New Haven Country Club - Hamden, Connecticut

Geena Becker, REALTOR

Hosted the 2022 Connecticut Open and they did a fabulous job. I caddied for my husband and both of us have competed on this course. The real feel was 100 degrees and inside the club house was absolutely ice cold. So refreshing!!!! Plenty of patio areas loaded with tables and "brellies" Food served was fresh and the service was top shelf. Golf course is a challenge. Greens are tough. Nice layout. The pool looked very inviting that day. Exactly what you would expect from a private club.

Caroline Schoenwald

Amazing wedding venue. The staff and service was spot on from our first communications to all the way through the wedding night. The food was also really delicious. Everyone went above and behind to make sure we were having a great time and being taken care of. Highly recommend!

Bruce D.

Private country club with a very nice golf course and pool. Clubhouse and bar/lounge are very comfortable for medium sized catering.

Mark Lythgoe

Played a charity outing here a few weeks ago. Great shape. Friendly staff

Diana Day

This past Saturday, I attended a wedding at your club. The place was beautiful and clean. Your staff was very polite, courteous, kind, and professional throughout the entire event. You truly do have a wonderful staff!

Naomi Pearl

We attended a brunch at New Haven Country Club. A good variety of food, Eggs, ziti, beef with mushrooms, potatoes, eggs Benedict, Muffin and Bagel table with pastry and jams. For dessert a wonderful ice cream sundae bar with a variety of toppings. The only complaint is that the hot fudge was a little burnt. My favorite was a fresh fruit salad, delicious!

Tim Ross

Unbelievably great condition, with a nice layout. Caddies are spot on with advice and I even met the President of the club. It’s private, but if you have the ability it’s a must join.

Paras Dodd

Great Place For Family Fun, but wish they had tennis.
The Course lies along the east shore of Lake Whitney, a natural lake amid beautiful settings carefully preserved by the New Haven Water Company in its conservation and protection of the water supply for the city.

The course itself is on two levels, the lower running north along Lake Whitney, and the upper bordering the west side of Hartford Turnpike and Ridge Road. The view is truly magnificent.

It is any wonder that the pioneers of golf in New Haven in 1898 selected this terrain, with its upper and lower levels giving such abundant variety to the layout of the golf course. Harry Vardon, on his visit in 1900, saw the greatest possibilities and was enthusiastic in his praise of this location, with its natural beauty. And so have visitors who keep returning year after year. It is an ideal playground, where the game can be played without fatigue, and whatever one’s skill, with at least ample compensations from nature for one’s exertions. The course is perhaps loveliest in June, when the mountain laurel on the shores of the lake is in full bloom. But we cannot overlook the spring, when the apple and pear blossoms sweetly hold forth their promise of fruit – for the caddies at least; or the summer, with the cool Sound breezes and the infinite soft variations of the color green so characteristic of New England; or the bold scarlet and gold and the exhilarating winds of autumn. Some even say that the game is at its sportiest on the short winter fairways and the surprising winter greens in January and February, unless, indeed, a sharp snowfall has restricted activities to the skis and sleds. To have such a spot available, so nearly in the midst of a bustling city and yet so unspoiled by urban life, is a boon which we can really appreciate only when we have struggled for a little golf outside such a city as New York or Chicago.

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NEW HAVEN COUNTRY CLUB, THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS, 1898-1948