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35-629: In October of 1895, Yale students began playing the no-longer-existing New Haven Golf Club in the Newhallville neighborhood of New Haven. That course expanded to 18 holes in 1899 and was home to the students and team until 1910 when the course was developed into housing. From there, Yale students joined the newly opened Race Brook Country Club in Orange, Connecticut . However, it was relatively far away and not convenient to campus. After witnessing much enthusiasm among his undergraduates, George Adee wrote

70-692: A 136-acre property that was formerly occupied by Bayer . In 2013, the Yale School of Nursing relocated to a building on the Yale West Campus that is mostly on the Orange side of the town border. About three percent of the 17 square miles in the town is farmed. Field View Farm , one of the oldest businesses in the United States , has been operated by the Hine family since 1639. Orange

105-399: A Yale Golf Committee was formed. With George Adee as its first chairman and J.F. Byers and Jess Sweetser on the committee, they contacted golf course architect Charles Blair Macdonald to confirm the possibility of having a golf course on the estate. Upon viewing the property and seeing its potential, Macdonald agreed to serve as a consultant to the project. Macdonald pushed for the hiring of

140-419: A dozen small mirrors. When originally settled by English colonists, Orange was the northern and eastern district of the now neighboring city of Milford ; however, by 1822, the population of the area had grown to the point where residents desired to form their own separate community, thus forming the town of Orange. The town is named after William III of England , who was Prince of Orange from birth. William

175-472: A female householder with no husband present, and 17.8% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.09. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

210-671: A former associate of his, Seth Raynor , to be the course architect. Raynor was paid $ 7,500 to complete the project and began surveying the land in the summer of 1923. To fund the golf course, the Board of Control of the Yale Athletic Association reached out to alums with the opportunity to become either a patron of the Ray Tompkins Memorial, a founder, or a member of the Yale Golf Club. To become

245-541: A number of significant tournaments at Yale Golf Course during his tenure. These included the 1988 USGA National Junior Championship, 1991 and 1995 NCAA Regional Championships, 1995 World Special Olympics Golf Championship, and the Yale Golf Classic, a senior event. Like many courses, the course has a club championship. Reverend William T. Lee, who won the Connecticut Amateur three times, has won

280-747: A patron, one would have to pay $ 1000 but would be granted, “all privileges of the Ray Tompkins Memorial, including unrestricted lifetime use of the Yale Golf Course, and the option to make during lifetime one transfer of his rights, subject to the approval of the Board of Control.” Some of the alums who supported became patrons include Edwin Herr, George Adee, W. T. Adee, Charles Tiffany, Edward S. Harkness, M.N. Buckner, M.J. Warner, Clarence Blakeslee, Oliver Gould Jennings, J. Frederic Byers, Eben Byers, Charles Merrill, S. Brink Thorne, Julian Curtiss, Henry Havemeyer, Harry Rosenbaum, and S.B. Rosenbaum. Founders of

315-401: A proposal to the Yale Athletic Association out of concern and frustration in 1922. By this time, Princeton already had a university golf course while Harvard had begun discussions for a golf course of their own. Adee's proposal revolved around asking Sarah Wey Tompkins, the window of Ray Tompkins , to purchase and donate a plot of land on which Yale could build a course of their own. Ray Tompkins

350-561: A trolley from New Haven to Derby (starting in 1904 and running until 1937) hastened the end to rail service (in 1925). Later, the construction of the Wilbur Cross Parkway and Interstate 95 brought highways through the area. Orange station is a planned stop on Metro-North Railroad 's New Haven Line . Construction has been on hold since late 2017. According to the United States Census Bureau ,

385-583: Is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region . The population was 14,280 at the 2020 census . The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen . The Paugusset and Algonquian people previously inhabited the region that is now Orange. In 1639, Rev. Peter Prudden purchased the land from the Native Americans for six coats, ten blankets, one kettle, twelve hatchets, twelve hoes, two dozen knives and

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420-532: Is remembered for succeeding James II , deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. James II had been considered a despot in Connecticut; he had famously and unsuccessfully commissioned Edmund Andros to seize Connecticut's Charter . The town continued to grow throughout the 19th century. As early as 1848, a separation of Orange and West Haven was considered. It was not until 1921 that

