The have the best Chinese take-out in town. That alone is reason to stay in business, even if most of us never get to sample it.
I drive by the club 3X every day. It's been a little quieter there lately even as the other clubs within throwing distance (Gillette Ridge, Wintonbury, Hartford GC and Wampanoag) are all open. It's very much a seasonal crowd and the golf season is unusually early this year.
Having said that, Tumble Brook CC went through an internal debt restructuring over the winter to manage its debt at a lower interest rate. The conversion was assumed by a number of members acting privately in consortium. The debt was acquired in part through a golf course renovation about a decade ago plus a substantial renovation plan of the clubhouse, pro shop/pool house area a few years ago as well. Like all predominantly-Jewish clubs its membership base has been dissipated of late and they have made considerable efforts to broaden their appeal in a market that is over-served with private clubs. It's a matter on this side of Hartford (northwest) and suburbs of awaiting one of several candidate clubs to fail so that the membership there can be redistributed. Another trend here is that some of the keener golfers at these clubs who don't need country club amenities have quit the private clubs and opted for playing passes at Wintonbury Hills GC, where the luxury amenities are, by design, simply lacking.