According to Bill “after kissing many frogs” he came upon the perfect site. The site was a 530 acre parcel of land bordering Devil’s Hopyard State Park that was just “waiting to have 18 holes of championship golf laid across it”. Robert Trent Jones Sr’s protégé Roger Rulewich designed the layout which flows seamlessly through some of Connecticut’s most interesting topography. The course is complemented with several attractive club buildings designed by John Matthews as well as 53 house lots. Bill Sandri passed the torch of Chairman of the Board of the Sandri Companies, primarily energy related as well as the golf courses, to his son-in-law Tim Van Epps shortly after the opening of Fox Hopyard in 2001. Tim immediately embraced the commitment to excellence and the responsibility to preserve and enhance the legacy of Bill Sandri, particularly through his golf courses. Tim’s most prolific vision of turning Fox Hopyard into a private club came to fruition in 2022. His vision was not just to transition into a private club but to add the necessary programs, services and facilities to make it one of the most highly regarded private golf clubs in the Northeast. The “Hopyard” as it is affectionately called by it’s members is warm and welcoming, a place where members and guests feel right at home.