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30 Hartford Business Journal • June 3, 2019 • www.HartfordBusiness.com Sources: Each club via survey, United States Golf Association slope and course ratings, club websites and previous survey responses. Notes: NA = Not available. Slope adjusts handicap to the difficulty of the course. The more difficult the course, the more strokes needed. Under slope, golfers no longer have a handicap, they have an index. An average course will have a slope rating of 113. The index is the mathematical calculation of the golfer's playing ability on an average course. Some courses have different rates for carts, seniors, twilight and residents. Call courses to verify rates. The following courses were contacted but either did not respond or declined to participate in this survey: Birchwood Country Club (West- port), Brooklawn Country Club (Fairfield), Club at River Oaks (Sherman), Glastonbury Hills Country Club (South Glastonbury), Highfield Club (Middlebury), Redding Country Club (West Redding), Richter Park Golf Course (Danbury), Silver Spring Country Club (Ridgefield) and The Hartford Golf Course (West Hartford). (1) Pre-renovation record is 63. (2) Guest fee for weekdays; $100 guest fee for weekends. (3) Rulewich redesigned in 2002. (4) Unaccompanied guest. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. THE LIST Toughest golf courses in Connecticut Ranked by slope, then course rating Toughest golf courses in Connecticut (Ranked by slope, then course rating) Rank Course Tee Slope/ Course rating Total yardage Type of course Par Head pro(s) Architect(s) Greens fees Course record 1 Wee Burn Country Club Darien 203-655-1477; www.weeburn.com Black 146 75.3 7,132 Private 72 Samuel T. Wiley Devereaux Emmet NA 65 (1) 2 Connecticut Golf Club Easton 203-261-2544; www.ctgolfclub.com Black 146 75.1 6,889 Private 72 J. Rodney Loesch Geoffrey Cornish & William Robison $80-$150 69 3 Great River Golf Club Milford 203-876-8051; greatrivergolfclub.com Black 146 74.6 7,060 Semi- private 72 Tom Rosati Tommy Fazio $120-$140 67 4 The Stanwich Club Greenwich 203-869-0555; www.stanwich.com Black 145 76.6 7,445 Private 72 John M. Scali William & David Gordon NA 66 5 Round Hill Club Greenwich 203-869-2350; www.rhclub.org Blue 142 73.3 6,740 Private 71 Tom Henderson Walter Travis $80 (2) 63 6 Woodway Country Club Darien 203-322-2362; www.woodway.org Black 140 74.0 6,906 Private 71 Michael T. Crawford Willis Park Jr. NA 65 7 Black Hall Club Old Lyme 860-434-2038; www.blackhallclub.com Black 140 73.0 6,659 Private 71 Andrew Campbell Robert Trent Jones Sr. NA 65 8 Rolling Hills Country Club Wilton 203-762-4600; www.rhcconline.com Black 139 73.1 6,737 Private 71 Ray Ford Alfred Tull & Roger Rulewich (3) $80 64 9 Ellington Ridge Country Club Ellington 860-872-9133; www.ellingtonridge.org Black 138 73.5 6,936 Private 72 Chris Bland Geoffrey Cornish NA 65 9 Ridgewood Country Club Danbury 203-743-4491; www.ridgewoodcc.com Black 138 73.5 6,758 Private 71 Justin Foster Devereaux Emmet $75-$110 63 11 Lake of Isles Golf Club - North North Stonington 888-475-3746; www.lakeofisles.com Gold 138 73.4 6,757 Daily Fee Resort 72 Peter Chwaliszewski Rees Jones $70-$175 62 12 Bull's Bridge Golf Club South Kent 860-927-7135; www.bullsbridgegolfclub.com Gold 137 74.1 6,992 Private 72 Paul Ramee Tommy Fazio NA NA 13 Tamarack Country Club Greenwich 203-531-7300; www.tamarackcountryclub.com Black 137 73.4 6,846 Private 70 Bobby Farrell Charles H. Banks NA NA 14 Fox Hopyard Golf Club East Haddam 800-943-1903; www.golfthefox.com/hopyard Black 136 74.1 6,912 Semi- private 71 Ron Beck Roger Rulewich $99 63 15 Lake of Isles Golf Club - South North Stonington 888-475-3746; www.lakeofisles.com Gold 136 74.0 7,346 Private 72 Peter Chwaliszewski Rees Jones NA 60 15 Laurel View Country Club Hamden 203-287-2656; www.laurelviewcc.com Black 136 74.0 6,491 Public 72 Matt Menchetti Tony Roberto Geoffrey Cornish $49-$53 69 17 Hop Meadow Country Club Simsbury 860-658-7623; www.hopmeadow.club Black 136 73.9 6,915 Private 72 Joe Cordani Jr. Geoffrey Cornish $70 $22+ cart 62 18 Country Club of Farmington Farmington 860-677-1681; www.farmingtoncountryclub.com Blue 136 72.0 6,580 Private 71 Jeremy Vitkauskas Devereaux Emmet NA 64 19 The Course at Yale New Haven 203-392-2376; www.thecourseatyale.org Black 135 72.9 6,789 University 70 Peter Pulaski C.B. MacDonald & Seth Ryanor $135 (4) 62 20 TPC River Highlands Cromwell 860-635-5000; www.tpc.com/ riverhighlands Tournament 131 73.0 6,841 Private 70 Ron Scheyd Bobby Weed NA 58 Sources: Each club via survey, United States Golf Association slope and course ratings, club websites and previous survey responses. Notes: NA = Not available. Slope adjusts handicap to the difficulty of the course. The more difficult the course, the more strokes needed. Under slope, golfers no longer have a handicap, they have an index. An average course will have a slope rating of 113. The index is the mathematical calculation of the golfer's playing ability on an average course. Some courses have different rates for carts, seniors, twilight and residents. Call courses to verify rates. The following courses were contacted but either did not respond or declined to participate in this survey: Birchwood Country Club (Westport), Brooklawn Country Club (Fairfield), Club at River Oaks (Sherman), Glastonbury Hills Country Club (South Glastonbury), Highfield Club (Middlebury), Redding Country Club (West Redding), Richter Park Golf Course (Danbury), Silver Spring Country Club (Ridgefield) and The Hartford Golf Course (West Hartford). (1) Pre-renovation record is 63. (2) Guest fee for weekdays; $100 guest fee for weekends. (3) Rulewich redesigned in 2002. (4) Unaccompanied guest. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.