[3] It was also reported during late 1930 that the Connecticut Golf Association was planning on sanctioning an official state open in the summer of 1931.
The event was two rounds long and played over one day at Yale Golf Course.
Playing against "a light rain" and "a strong, chilly wind," as reported by The New York Times, Henry Ciuci managed to score 152 to win.
A number of players finished one shot further back to tie for third, including amateur Charles Clare.
Ciuci won $250 and the right to hold a Connecticut Golf Association shield for a year.
[6] For most of the early years of the Connecticut Open, however, it was the professional Johnny Golden that dominated.
Later in the year, Leo Mallory, Golden's former assistant at Wee Burn, won the Connecticut Open with 283 total.