The Course at Yale

200 Conrad Drive,

New Haven, Connecticut 06515

  • Office

    +1 (203) 392 2376
  • Pro shop

    +1 (203) 392 2377
  • Fax

    +1 (203) 392 2374
  • Golf pro

    Peter Pulaski (PGA, Director of Golf)

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.

  • Surroundings:

    Woodland.

  • Designer:

    Original design by Charles Blair Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor and Charles Banks.

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
6825
6122
5230
Par
70
70
70
SSS or slope
73.5
70.5
70.8

Location

Latitude:

41.320059

Longitude:

-72.980697

How to get there:

3.5 mi NW of New Haven centre.

The Course at Yale

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.

Est. 1926

The Course at Yale, designed by the inimitable Charles Blair Macdonald (the Father of American Golf Course Architecture), is ranked in the highest echelons of collegiate courses in America.

This wonderfully rugged, tree-lined and open parkland course is another wonderful example of Macdonald's ability to get the best from a given piece of terrain. In this case a wonderfully undulating, rocky, woodland environment. skill in getting the best designed provides a wonderful test for your all-round game, with many attractive, skilfully crafted and challenging holes to enjoy.

When it comes to collegiate golf courses, Yale has few peers. Perhaps the Oklahoma State course (Karsten Creek) and the Stanford University layout.

List of courses: Connecticut

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays, and after 11am on weekends.

Must book in advance.

Green fees

Contact club for golf rates.

Other information

Walking permitted. Golf carts are fitted with GPS.

Practice facilities

Excellent

Did you know?

In addition to being the home of Yale's nationally ranked Men's and Women's Golf Teams, The Course at Yale serves as the home competition course and practice venue for Yale Men's and Women's Cross Country Running. The golf course and surrounds provides a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of downtown New Haven and gives Yale distance and middle distance runners a scenic and bucolic place to train and compete.

Published ranking

Connecticut's 2nd best course (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
USA's 38th best public access course (Golf Digest, 2023).
USA's No.1 college/campus course (Golfweek, 2022).
World's former 83rd best course (GOLF magazine, 2019; not in subsequent editions of this ranking).

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Tournaments

124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.

79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).

Who's Who

Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.

Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.

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Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

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Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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