(BLOOMFIELD, CT) – Wintonbury Hills Golf Course – a Billy Casper Golf-managed facility in Bloomfield, CT – earned a No. 10 ranking in Golfweek’s Best “Top 30 Municipal Courses” across America, joining U.S. Open hosts Torrey Pines (CA) and Bethpage Black (NY), among other storied layouts, inside the Top 10.
Wintonbury Hills finished higher in the Golfweek’s Best rankings than several host courses of PGA TOUR and other professional tournaments. The legendary Pete Dye’s first design in New England, Wintonbury Hills’ 6,711-yard, par-70 layout presents stunning vistas of the heavily-treed ridges surrounding the property. The layout boasts a blend of links-style holes and a forested look that typifies golf in Connecticut. With generous rolling fairways to help navigate 125 bunkers framing the course, Wintonbury Hills presents fair challenges to golfers of all skill levels.
“The Town of Bloomfield is very proud to be the owner of this award-winning golf course,” says Louie Chapman, Jr., Town Manager. “Our residents are to be congratulated for having the foresight in approving the purchase and construction of the Wintonbury Hills Golf Course.”
“The Golfweek list contains some of the most beautiful and stimulating courses in the country,” says Doug Juhasz, General Manager of Wintonbury Hills. “For Wintonbury Hills to achieve this ranking speaks volumes about the terrific Pete Dye design and is indicative of our providing superior customer experiences from tee to green.”
More to Wintonbury Hills’ credit, the course is designated a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary” by Audubon International for protecting the environment and preserving the natural heritage of golf. Following the conservation group’s approved steps for an environmentally-friendly golf course helps Wintonbury Hills reduce waste and promote efficient operations. The program also results in the course’s reduction of maintenance costs, including those associated with insurance premiums, energy, water, pesticides, fertilizer, equipment wear and labor.
“The course, as designed by Pete Dye, attracts a great deal of wildlife in addition to golfers, and achieving the designation of ‘Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary’ by Audubon International for protecting the environment is testament to Bloomfield’s commitment to conservation,” says Jonathan Colman, Chair of the Bloomfield Town Council Golf Committee. “We are honored to be placed in the same category of municipal courses as Bethpage and Torrey Pines. We urge people from around the country to come experience the Town of Bloomfield and Wintonbury Hills Golf Course.”
Other accolades for Wintonbury Hills include:
* No. 23 Best New Course in America, Golfweek
* No. 2 Best Course in Connecticut, Golfweek
* Top 10 Best Golf Courses in Connecticut, Golf Digest
For more information about Wintonbury Hills, visit www.wintonburyhills.com or call 860.242.1401.
About Billy Casper Golf
Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Billy Casper Golf was co-founded by Robert Morris and Peter Hill in 1989 along with professional golf legend Billy Casper, the Masters and two-time U.S. Open winner who ranks seventh all-time with 51 PGA Tour wins. The company manages 95 golf courses in 23 states, the District of Columbia and internationally. Combined with Buffalo Communications, the golf-lifestyle PR division of BCG, 24 of their courses were honored in the recent Golfweek’s “America’s Best” state-by-state rankings.
For more information about Billy Casper Golf: www.billycaspergolf.com, 703.761.1444.
Contact:
Nick Lashinsky
Billy Casper Golf / Buffalo Communications
703.891.3324
nlashinsky@billycaspergolf.com
