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Shennecossett Golf Course

1898 establishments in ConnecticutBuildings and structures in Groton, ConnecticutGolf clubs and courses designed by Donald RossGolf clubs and courses in ConnecticutSports venues completed in 1898
Sports venues in New London County, Connecticut

Shennecossett Golf Course is a municipal golf course located in Groton, Connecticut. The origins of the course go back to 1898 when Thomas Avery, a local resident, established a four-hole course on his farm. Shennecossett changed significantly over the next few decades, including a redesign by Donald Ross, eventually evolving into a full 18-hole country club. In the 1960s, the town of Groton purchased the property, transforming it into a municipal course. In 1997, the town performed a "land swap" with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, losing three holes to the corporation but gaining three along the Thames River and Long Island Sound. The acquisition of these new holes has, according to Golf Magazine, "turn[ed] the perennially solid muni into one of the deals of the century."

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Shennecossett Golf Course

Plant Street 93
06340 , City of Groton
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