Exhibition
Fairfield’s Fairways: 120 Years of Golf
| June 11, 2015 — October 11, 2015 |
This exhibition celebrated Fairfield’s long history of golf over the past 120 years, from the founding of the Brooklawn Country Club when golf first emerged as a national obsession in the 1890s, to the Country Club of Fairfield, created during golf’s first “golden age” and the Patterson Club following World War II. As time went on, public golf courses – including Fairchild Wheeler, among the nation’s earliest municipal courses – opened up the sport to others in the community. The exhibition highlighted notable golfers from the area, including Georgianna Bishop, Julius Boros, Heather Daly-Donofrio, J. J. Henry, and Gene Sarazen.
