The CSGA Links Volume 5 Issue 2 June 2017 | Page 36

CHAMPIONSHIPS
On June 19th – 23rd, one of the oldest amateur events
in the country heads to Wethersfield Country Club in
Wethersfield, Conn. for the 115th Connecticut Amateur
Championship presented by Kota Solutions. Founded in
1976, this will mark the first time that Tashua Knolls Golf
Course has hosted the Connecticut Amateur Championship.
The club has previously hosted the 2001 Connecticut
Public Links Championship and the 2011 Father & Son Championship, in addition to numerous
CSGA and USGA qualifiers.
About the Course: Tashua Knolls Golf Course is a 27-hole facility with the original 18-holes
designed by Al Zikorus and built in 1976. An additional 9-hole Executive course was designed
by Michael Zikorus and built in 2004. In 2012, a complete bunker renovation was undertaken,
transforming the course into one of the top public facilities in the state.
A Tournament First: he 2017 Connecticut Amateur will mark the first time in the one hundred
and fifteen year history of the championship that a champion will be crowned on a public golf
course. The tournament was conducted at Shennecossett Golf Course in 1922, 1923 and 1926,
which was a private course at the time, and was conducted Lake of Isles in 2007, which utilized
both the private and the public courses.
By the numbers: By Friday afternoon, one of the 118 players in the field will be holding the
Connecticut Amateur trophy, having endured one of golf’s sternest tests to capture the title.
The winner will have played a total of eight rounds of golf and approximately 144 holes in five
days.
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