Dundee Golf Design

Shorehaven

04 · Restoration and renovation · 2024

Golf course photograph
01/09Benjamin Harris
Location
Norwalk, Connecticut
Type
Renovation
Holes
18
Year
2024
Status
Complete
Role
Designer
Collaborators
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Original design
Willie Park Jr. and Robert White, 1924
Rankings and accolades
No. 11 in Connecticut, Golf Digest Best in State, 2025–26

Variety, brought back.

Shorehaven's bunkers had all become the same size, clustered together, with no individuality. We rebuilt them with real variety in size and scale, fit to the land. We expanded the greens back to their original shapes to bring back lost pin positions, and rebuilt the greens on 2, 6, 13 and 18.

The 1934 aerial was our guide. It showed where Robert White built the original bunkers and how big the greens once were. New tees and a short game area finished the work. Members came back to a course that plays firm and bouncy, with golf along the ground.

The 2023 master plan encompassed the entire golf course, with a focus on renovating bunkers, expanding original greens, and rebuilding previously tinkered-with greens.

Master plan, 2023
02/09Master plan, 2023 · Drawn by Blake Conant
No. 1 green
03/09No. 1 green · Benjamin Harris
No. 5
04/09No. 5 · Benjamin Harris
No. 6 green
05/09No. 6 green · Benjamin Harris
No. 12 green
06/09No. 12 green · Benjamin Harris
No. 15
07/09No. 15 · Benjamin Harris
No. 16 green
08/09No. 16 green · Benjamin Harris
No. 17 green
09/09No. 17 green · Benjamin Harris
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