 521 | 457 | 257 | 495 | 344 | 255 | 3213 | 457 | 566 | 405 | 221 | 449 | 175 | 479 | 170 | 386 | 3308 | 6521 |
Blue M: 69.9/123 | 197 | 490 | 106 | 479 | 384 | 230 | 460 | 325 | 248 | 2919 | 421 | 540 | 387 | 206 | 409 | 145 | 456 | 162 | 356 | 3082 | 6001 |
White M: 66.9/120 | 162 | 480 | 85 | 413 | 379 | 198 | 431 | 320 | 185 | 2653 | 408 | 489 | 349 | 180 | 354 | 118 | 414 | 160 | 305 | 2777 | 5430 |
Yellow M: 64.2/113 W: 69.3/118 | 138 | 376 | 75 | 367 | 349 | 181 | 394 | 292 | 168 | 2340 | 388 | 440 | 312 | 145 | 325 | 108 | 350 | 102 | 291 | 2461 | 4801 |
Red W: 68.6/116 | 138 | 376 | 75 | 367 | 349 | 181 | 394 | 292 | 168 | 2340 | 366 | 440 | 312 | 145 | 325 | 108 | 350 | 102 | 188 | 2336 | 4676 |
Handicap | 13 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | |||
Par | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 13 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 8 |
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Photo submitted by u6771032 on 10/07/2023
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Photo submitted by u6771032 on 10/07/2023
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First hole tee box view Photo submitted by xWhaleShark on 07/24/2023
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The scenery is spectacularly panoramic at several of the Cold Spring tees and greens. This is the first hole, a par-three. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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A terrific par-5 of 490, the second demands good shotmaking to find this green safely. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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The long tenth, a par-4, features an offset fairway and a tough approach to an elevated green site. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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A long par-5, eleven features strong ground movement from tee to green. A beautiful and challenging hole. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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Although modern, the course maintains a natural feel. Secluded, too, on some holes, such as the sixteenth. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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At the par-4 19th, the green sits perched atop the same hill as the clubhouse. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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Photo submitted by iAnuIVVe9WgS9Z4bYTox on 05/27/2022
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Photo submitted by ZB11srE7Nu2rYP8e29KG on 06/24/2021
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Photo submitted by ZB11srE7Nu2rYP8e29KG on 06/24/2021
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Photo submitted by jamebond007 on 06/06/2021
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1st tee box Photo submitted by jbik on 06/27/2017
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Your view from the back tees on #1. Photo submitted by Bullguy on 06/17/2016
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Photo submitted by u000007635743 on 05/10/2016
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Photo submitted by u000007635743 on 05/10/2016
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Photo submitted by u000007635743 on 05/10/2016
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Photo submitted by u000008033905 on 11/07/2013
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Photo submitted by CMcGahan on 08/08/2013
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New England Beauty
Cold Spring is one of those golf courses that deserves the respect of serious golfers, and one that I surely want to come back to play again, though next time I will be availing myself of a cart. The rugged terrain feels almost as if it’s part of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and not what’s expected a mere nineteen miles from downtown Springfield. But despite the hike I still found the course compelling and beautiful, with scenic panoramas coming into view often to enhance an exhilarating site.
LAYOUT
Six Par–threes
Standing some fifty feet above its green and not far from the clubhouse, the first tee supplies a long vista into the surrounding hills. You’ll return (nearly) to this elevation twice: at the ninth and eighteenth greens. The first hole is a beauty, with a sizable but pitched green where the approach is better short than long. Another long three-par comes at six, which, at 230 yards, plays a bit downhill to a green defended by a sprawling, leftward bunker. Its right-side opening is surprisingly narrow for a long hole, and the shallow green angles 45 degrees to the fairway. Two more long par-3’s appear at nine and thirteen. The former was a puzzle to play because of its eccentricity, as it climbs so steeply uphill that I found it almost impossible to judge the risk-reward prospect the hole invites. The latter, however, has no hazards–other than woods–but plays downhill, andi it seemed to me about perfect, featuring a similarly tricky green canted from back to front. In general, all of the par-3’s demonstrate artistry from course architect Mary Armstrong, who designed Cold Spring to open for play in 2012.
