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Golfweek just named the best golf courses in Connecticut. Check them out.
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Golfweek just listed the best golf courses for each state in the U.S. for 2024.
And if you want to play right here in Connecticut, you have two options here in New London county alone as well as eight other options.
The pre-requisites to be included on this list is as follows: the course must be publicly accessible in some fashion, whether through standard daily green fees or staying at a resort or a hotel.
The second pre-requisite is that there be no membership required to play on the course, with the exception being if the course also allows for hotel guests to play as well.
Now, let’s see which courses made it onto the list.
Keney Park Golf Course, Hartford
The number one spot for top golf courses in Connecticut, according to Golfweek, is the Keney Park Golf Course in Hartford.
Keney Park Golf Course ‘s first nine holes were designed by Devereux Emmet and built in 1927. The second nine was added in 1931 and was designed by City of Hartford engineer Robert ”Jack” Ross.
Keney Park has played host to the Connecticut PGA Championship, Hartford Women’s Open, and the National Boy’s and Girl’s Junior PGA Championships.
Book a tee time here.
Wintonbury Hills, Bloomfield
Taking the number two spot on the list is Wintonbury Hills in Bloomfield.
Wintonbury Hills Golf Course is Pete Dye’s first championship design in New England. The 6,711-yard, par-70 layout has a combination of open links-style and traditional tree-lined holes to provide golfers a challenging and enjoyable round of golf.
Book a tee time here.
Great River Golf Club, Milford
Third on Golfweek’s list for Connecticut is Great River Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course in Milford.
Built in 2001 by renown golf architect Tom Fazio II, this modern architectural design has a balanced mix of links and parkland playing characteristics.
The par 72 course plays just over 7,000 yards from the championship tees and features one of the hardest sets of par 3s in the state.
Book a tee time here.
Fox Hopyard Golf Club, East Haddam
A sister course to Crumpin-Fox Club in Bernardston, MA, which ranked on the Massachusetts top ten list, Fox Hopyard Golf Club opened in 2001 as a public club. Fox Hopyard ranks as #4 on Golfweek’s list.
Fox Hopyard is located on a 530 acre parcel of land bordering Devil’s Hopyard State Park. Robert Trent Jones Sr’s protégé Roger Rulewich designed the layout which flows seamlessly through some of Connecticut’s most interesting topography. In 2022, this course became a private club.
Lake of Isles North, North Stonington
In the fifth spot on Golfweek’s best public courses is Lake of Isles (North) in North Stonington.
Adjacent to the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Lake of Isles has been open since 2005. The award winning North Course offers guests the ultimate upscale golf experience. While the championship tees stretch more than 7,300 yards, multiple tee locations offer a fair and varied test for golfers of every skill levels
Book a tee time here.
The rest of the top golf courses in Connecticut in order
Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She can be reached at rvelasco@gannett.com.
Lexie Brown had 17 points to lead the Seattle Storm to an 89-82 win over the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Sunday afternoon..
Former UConn Huskies women’s basketball star Stefanie Dolson had six points and four rebounds for the Storm while Katie Lou Samuelson did not dress as she continues her recovery from an ACL injury suffered during 2025 training camp. Olivia Nelson-Ododa had five points and one rebound for the Sun while Aaliyah Edwards sat out with a left thigh injury.
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LYME — A body was recovered from the Connecticut River on Saturday, according to officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
At about 1 p.m., a vessel on the river reported seeing a body in the area of the Chester-Lyme Ferry, DEEP said.
The Environmental Conservation Police, along with the Connecticut State Police Major Crimes Unit and Lyme and Cheshire fire departments, responded to the area and recovered the body, DEEP said. The body has been sent to the state chief medical examiner, DEEP said.
Bill Flood, a media relations manager for DEEP, said the body was identified as a male and appeared to have been in the water for an extended period of time.
The medical examiner will determine the manner of death and EnCon is investigating, Flood said, noting there is no believed threat to the public.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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