{"id":699843,"date":"2026-06-12T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699843\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:18:11","slug":"at-this-top-ct-golf-course-even-caddies-share-in-the-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699843\/","title":{"rendered":"At this top CT golf course, even caddies share in the upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis will be used for employees to take breaks and store belongings,\u201d said Peter Rothschild, president of the Bull\u2019s Bridge Golf Club, in a July 3 application to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctinsider.com\/newmilford\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Milford<\/a>\u2019s Zoning Commission. \u201cWe are proposing to raze the larger, existing structure and erect a one-story 512-square-foot caddy shack with a half bath and a mechanical room within the existing building footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old club, which straddles the rolling landscape between northern-most New Fairfield and Kent, takes its name from nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/housatonicheritage.org\/places\/bulls-bridge-scenic-area-trail-covered-bridge-kent-conn\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bull\u2019s Bridge<\/a>, which is one of the few intact covered bridges left in Connecticut and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n<p>The new caddy shack is subject to New Milford review, even though the golf club\u2019s mailing address is Bull\u2019s Bridge Road in Kent, because the clubhouse and shack are in New Milford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis application proposes the construction of a caddy shack as an accessory structure in conjunction with the previously approved expansion \u2026 of the clubhouse to increase on-site amenities and included the construction of a new clubhouse facility for players, complete with showers and bathrooms,\u201d Rothschild\u2019s application reads.<\/p>\n<p>That $4.5 million clubhouse expansion, approved by New Milford in 2023, included kitchen and dining room additions and new locker rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s the caddies\u2019 turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterior amenities will include a sink, refrigerator, and a half bathroom,\u201d the application reads for the $65,000 project. \u201cA covered entry is also proposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bull\u2019s Bridge is the second well-regarded private golf club to make headlines in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis will be used for employees to take breaks and store belongings,\u201d said Peter Rothschild, president of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,253575,99],"class_list":["post-699843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-news-times","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}