The CSGA Links Volume 3 Issue 6 September 2015 | Page 36

MID-AMATEUR PREVIEW

October 5th - 6th ~ Bull’s Bridge Golf Club

28th Connecticut Mid-Amateur Championship
Bull’s Bridge Golf Club in South Kent celebrated it
10th anniversary in 2014, and although it’s one of
the CSGA’s “youngest” member clubs, Bull’s Bridge
blends easily into one of Connecticut’s most historic
locations. As the annual site of the CSGA Tournament
of Champions and host of the 2015 Connecticut MidAmateur Championship, its own golf history grows
with every season.

The club takes its name from a nearby covered
bridge that dates back to the Colonial era. While
Jacob Bull built it to provide access to his grist and
sawmill, the bridge reportedly offered passage to
George Washington on four occasions during the
Revolutionary War. Centuries later, the popular tourist
attraction still remains active to car traffic spanning
the Housatonic River just a few miles from the club.

Bull’s Bridge features spectacular views
throughout the Tom Fazio designed course. Surveying
the magnificent landscape, his only design project in
Connecticut, the world renowned Fazio remarked,
“This is an outstanding piece of land for golf in a

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setting that is nothing short of spectacular. As a
designer, it’s what you hope and dream for in a
project.”

The property’s rugged elevation changes are
effectively incorporated into the layout, sometimes
subtly and other times dramatically. The sweeping
fairways are often framed by distinctively sculptured
white sand bunkers. New England style stonewalls
weave throughout the course creating charm and
challenge. Of all the course’s unique characteristics,
the greens are possibly the most outstanding feature,
gaining notoriety as some of the finest in the state.
The artfully constructed contours and the purest of
putting surfaces create a challenging yet enjoyable
putting experience.

In addition to hosting the Mid-Amateur on
October 5th and 6th, Bull’s Bridge will also host the
CSGA Tournament of Champions on September
8th. The 2015 Connecticut Mid-Amateur will mark
the first Mid-Amateur hosted at Bull’s Bridge Country
Club.

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