Short Beach, right? Spent lots of time there in middle and high school. One time years ago I was there with my dad and cousin, who was a fairly new golfer. The 8th or 9th hole is a par 3 that goes over a small pond, and there is a street with houses off to the left. My cousin hooked his iron severely and cleared the netting, and ended up hitting a house with wood shingles dead on. Didn't do any damage luckily, but you could probably hear the noise it made a mile away.
Growing up I played a lot at Short Beach, the Orchards in Milford, Sleeping Giant, and there was a municipal course in Hamden that was a dump...Meadowbrook, I think? There was a par 5 on that course that I birdied a few times, was dead straight and downhill. In the middle of summer I hit a few drives that were probably close to 300 yards because of the roll.
The last couple of years my father and I have taken a trip up to Treehouse to pick up some beer, then crashed overnight in Manchester followed by playing this course. It was definitely a lot of fun. And obviously that 8th hole is a blast.
Anyone ever play Hop Brook in Naugatuck? I live right around the corner and am going to play it next week. I'm not expecting anything incredible, since it's town run, but hopefully it isn't terrible.
