Stowe Country Club

All I can say is wow! Only the back 9 are open, but what a great 9 holes! Beautiful course! We stopped in Kirkwood’s Pub for a beverage and food, and again wow! The food was fresh, big portions and super friendly staff!

Staff was great, excellent grass range and practice area(s). Putting green adjacent to the first tee is nothing like the greens you’ll find on the course. It is flat and slow compared to what’s out there. Course has a great layout, is in excellent condition and the times are spaced well enough apart where the pace of play was great. The low spots were soft but that’s to be expected with the hilly terrain and all the rain VT has seen. The signage telling where you to take the carts and where not to was spot on. Here’s my one “complaint”. The slope and rating for this course is NOWHERE near what it should be. I’m a 5.5 handicap and played the back tees which is 6255 yards on the scorecard with a rating / slope of 69.6 / 119. My course handicap rated to a 3 which is crazy low. Something around 71 / 128 would be much more appropriate. 119 is comical, not even close. Now the course isn’t the most penal or long but the hilly terrain, fast / undulating greens, a few blind shots and multiple OB / penalty areas definitely make it play much tougher than indicated. If you’re an average golfer and see the white tees with a slope / rating of 67.6 / 115, don’t be fooled. You will have a very tough time.

Fantastic course and well maintained. Not the most difficult course but great location with beautiful views. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

well kept course - staff is friendly too to out of towners like myself. The fairways are so bumpy, only pet peeve. Also it gets dusty if you are behind another golf cart on some paths. Other than that, it’s a challenging course, and from the Vermont rough grass, ouch! August 2021 played, course and weather were fantastic.

Course is kept in great shape all season long and the food in the club house is top notch. Nicest, most laid back, and fun to play course in the area.