Best Golf Courses Near Greenwich, CT

Known for its elaborate mansions, stunning scenery, and popular beaches, Greenwich is an affluent town in southwest Connecticut. While private courses outnumber public courses in this section of Fairfield County, Greenwich and the communities that surround it feature fine municipal golf courses. The most popular tee time in Greenwich is “The Griff”—the Robert Trent Jones, Sr.-designed Griffith E. Harris Golf Course, a tree-lined parkland layout with wide fairways and large, undulating greens. Stamford has two munis: Sterling Farms Golf Course, an open-style layout that spreads out over an old dairy farm is a jewel that has appeared on lists of Connecticut’s best courses; and the recently improved E. Gaynor Brennan Golf Course, a more traditional tree-lined layout that all levels of players can enjoy. Recent renovations have improved three highly regarded courses across the state line in New York State: the picturesque 1917-vintage Harrison Meadows Country Club; Maple Moor Golf Course in White Plains, which dates back to 1927; and Saxon Woods in Scarsdale, which spreads out on rolling terrain. Greenwich truly shines in summer. It boasts five beaches, the most stunning of which is on a peninsula at Greenwich Point Park and looks out on the Manhattan skyline. Greenwich has its own unique scene. On Sunday afternoons the social set comes out for polo matches at the Greenwich Polo Club. The focal point of the town’s dining, shopping and nightlife is the architecturally resplendent Greenwich Avenue, fondly known as “The Avenue.”