Top Connecticut public-access golf courses ranked by Golfweek

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Golfweek recently published their rankings of the best public-access golf courses for every state in America.

Among Connecticut’s best courses are Shennecossett Golf Course in Groton, Lake of Isles in North Stonington, and Mohegan Sun Golf Club in Baltic.

Want to play the best public-access golf courses in your home state, or perhaps you're planning a getaway with your sticks in tow? Golfweek’s Best has you covered with our annually updated ranking of the Best Courses You Can Play list for each state, as judged by our nationwide network of raters for 2026.

The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best Course rankings.

The courses on this list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required. (There are a handful of courses on this list that some players might consider to be traditionally private, but they do allow non-hosted, non-member guest play in some limited form, normally through a local hotel or other special arrangement.)

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KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960.

Here are Connecticut’s best public-access golf courses, according to Golfweek magazine.

1. Yale​

New Haven (c) - book your round today

2. Keney Park​

Hartford (c) - book your round today

3. Great River​

Milford (m) - book your round today

4. Wintonbury Hills​

Bloomfield (m) - book your round today

5. Shennecossett​

Groton (c) - book your round today

6. Lake of Isles (North)​

North Stonington (m) - book your round today

7. Oxford Greens​

Oxford (m) - book your round today

8. Richter Park​

Danbury (m) - book your round today

9. Hotchkiss​

Lakeville (c)

10. Gillette Ridge​

Bloomfield (m)

11. Mohegan Sun​

Baltic (m) - book your round today

This article originally appeared on The Bulletin: Top Connecticut public-access golf courses ranked by Golfweek

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