COPPER HILL GOLF CLUB EAST GRANBY, CT
Date Reviewed: October, 2011
Copper Hill Golf Club is located fifteen minutes west of Bradley International Airport and opened for play in 1956. The course is routed over gradually sloping terrain with holes that wander in and out of dense woods. Many of the holes are driver friendly, landing areas that are wide and relatively flat. The course’s main defense is its greens, which are generally small and elevated with generous interior contours.
Course Information
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Course Rating
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Course Layout & Scorecard
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Hole 1 Morning Glory
This short opener plays to a generous landing area lined by scattered trees. Longer hitters should note that a drainage ditch crosses the fairway 265-yards from the tips. A solid drive leaves a short-iron approach to a small green guarded by a lone bunker short-left. The putting surface is crowned and slopes generally back-to-front.
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Hole 2 Turtle Creek
The short second plays to a fairway guarded by a bunker left (270-yards from the tips) and a hidden hazard right. A solid drive leaves an approach between 75-100 yards to an elevated green guarded by a bunker left and a steep fall off right. The putting surface slopes generally back-left to front-right.
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Hole 3 Sly Fox
The challenging third plays slightly uphill to a green that is set into the side of a small hill. A deep bunker and falloff will catch anything missing right. Missing left or long leaves a difficult recovery as the green slopes significantly back-left to front-right. The safe miss is short.
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Hole 4 The Sand Catcher
The short fourth is a classic half-par hole, yielding as many birdies as it will pars. The tee shot is blind and should be played slightly right of the lone pine in the distance. A solid drive leaves an uphill second between 180-210 yards to a small green guarded by a bunker short. Be aware that out-of-bounds lies just through the green. Players opting to layup should play out to the right. Staying below the hole is key to scoring well on this hole as the putting surface slopes significantly back-to-front.
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Hole 5 The Sanctuary
This short par-four will be drivable for many, but the risks may outweigh the potential reward as the green is small, elevated, and surrounded by trouble. Players opting to layup will need to avoid wetlands left and a hidden hazard short-right of the green (220-yards from the tips). The green is multi-tiered and slopes significantly back-left to front-right, with bunkers left and right waiting for errant drives or approaches.
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Hole 6 I'm in
The short sixth plays to a bunkerless green surrounded by swales and mounds. Missing long or right leaves a difficult recovery as the green slopes generously back-right to front-left. The safe miss is short.
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Hole 7 Farmer's View
The short seventh plays over a small rise to a generous landing area lined by woods rights and out-of-bounds left. A solid drive leaves a second shot between 80-110 yards over a crossing hazard to a small green guarded by two bunkers short. Out-of-bounds lies beyond and left of the green. Missing long leaves a difficult recovery as the green is two-tiered, sloping generally back-to-front.
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Hole 8 Devil's Elbow
The reachable eighth plays to a narrow landing area lined by woods right and out-of-bounds left. A solid drive leaves a second between 180-200 yards to a small green set into the side of a hill. Players opting to layup should favor the left side of the fairway, leaving the best angle into the narrow green. The putting surface slopes generally back-left to front-right and is guarded by a lone bunker short.
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Hole 9 Camel Back
The mid-length finishing hole plays downhill from the tee to a generous landing area that slopes significantly left-to-right. Anything missing in the woods left will likely require a pitch out to the fairway. A solid drive leaves an uphill approach between 110-140 yards to a large green guarded by a deep bunker right. Missing long or left leaves a difficult recovery as the green is multi-tiered and slopes generally left-to-right. The safe miss is short.
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