The Hartford Golf Club
West Hartford, CT · Founded
The Hartford Golf Club is a private golf club in West Hartford, Connecticut, designed by Devereux Emmet in 1915. The club has 18 holes, a par of 72. The average member handicap is 16.1 with 28% single-digit players.
Devereux Emmet's second Connecticut design showcases his maturation as an architect, with sophisticated green complexes and strategic bunkering that elevated his reputation beyond his earlier Shinnecock Hills work. The West Hartford location provided rolling terrain that Emmet used to create one of his most complete tests.
Scorecard
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Blue | 413 | 381 | 486 | 152 | 375 | 503 | 388 | 181 | 434 | 3,313 | 489 | 222 | 570 | 280 | 310 | 380 | 392 | 147 | 416 | 3,206 | 6,519 |
| White | 393 | 369 | 469 | 136 | 354 | 486 | 377 | 169 | 422 | 3,175 | 477 | 207 | 558 | 280 | 296 | 380 | 380 | 138 | 402 | 3,118 | 6,293 |
| Blended | 307 | 369 | 469 | 131 | 334 | 486 | 377 | 169 | 335 | 2,977 | 477 | 150 | 441 | 280 | 296 | 380 | 380 | 138 | 319 | 2,861 | 5,838 |
| Gold | 307 | 304 | 421 | 131 | 334 | 415 | 300 | 169 | 335 | 2,716 | 466 | 150 | 441 | 252 | 296 | 342 | 312 | 132 | 319 | 2,710 | 5,426 |
| Red | 267 | 304 | 421 | 126 | 328 | 415 | 300 | 158 | 335 | 2,654 | 466 | 150 | 441 | 252 | 282 | 342 | 312 | 129 | 313 | 2,687 | 5,341 |
| White | 393 | 369 | 469 | 136 | 354 | 486 | 377 | 169 | 422 | 3,175 | 477 | 207 | 558 | 280 | 296 | 380 | 380 | 138 | 402 | 3,118 | 6,293 |
| Hdcp | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 |
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About The Hartford Golf Club
The Hartford Golf Club demonstrates Emmet's evolution toward the strategic principles that would define golden age architecture. His use of cross-bunkers and angled greens creates multiple routes to each pin, rewarding course management over pure distance. The club's proximity to downtown Hartford has made it a gathering place for Connecticut's business community for over a century, yet the course itself feels removed from urban pressures once you step onto the first tee.
Key Facts
- The Hartford Golf Club is located in West Hartford, Connecticut.
- Club type: private.
- Course architect: Devereux Emmet.
- Year founded: 1915.
- Number of holes: 18.
- Par: 72.
- Average member handicap: 16.1.
- Single-digit handicap players: 28%.
- GHIN-registered members: 47.
- Alister Index score: 66/100.
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