455-492: The poverty line , including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over. Orange is the home of the North American headquarters of Pez candies. It is also the home of the headquarters of Avangrid and its subsidiaries Southern Connecticut Gas and The United Illuminating Company . Tangoe, Inc. , a provider of telecommunications management software, was formerly headquartered in Orange. Orange

490-814: The 2009 ConnJam, a Boy Scout event in which over 3,000 Boy Scouts from the Connecticut Yankee Council attended events and camped over the weekend. On August 18, 2005, the Orange Little League Girls softball team lost the championship game of the Little League Softball World Series to a team from McLean, Virginia . Orange is served by the regional Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge . Schools include: Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy (formerly New Haven Hebrew Day School)

525-511: The Derby Turnpike (now Connecticut Route 34 ). The turnpike was originally an Indian path. A toll road through Orange, from New Haven to Derby , was built starting in 1800. The toll house was located in Orange; tolls ended in 1887. The New Haven and Derby Railroad ran through Orange starting in 1871, with a station in Orange. At its peak, there were eleven trains per day in each direction along with one freight train. The advent of

560-471: The Housatonic River. The Wepawaug , Indian and Oyster rivers flow through the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,233 people, 4,739 households, and 3,895 families residing in the town. The population density was 770.0 inhabitants per square mile (297.3/km ). There were 4,870 housing units at an average density of 283.4 per square mile (109.4/km ). The racial makeup of the town

595-710: The NCAA Regional Championships, Macdonald Cup, and the Yale Spring Invitational. The course has also hosted some significant professional tournaments. It hosted the Connecticut Open in 1931 and 1981. The course also hosted a Ben Hogan Tour event, New Haven Open , in the early 1990s. David Patterson, the Scottish-born Yale Bulldogs golf coach during the late 20th century, also helped establish

630-711: The Nike missiles has since (from the late 1950s onward) been the home of the 103rd Air Control and Warning Squadron, later to become the 103rd Tactical Control Squadron and as it remains today the 103rd Air Control Squadron, a part of the Connecticut Air National Guard . Orange exhibits its rural roots at the annual Orange Country Fair. This event originally ran from 1898 to 1912 and was revived in 1975. It has continued since then featuring horse, oxen and tractor pulls as well as exhibits of animals, flowers, fruits, vegetables and baked goods. In early August,

665-467: The Yale Golf Club received lifetime use of the course, subject to restriction during the college year based on undergraduate use of the course. Founders within a 25-mile radius of the University paid $ 750 while those beyond 25 miles paid $ 500. Members of the Yale Golf Club received use, of course, subject to restrictions during the college year based on undergraduate use of the course. The initiation fee

700-548: The club championship 11 times. In 2004, the course hosted the NCAA Eastern Regional tournament. Bill Haas , from Wake Forest University , won the tournament at two-under-par. 41°19′10″N 72°59′10″W  /  41.31944°N 72.98611°W  / 41.31944; -72.98611 Orange, Connecticut Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut , United States. The town

735-566: The course was ranked #53 in Golfweek 's Top 200 Classic Courses. It was also voted Best Campus Course in 2019 by Golfweek. According to the USA Today , it is the "perennial" #1 pick. Yale Golf Course has hosted many significant golf tournaments. These include significant amateur tournaments like the U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship and Connecticut Amateur . In addition, the course has hosted many significant college tournaments including

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770-416: The kind of dimensions that one would have expected of Michelangelo." In 1983, Ben Crenshaw referred to the course as a "national treasure." In 1994, Yale hired a new Athletic Director, Tom Beckett. He was "shocked" to find the course in such "poor condition." Beckett improved the financial situation of the course, which included an investment program and alumni support base. With the additional funds Yale

805-535: The practice of athletic exercises on the part of students of the University." In 1923 following Adee's proposal, Yale approached Sarah Tompkins in hopes that she would purchase a plot of land known of the Greist Estate and donate it to the University. She accepted without hesitation and the 720 acres (290 ha) was purchased for $ 375,000. Following the donation of the Griest Estate by Sarah Tompkins,

