FORE! Ailing CT golf course up for bid at $1.6M

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story misspelled the country club’s name.

For a reserve price of $1.59 million, you can walk away with your very own 18-hole championship golf course and country club just minutes from downtown New Haven.

Top10RealEstateDeals.com reports the 50-year-old Oak Lane Country Club & Golf Course in Woodbridge heads for the auction block May 10 at 1 p.m., the victim of declining membership and the bad economy.

According to online auction promotion materials, the course and club within earshot of Yale University has a 24,000-square-foot clubhouse, three pools, tennis courts, a groundskeeper’s home and 180 acres.

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The property is zoned residential A, suggesting it may appeal to developers eager to build luxury housing units.