Five Par-fives
As impressive as the par-threes are at Cold Spring, the fives might be even better. All are strong holes, but the standout, I thought, was eleven. After a drive to a landing zone doglegging left and guarded by woods, the hole plummets into a vale and then back up to another well-contoured green protected by two big bunkers and a falloff on its right flank. At 540 from the blues, it’s not easy to find the dance floor here in two. I also like the strategic aspects and especially the look of both the second and seventh holes, but seven, playing downhill, presents the better scoring opportunity.
Seven Four-pars
I liked nearly all of these holes, whether they were long or short, brutal or more mild. For sheer difficulty, you can’t find many tougher holes anywhere than the tenth. I’m not a fan of the placement of the pond set on the fairway’s left side, which leaves no real bail-out area on a very difficult hole. Given that you’re driving to an offset fairway (that many golfers will struggle to hit), the hole strikes me as too penal. Some golfers, I’m sure, will love the pure challenge, because the second shot is a doozie. Two other standouts were the monstrous twelfth, which undoubtedly plays longer than any sub-400-yard hole I’ve yet encountered, as well as the 325-yard eighth, with its green perched at least forty feet above the fairway and an extremely tough target. And if you like these sorts of holes, eighteen is cut from the same cloth. Still, the remaining four par-4’s, though less dramatic, all have something to offer and add to the great variety in this golf course.
DEFENSES & HAZARDS
The most common hazards are the looming woods which threaten the course’s entire perimeter and sometimes surround entire holes. Still, the layout impresses by its variety because some of the holes, such as the stretch from four through seven, are more open and even have a parkland feel. Bunkers are plentiful and typically quite large, but have been placed strategically; they are not overdone. With five bunkers, the closing hole has the most on the course. Another positive is the relative paucity of water hazards, (there are only two) which many modern architects tend to overdo.
CONDITIONING
Good overall, and there are no great shortcomings. The greens ran smoothly, uniformly, and moderately fast; they were excellent. Fairways were good but some of the landing areas might be suffering the effects of heavy play. Tees were good, but the areas that I found wanting were the fairway roughs, in some areas, and a good deal of the greenside roughs, which were average. Bunkers were average and many needed raking.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE.
Great playing partner, who outdrove me (disconcertingly) on nearly every hole. I am more than a few years his senior. This is one of his go-to courses, and he was helpful in explaining how to play it.
SOME CONCLUSIONS:
I’m a fan of modern courses that don’t overdo the hazards or make the holes so narrow and penal that playing them isn’t much fun. Cold Spring is thankfully not a course with those problems. What it does well, in fact, is give you a number of strategic holes mixed with some more tough but straightforward ones, yet only a few penal holes–which, according to renowned Architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan, is essentially the right mix. The layout is, without a doubt, one of the best I’ve played in Massachusetts.
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The scenery is spectacularly panoramic at several of the Cold Spring tees and greens. This is the first hole, a par-three. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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A terrific par-5 of 490, the second demands good shotmaking to find this green safely. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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The long tenth, a par-4, features an offset fairway and a tough approach to an elevated green site. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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A long par-5, eleven features strong ground movement from tee to green. A beautiful and challenging hole. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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Although modern, the course maintains a natural feel. Secluded, too, on some holes, such as the sixteenth. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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At the par-4 19th, the green sits perched atop the same hill as the clubhouse. Photo submitted by AptlyLinked on 07/05/2022
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We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Cold Spring Country Club!
Good Day!
It was fathers' day treat from my lovely bride. I like the course and the layout. It was very windy at 1:20 P.M. We both enjoyed our 9 hole round. I have golfed there before and was given a great rate for being a Senior, and a Military Vet. The young men working the pro shop seem to not care what you are. I asked for a senior discount for my wife and I and he said no discount for 9 holes. I also added I was a military vet and got the same answer, no discount for 9 holes. This maybe true, but was said with a rude statement.
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Play Here - It’s worth it.
I play here a few times a year and if I lived a little closer (or were retired) I would be a member. The course is in great shape, the staff is friendly, and the golf is fun.
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Great value.
Course was in good shape and pace of play was great.Love the layout and is always a challenge. Best cart paths around!
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Cold Spring
Golf Now needs to do a better job of making it clear when carts aren’t included, the walking thing is there but should be in bold letters, there was a misunderstanding on that issue when we got to the course, the course handed it fairly for both our group and the course
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Cart
My deal was cart included and they chart me in the club house.I pay $36 more.
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great course and workers
I play there every day except weekends, and I love it. The greens and fairways are in GREAT shape....
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ran2boot2, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Cold Spring Country Club.
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u000004251581, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Cold Spring Country Club.