840-410: The project itself ran way over budget, the course officially opened for play on April 15, 1926. Upon opening, the course set up as a 6,552-yard (5.991 km) par 71. The courses' final cost was a then-record $ 400,000. One reviewer, the legendary sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind , wrote that the Yale Golf Course was, "a back-breaking job over an untouched plot of rugged land whose hazards and greens have

875-578: The town also promotes the Orange Volunteer Fireman's Carnival, which raises funds to support the volunteer fire department . Both events are held at the fairgrounds at High Plains Community Center near the center of town. Orange was the site of one of the earliest computer camps, held at the local Amity Jr. High School in 1977. In the early nineteenth century, settlers from Orange founded Orange , Ohio , then part of Connecticut's Western Reserve . On March 15–17, 2009, Orange hosted

910-479: The town has a total area of 17.4 square miles (45.1 km ), of which 17.2 square miles (44.5 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km ), or 1.38%, is water. It is bordered on the south by Milford , on the east by West Haven , on the north by New Haven , Woodbridge and Derby and on the west by the Housatonic River and Shelton . The town limits include Wooster Island in

945-582: The two were officially separated by act of the Connecticut General Assembly and the new city of West Haven was formed out of the southeastern portion of Orange. This left Orange a largely rural town, as the bulk of the urbanized population was ceded to West Haven. In the post-war years, however, Orange began suburbanizing at a rapid pace. Early roads through the area included the Boston Post Road (now U.S. Route 1 ) and

980-510: Was $ 250 in addition to annual dues of $ 40 for those within a 25-mile radius of the university, or $ 20 for those beyond the 25-mile radius. The clearing of the Griest Estate began during the summer of 1923. The crew had to blast, dig and drain the land that was mostly swampland. Macdonald described it: The building of it was a difficult engineering problem. The land was high, heavily wooded, hilly, and no part of it had been cultivated for over forty years. There were no roads or houses upon it. It

1015-408: Was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 79,365, and the median income for a family was $ 88,583. Males had a median income of $ 58,946 versus $ 41,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 36,471. About 2.1% of families and 2.5% of the population were below

1050-403: Was 94.08% White , 0.79% Black or African American , 0.08% Native American , 3.84% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.32% from other races , and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population. There were 4,739 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.1% were married couples living together, 6.7% had

1085-574: Was a former Yale football captain in 1882 and 1883. Tompkins had amassed a large wealth while serving as the president of the Chemung Canal Trust Company in New York. Upon his death in 1918, Tompkins left his wife Sarah an estate worth over a million dollars. However, in his will existed a provision that upon the death of his wife the remainder of his wealth would be given to Yale "to furnish facilities for extending and developing

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1120-499: Was a veritable wilderness when given to Yale ... When in the timber one could not see fifty feet ahead, the underbrush was so thick. In total 120 acres of the estate was made available for the course. Heavier construction began in April 1924. The project initially began with 60 workers and rose to 150 at the height of the project. Although the crew ran into irrigation issues that required 35,000 feet (11 km) of pipes to correct and

1155-401: Was able to advance the quality of the course through tree removal, improved irrigation, and regular visits from USGA agronomists. Staffing on the course also increased which "made a tremendous difference in the conditions of the golf course." By 2004, "a restored and beautiful course" had manifested itself. In 2006, the course was voted the top university golf course in the country. In 2019,

1190-514: Was also formerly home to the Everett B. Clark Seed Company which eventually joined forces with other local seed growers to form Asgrow , now a division of Bayer . The town has extensive retail development along the Boston Post Road corridor. During the Cold War , Orange was a location for the permanent deployment of Nike missiles for the defense of Greater New Haven . The former site of

1225-601: Was the home of the US headquarters of Saab-Scania from 1972 until 1992 when the company relocated to Norcross, Georgia . From 1973–2010, Hubbell , a manufacturer of electrical products, was headquartered in Orange. In 2013, the University of New Haven purchased the former Hubbell headquarters buildings to redevelop as a graduate school campus. Yale's West Campus is located on the Orange- West Haven town line, on

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