Keney Park Golf Course in Windsor, Connecticut, is among the finest bargains amongst extremely ranked programs in the USA in Golfweek’s Greatest lineup. Inexperienced charges on the municipal course high out at $36 for residents, and even the non-resident charges are maxed this 12 months at $45.

Not dangerous in any respect for the No. 1-ranked public-access course within the state on Golfweek’s Greatest Programs You Can Play record.

With 9 holes constructed simply north of Hartford by Devereux Emmet in 1927 and 9 extra by metropolis engineer Robert “Jack” Ross a number of years later, then renovated by Matthew Dusenberry in 2016, Keney Park now contains a totally fascinating set of greens which have impressed the Golfweek’s Greatest raters who’ve sampled the structure.

Golfweek’s Greatest provides many lists in fact rankings, with the record of high public-access programs in every state among the many hottest. All of the programs on this record enable public entry in some style, be it customary day by day inexperienced charges, by way of a resort or by staying at an affiliated resort. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time.

Additionally common are the Golfweek’s Greatest rankings of high non-public programs in every state, and that record is likewise included beneath. Connecticut charges extremely in that class, with every of the highest 5 non-public layouts within the state rating among the many high 200 Basic or Trendy Programs within the U.S.

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(m): Trendy course, inbuilt or after 1960
(c): Basic course, constructed earlier than 1960
Notice: If there’s a quantity within the parenthesis with the m or c, that signifies the place that course ranks amongst Golfweek’s Greatest high 200 trendy or basic programs.

Greatest public-access programs in Connecticut in 2022

Wintonbury Hills in Connecticut (Courtesy of Indigo Golf Companions)

1. Keney Park
Windsor (c)

2. Wintonbury Hills
Bloomfield (m)

3. Nice River
Milford (m)

4. Lake of Isles (North)
North Stonington (m)

5. Fox Hopyard
East Haddam (m)

6. Shennecossett
Groton (c)

7. Hotchkiss
Lakeville (c)

8. Oxford Greens
Oxford (m)

9. Richter Park
Danbury (m)

10. Mohegan Solar
Baltic (m)

Greatest non-public programs in Connecticut in 2022

Yale Golf Course in Connecticut (Courtesy of Yale)

1. Yale Golf Course
New Haven (60c)

2. CC of Fairfield
Fairfield (96c)

3. Stanwich Membership
Greenwich (T99m)

4. Tamarack
Greenwich (T132c)

5. Spherical Hill
Greenwich (T145c)

How we rank programs

The a whole bunch of members of the Golfweek’s Greatest scores panel regularly consider programs and charge them primarily based on 10 standards on a factors foundation of 1 by way of 10. Additionally they file a single, general score on every course. These general scores are averaged to provide these rankings.