History
In 1924, Mrs. Ray Tompkins donated to Yale 700 acres (2.83 km2) of swamp and woodland in memory of her husband, which were made into a world-class 18 hole golf course by Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer, and co-founder of the USGA, in collaboration with Seth Raynor and Charles Banks, for a budget of $400,000.
The Yale course has been the site of every significant state championship, two USGA Junior National events, the 1991 and 2004 NCAA Eastern Regional championships (in 2004 only 3 players in the field finished below par after 54 holes of play), the 1991 ECAC Men's Championship, and the 1992 ECAC Women's Championship, as well as the Nike Connecticut Open.
The clubhouse, designed by Herb Newman, was dedicated on September 29, 1984 as a gift of the Prospect Hill Foundation, after whom it was named.
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