Black Hall Club
| Location: | Old Lyme, Connecticut |
| Year Opened: | 1967 |
| Society Delegate: | Marty Smith |
| Website: | blackhallclub.com |
Our 16th green looking back to the landing area
Black Hall is a private golf club located in the Connecticut shoreline community of Old Lyme. As the top rated private club in southeastern Connecticut, Black Hall and its members embrace the ideals and traditions of the game of golf. Black Hall is a golf club in the truest sense and continually concentrates on the golf experience as the focal point of the club.
It was in February of 1962 when the founding members of Black Hall signed a contract with Trent Jones to design and build the first and only golf course of championship caliber in the lower Connecticut Valley. Work soon began and on July 8th 1967, 18 holes at Black Hall were open for play to its membership. The routing offers great variety and challenges throughout; an optimal setting for Jones to work.
Aerial view of the course with the Long
Island Sound
Black Hall has played host to all the major Connecticut championship and has hosted several qualifiers for U.S. Opens, U.S. Amateurs, U.S Mid-Ams, Travelers Championships and the U.S. Amateur Fourball Championship. We take our responsibility as a steward of the game seriously, particularly in Connecticut.
Our closing hole, a great
test to finish your round
There are several notable holes highlighting Jones’ design philosophy. The 11th is our longest par five and a true representation of the test of heroic shot values. A well placed tee shot to the apex of the dog leg will return a favorable angle to set up a second shot that plays short of the fairway bunkers that rest just over one hundred yards away from center. This green is extremely wide but shallow, making distance control paramount.
The Par 4 16th is a memorable hole that both challenges and pleases with its water hazard. Following a drive left of the fairway bunkers and short of the pond, your next shot must carry to an angled green along the water’s edge. Hit the green and two putt for a well-earned par.