Pros:
-Rubber Tee Pads
-Signage is OK (Front 9)
-Nice Baskets
-Good mix of long/short and left/right
-Old rock walls all over course are interesting
-Very good directional signs to get you around the course
-9 hole loops
-Log benches at every tee box
-Good map
Cons:
-Growing pains, lots of little stumps in fairways
-Back 9 is in progress, no signage, baskets 10-13 in, 14-18 not.
-Could use some brooms at the tee box to sweep off pine needles
-No real open holes
-Needs a sign to let you know the back 9 not finished yet
Other Thoughts:
Hawkins Woods DGC is located in its namesake park west of Plainville, MA. Begun as a 9 hole, it is currently being expanded to 18 holes. This is in process. As of my playing in Oct of 2020, holes 10-13 are in, 14 is there except for the basket. 15-18 are roughed out, but not there at all. 10-14 have orange flags marking a tee box. The front 9 is in nice shape. No real open holes here, but decently wide fairways. A good mix of left/right doglegs and short/long holes. Nice new baskets caught well. The log benches are cool and you walk through gaps in cool stone walls several times. There are a lot of small red directional arrow signs that make navigation easy. A finished 18 hole course here might even jump up to a 4, I would add brooms at the tee boxes (lots of pine needles) and maybe get a port-o-john to have at least some facilities. I enjoyed my round (until I ran out of baskets), would play again, however this was a vacation time way away from home, so that is unlikely. When they get this finished, it will be worth a trip.