Golf in New Canaan

New Canaan is one of Connecticut's most affluent communities, occupying a quiet ridge in northern Fairfield County where large wooded estates and a compact, walkable downtown create an unusually graceful residential fabric. The Country Club of New Canaan has served the community since the early twentieth century, occupying grounds that reflect the careful stewardship of a membership institution embedded in a town that has consistently prioritized the preservation of its residential character. Train access to Manhattan made New Canaan a preferred suburb for decades, and the resulting wealth concentration shaped the golf facilities to reflect the community's standards—a single distinguished club rather than the multiple facilities that more populous Connecticut towns developed.