Opening for play this fall in Connecticut, a new municipal golf course for Bloomfield; the town was originally named "Wintonbury" when incorporated from portions of the neighboring towns of WINdsor, farmingTON and simsBURY.
Par 70, with a variety of parkland, open meadows and rolling hills... players will need every shot in the bag. While playable by golfers of every level, the angles and risk/reward from the back tees will present the typical Pete Dye challenges. Tim Liddy did a masterful job of making this routing work, overcoming high-voltage power lines, gas pipelines, and 88 acres of wetlands.
Only 7 years to get permitted and build (wetlands, army corps, DEP, and the myriad of local and state bureaucracies -- proved much harder to negotiate than a forced carry, long iron approach over water into the wind on a 5-par).
Congratulations to all of the citizens of Bloomfield who served as volunteers on committees and supported the project through 3 town referendums... the course is growing in nicely and will be ready for play soon.
Photos to come - Gery Krewson