Reviews of Richter Park Golf Course (Golf)

Poor Hello

I play plenty of golf at plenty of public and private courses. In this area I can’t imagine any club coming even close to this one. I mean wow , I couldn’t believe what a great place it was. Service at the pro shop was incredible. The check in was easy and the staff did everything short of hitting my tee shot for me off the first tee. They even offered complimentary range balls for me to warm up with. The club is in great condition. Scenery out of this world. And the play was moderate time of 4hrs 15 minutes. Certainly average. I did hear it could be a 5 plus hour round typically. Even the rangers pulled up to me at a tee box and said “aim towards the tower, lay back on a 3 wood 200-230 tops , you’ll like what you get” SOAB I wound up 66 yards out. Perfect. It was a blind hole and my first time playing there. I’ll say it like I see it. I’ve yet to play any public course this well maintained or well serviced. In the past 5 years. I assure you ,,, you’ll say the same.

Bradley Cooke

Worthy of the hype, and for a reasonable price if you’re savvy. Great, challenging course.

joe Mac

This course is immaculate and Truly a well oiled machine. From booking Tee times to having some lunch and drinks afterwards everything about this place is top notch.

Brian B

Great golf course under a little bit of renovation but once it's done it's going to be awesome.

Alexander Watson

Fun course. Bring patience.

Phillip Tyskiewicz

Awesome course!!

Tony Castle

One of my most favorite restaurants!

kime hunt

Unbelievably nice course fantastic layout. Nice restaurant there as well. Such a shame it was vandalized

Bill Taylor

Despite a lot of rain this year the course is in beautiful shape the food from the restaurant at the banquet was great, service was great

charles carway

Fantastic public course, great staff, nice restaurant.

Robert Birmele

Enjoyable well maintained golf course The restaurant was great Highly recommend.

Joseph Teply

Nice place

Dennis Williams

Love the course, very open and pretty. The staff is very nice and friendly.

Paul Murphy

Great course. Well maintained. Friendly staff.

Jacqueline Smith

Beautiful views. Geeat hiking trails.

Steve Martin

Played course for first time today well kept, fun course, lots of water holes. Only complaint was pace of play on back 9 but that was out of their control. Looking forward to playing again

Robert Riccelli

The course is in really great shape. It's very fair but challenging with a variety of holes. Conditions are terrific. The greens are firmer and faster than normal thanks to the warmer and drier weather we've had. But they roll true and they are not on Fair. All in all Richter is a terrific course and a great value for the price.

Robert Mcfarland

I've played at Richter Park many times over the years, but today marked what may very well be the last time I'll play this course. At a standard rate of $49 for 18 plus a cart, one would expect this course to be a cut above municipal courses and for the condition of the course to warrant the price. In its prime, Richter delivered on the prices they charged, but it seems like time is taking it's toll on this course and little is being done to stop it. Allow me to dive into the details I took issue with: 1. Greens: while most New England courses sustain some damage over the winter, especially to the greens, the state of the greens today was horrid. Bare patches abound, causing putts to jump from their lines, but I think the worst part is that the grass used on the greens is not uniform, as if bare patches are being repaired by using a different grass as the rest of the green. You can tell by the color and grain from a few feet away, and this textural difference also affects puts. In years past, fringe lines where crisp and clean but now, they are jagged in places. 2. Fairways: I will admit that as I'm writing this, the area has had about a weeks worth of rain showers. Not a steady rain but on and off throughout the week. However, the drainage on many holes is dreadful. There where many spots that where covered in standing water, and the fairways that weren't might as well have been. Iron shots get very little to no bounce, and if your shot is not perfect, you run the risk of hitting a glob of mud high into the air as you watch your ball go half the distance it should. There where also little sinkhole type depressions on one of the fairways. All in all the fairways Where just in bad shape. Others: the rough surrounding the fairways was not anywhere close to being cut uniformly, and one will find various types of weeds growing in patches in the rough such as clovers. While I was pleased with the upkeep of the sand in the bunkers, the edges of those where neither crisp nor clean. The cartpaths are also in need of repair, as there are many bumps and potholes. They have adequate stations to refill seeds for divot repair, but our cart didn't have a bottle for them on it! How can I reseed a divot if i dont have the seed bottle on the cart you provided? If the management reads this, I hope they take a trip to Candlewood Valley Country Club and take notes, as that course was once in terrible shape but recently has been turning around. If you're considering this course, I highly recommend passing and going to Candlewood. Similar prices, much better upkeep, and more straight forward play.

