WEE BURN COUNTRY CLUB
🇺🇸 Darien, CT, USA
Designed by Devereux Emmet, Ron Forse
Wee Burn Country Club occupies a wooded property in Darien, Connecticut, where Devereux Emmet laid out the original course in 1923. Emmet, a prolific architect of the Golden Age who designed numerous courses across the Northeast, routed the holes over rolling terrain characteristic of Fairfield County. The course takes its name from a small stream that winds through the property and comes into play on several holes. Ron Forse, known for his restoration work on classic designs, later refined and updated the layout while respecting Emmet's original design principles.
The routing moves through mature hardwood forests and features elevation changes that create natural amphitheater settings for several greens. Emmet's design philosophy emphasized strategic bunkering and green contours that reward thoughtful approach play rather than relying solely on length. The property's topography allows for a variety of hole types, with doglegs that follow the land's natural movement and approach shots that must account for both elevation and green slope.
Wee Burn has served as a traditional private club in one of Connecticut's established communities, maintaining a membership drawn largely from the surrounding Fairfield County area. The club has hosted regional amateur competitions over the decades, typical of courses of its vintage and quality in the metropolitan New York region. The layout remains a representative example of Emmet's work during a period when he was actively shaping golf architecture in the Northeast.
Reviews
played Met Open here. Some forgettable holes, but the good ones were pretty good. A little too quirky at times, but in phenomenal shape. Met Open played extremely difficult, think -1 was a 2 man playoff
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Wee Burn at Wee Burn Country Club has a Course Vaults score of 8.3 out of 10 based on 12 explicit golfer ratings.
Wee Burn was designed by Devereux Emmet and Ron Forse.
Wee Burn at Wee Burn Country Club is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Wee Burn is 72.
Wee Burn plays 7,040 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Wee Burn is 146.