Golf

Oak Hills: Jewel in Norwalk
This is the second of four "playing" reports on Norwalk, Conn., area golf courses -- this one is on Oak Hills, a Norwalk municipal course. It's part of a series written for The Hour Newspaper in 1999. The city of Norwalk considers Oak Hills its "crown jewel."

Longshore Golf Club: Short But Challenging
This is the first of four "playing" reports on Norwalk, Conn., area golf courses -- this one on Longshore Golf Club, a Westport municipal course. It's part of a series written for The Hour newspaper in 1999. The course, for residents only, lies on the shore of Long Island Sound.

The Wheel Keeps Rolling On
This is the last of four "playing" reports on Norwalk, Conn., area golf courses -- this one on "The Wheel," a Bridgeport municipal facility that offers two courses, the Red and the Black. It's part of a series written for The Hour newspaper in 1999.

Sterling Farms Has a Private Club Air
This is the third of four "playing" reports on Norwalk, Conn., area golf courses -- this one on Sterling Farms Golf Club, one of two Stamford municipal courses. It's part of a series written for The Hour newspaper in 1999.

The Golf Tour -- On a Small Scale
This column was written for the sports pages of The Hour newspaper of Norwalk, Conn., on July 9, 1999 by George Albano, Assistant Sports Editor. It's a parody of the four-part series by William F. Torpey on four Norwalk area 18-hole golf courses.

Oak Hills: A Bogie or an Eagle?
Oak Hills, the city of Norwalk's municipal golf course, was created in the 1960s when a few community leaders pressed for a public golf course. Scandal and poor management soon followed, but it appears now the bogie phase has passed and today the course is under par.

Oak Hills Idea Merits a Thumbs Up
Property owners are rightfully enthusiastic about protecting the biggest financial investment of their lives whenever it's threatened, but in 1999, they may have been looking so hard at the trees they didn't see the forest when golf course improvements were proposed.