Landscape Information
This inland parkland style course was designed in 1966 by Geoffrey Cornish, initially for the private use of Lawrence Wien, one of the owners of New York’s Empire State Building. Several architects interviewed for the job declared that the land was not suitable for a golf course due to the significant amount of ledges and the blasting required realizing 18 golf holes on the land. A contractor was engaged who had access to plenty of dynamite and bulldozers. Unconstrained by today’s environmental considerations, he blasted ledges, relocated streams, and built ponds. With the recent advent of golf carts, tees could be located substantial distances and elevations away from the previous greens. Doglegs and shots over water were incorporated and all but one of the par threes had elevated tees. Many of the greens were multi-tiered, including the 16th, which has four levels. In 2002, Brian Silva, one of Mr. Cornish’s original design associates, implemented a few changes including lengthening some holes, adding and elevating several greens, re-contouring a couple of fairways, reworking bunkers and removing numerous trees. The original routing was retained, and the rocky, wooded and rolling terrain in Southeastern Connecticut remains a fine example of the Modern style of golf architecture.
