Hunter Golf Club

Hunter Golf Club opened in late September 1929 as Meriden Municipal Golf Course on the former Grulich farm. It was planned for 18 holes, but Depression-era finances held it to nine at first. The original layout was drawn by R.J. Ross, an assistant engineer for the city of Hartford and a distant cousin of Donald Ross, and built largely by Peter Suzio Construction. The course reached 18 holes in 1935, with a second nine designed by local landscaper V. Ardsley Flood and built mostly by city relief workers. After the death of longtime professional George Hunter, the city renamed it George Hunter Memorial Golf Course in 1967. Alfred Tull made minor changes from 1968 to 1970, and from 1986 to 1988 Al Zikorus designed a complete remake that opened in 1988. Hunter has hosted the New England Public Links four times, the 2001 Connecticut Women's Amateur, the 2011 Connecticut Public Links and the 2014 Connecticut Junior Championship.