Golf in New Haven

New Haven is Connecticut's second-largest city and one of the great American college towns, defined by the presence of Yale University, whose Gothic towers, residential colleges, and cultural institutions—the Peabody Museum, the Yale Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art—give the city intellectual and architectural gravity well beyond its size. Municipal golf arrived early at Alling Memorial Golf Course, which has served New Haven residents across the socioeconomic spectrum since the mid-twentieth century. Yale Golf Course represents the university's commitment to athletic life, reinforcing the sense that New Haven's public and institutional golf complement each other across a city that encompasses both industrial history and world-class academic culture.