Whitney Farms Golf Course

Whitney Farms takes its name from the Whitney family, who used the Monroe property as a farm with horse-breeding stables, and a dairy also operated on the land; a stone barn facade at the clubhouse entrance still recalls that era. In the mid-1970s developer Chris Bargas Sr., a World War II veteran, acquired the land and set out to create a public golf course. After three years of design and development, the 18-hole championship layout by Hal C. Purdy, working with his son Malcolm Purdy of the family design firm, opened in 1982, built by Bargas himself. The course went on to earn accolades from Golf Digest, Connecticut Magazine and Connecticut Golf Magazine, and its current course record of 63 was set in July 2023. The club has stayed in the Bargas family, and in 2024 it was renamed Chris Bargas Golf Club in honor of its founder. In 2025 the Connecticut Section PGA gave it the Walter Lowell Award for distinguished service to public golf.