This course is amazing! Beautiful scenery and meticulously maintained. Great mix of shots, mostly wooded (my favorite).

I wish we lived closer so we could play here more frequently.

-2 color coded permanent baskets on every hole that offer a significant difference in play without one basket feeling like it is in the way of the other hole.
-While I hate the first version of Prodigy baskets, these second gen catch much more fairly than first, so I'm ok with these.
-Pro shop on site
-Even, well maintained grippy teepads
-Perfectly manicured fairways, with bountiful benches, trashcans, brooms for tees
-Holes are not far apart from each other, but also not bunched up together
-Truly great use of elevation and hole design Ex. Hole 2 has quintessential New England rock walls that force a tunnel, but pristine mowed fairways just get you in that "I'm somewhere special" mindset
-LOVE the tee signs. Any sign that has the change of elevation on the sign, just gets me you know?
-Fairways are plenty fair on every hole. Never did I feel like I was playing poke and hope.
-Great balance of open and wooded holes. For reference I prefer mostly wooded holes. But 1, 2, and 18 could all be considered open holes. And they all have very interesting designs that force you to shape your shots.
-Design doesn't favor any one style of play IMO
-Very nicely framed holes with interesting greens abound, but never anything too kitchy or unfair

-While they are better prodigy baskets... I still hate prodigy baskets.

Honestly, this course goes in my top 5 played out of not quite 450 played. It is challenging and it is fun. SO fun. I normally put courses into top 5 championship quality courses and top 5 purely fun courses (flip city is a good example of this). This one manages to blend these. I would absolutely love to see the MVP open add this course to their tournament and see how pros attack this course.

To quote Admiral Adama: " Earth is a dream...one we've been chasing for a long time. We've earned it. This is Earth."

Truly a dream come true this course is. 100% destination worthy. 100% will play again. Don't wait. Just drop everything and go. Because as with all private courses, who knows how long this will last and you don't want to miss this.

So Say We All.

Clean
Fair fairways
Pro shop
Well manicured
Various shot shapes

Really rocky terrain
Greens has a weird hole where you are basically putting at the basket

Great course with great staff. I played it during a tournament so cannot say if it always looks so amazing but while i was their it was pristine.

These tee boxes are perfect. Stone dust with a large rubber tee pad secured to the ground. These are surrounded by large 6x6 timbers.
Every tee area has a nice tee sign with broom, baskets, cigarette cans and either picnic tables or several logs to rest.
I have a hard time picking the signature hole; I am torn between the beautiful downhill #10 with either a dogleg left to a green basket placed on top of a very large rock or the rolling hills of #18 where you can't throw just one.
No matter which hole is your favorite there is something for everyone's play style from the backhand to thumbers and flicks.
Just be careful of the OB on many of the holes on the perimeter of the property, these could chew up your score real quick.

There seems to be a lot of uphill shots but there are an equal amount of downhill shots. Maybe just because I hate uphill shots it seems like more.

The parking lot has been upgraded with crushed stone for the wet spring season.
Brush piles are continuing to be burnt or removed.
There is also a rotating supply of wood chips on the soggiest foot paths.
Watch for little things; like the bird house hole, The town line sign and don't forget to ring the bell when completing hole #16.

Extremely well groomed course.
Excellent tee pads with trash cans, brooms, ash trays, tables and seating at each.
Nice baskets, 2 on each hole.
Fair greens that can speed up at times.
Carefully designed, routes are fair, wide variety of shots.
Next tee markers on each basket. easy navigation.
Groomed paths between holes.
Incredible use of space.
Scorecards available
Practice basket
Good Parking
Port o Pot
Pro shop
Friendly Staff
Beautiful setting for a course

Hills, lots of hills that don't take away from your game really, but damm, this course kicks your ass.
A swampy area to deal with, not really too too bad tho.
I'm thinking.....that last one was a stretch...man...did I mention it's a hike...

Pulling up to 501 you already know your are in for a great round of golf. The place is polished from the parking lot to the pin.
It feels like you are pulling into a nice little ball golf course. The grass is mowed, the trees are trimmed, the boxes are mint, the baskets are great. The course will test your arm, no doubt, Going to need some distance if you plan to play the blue pins. But at the same time placement is going to be just as important through the round. The course has some tight lines, but are fair routes that open up giving you a chance to score. Greens give you good looks at the baskets, a few protected one, a few fast greens, a bunch of elevated, nice mixed bunch.
The thing that stood out to me about 501 is that for a course that is pretty much brand spanking new, it feels like it's been in play for years. The course feels broken in due to the time, and effort put into the design, building and upkeep.
This one is well worth a few hours drive.
Well worth making a day out of it.
501 is setting standards!
New England courses just got put on notice.

The pro's with this course begin with the incredible amount of love, dedication and understanding of the sport that emanates off of every hole.
To begin, each tee box is well manicured and lined with rubber mats. You have the options of shooting at two different length baskets.
The fairways are well groomed and have been meticulously laid out to provide an awesome new experience for each next hole you step up to.
There are trash cans, benches, and log seats at almost every hole.
Each hole has a perfectly mapped description explaining what you're about to get yourself into.
This course has too many pro's to go on about, but those are the ones I can think of now.

The only cons I find with this course are the out of bounds... and that is just because of how much of a magnet my discs were for finding those boundaries!

$10 fee for all day play, but don't let that stop you from experiencing it!
We opened the season with our friends bag tag tournament here and played 2 rounds with rarely bumping into anyone else on the course!
It was well worth the 2 hour drive and I hope to make it back out there soon!