Paul Garcia

Great course. Challenging but fair

doug trillo

First time I've played this course. The design of this course is absolutely great. One of the nices designs I've played. The condition of the course is just average. A lot of repairs go on on the course and play was very slow.

Howard J. Pobiner

Public track. Lots of water. Fun round

raheem davis

Rangers out helping spot on blind shots and pace of play. Greens are faster than most publicly played courses. Great elevation changes. Be prepared to use each club in your bag. Great course and food isn't bad afterwards.

milton craven

Nice place

John Hawley

Great course!

Bert Rivero

Course is in great shape, greens are rolling true.

Darrell Wilder

Absolutely Spectacular!!!!

G Bunce

Very nice golf course

Joseph LaBella

Course is in grear condition. A pleasure to play.

Steve Vavrek

Great to play in my 11th Mark Boughton/Lions Club Golf outing. Amazing course as usual

Sal DeFini

Great golf on a course in great shape. a few greens have some dead spots though.

Attem Rajendra

This is a best moments and Skiing with My wife,myLove

03 tiger Rosario

Beautiful

Anthony Somma

Good food. Great service. Unbeatable view.

Lillian Spagnola

Bring your snorkel.

Mike Matheny

Great conditions, great course!

천태산

(Translated by Google) It seems to be a golf course where you can go play with friends in the deep mountains and enjoy the scenery and golf ....... The first golf course I want to go back in autumn. Beautiful golf course ...... (Original) 깊은 산속에서 친구들끼리 놀러 가서 경치도 즐기며 골프도 즐길수 있는 골프장인것 같음....... 가을에 꼭 다시 가고 싶은 골프장 1위임.... 아름다운 골프 코스......

photographer mvs

Good Course with a new driving range!

John Gartlan

Very well kept course good day out

William Barrett

Great

David Peng

Great public golf course.

Daniel Meewes

Can’t describe how poorly this course can treat senior citizens. So dissatisfied with how they lied endlessly to us.

James Turley

Very challenging great greens worth the visit.

Richard Albonizio

Great people, food and beautiful course.

George Richardson

I love this course, well kept.

Robert Ballot

RICHTER PARK GOLF CLUB Danbury, Ct. Terrain: Hills / Wetlands Price: $$$ State Park Driving Range: No Opened: 1970 Architect: Edward Ryder Lodging: No SCORECARD Par 71 Blue 6774 Yards, Slope 139, Rating 73.6 White 6304 Yards, Slope 136, Rating 71.6 Gold 5531 Yards, Slope 129, Rating 72.9 Red 5114 Yards, Slope 124, Rating 70.7 SNAPSHOTS Along with Bethpage Black and Torrey Pines, one of the crown jewels of the state park systems Incredible variety of holes, with elevated tees, lakes, crooked hills, and, if that’s not enough geological diversity, quicksand An aesthetic banquet Only the greens and their public-course pace give any indication that this is, indeed, anything other than a course designed for golf elitists Water available to your golf ball on 14 of the 18 holes The two par 3s on the front side require long water carries You don’t need to drive around in your car for a day with the fall foliage if you play here Several blind tee shots – particularly on the front 9 BEYOND THE WHITE STAKES Brewskies: Molly Darcy’s, Pub (2.2 miles) Sundae Golfer: Double Twister (4.9 miles) Fine Dining: Augies Italian (5.7 miles) Worth a Detour: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield (11.2 miles) Splash! Squantz Pond – Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield (9.8 miles) Native: Ken Green, 5-time winner on the PGA Tour

Jim Nimer

Haven't been back here in a long time. Treated well, and our thanks to Charlie Zarcone for taking care of us and remembering us from the days when we were there playing there every week. Would have given Five stars if resident and non resident rates were a little closer together.

Peter Kaytes

Great spot, views, service and food

Juan Crespo

Great course