The Country Club of Rochester
The Country Club of Rochester
2935 East Ave Ste 2
Rochester, NY 14610-3599
United States
Overview
The Country Club of Rochester was founded in 1895, and Donald Ross’ design opened in 1913. The club commissioned Robert Trent Jones to renovate the course in 1960 before following with Gil Hanse in 2004, who was tasked with marrying elements of Jones’ renovation with the original Ross design and routing. The course now features tight tree-lined fairways with dramatic elevation changes that create blind shots and dramatic approaches. With the course measuring just under 7,000 yards, its main defenses are small and firm greens with extensive slopes and penal runoff areas. The highlight at Country Club of Rochester is the difficult middle stretch with two challenging par 4s to end the front nine, as well as the long par-5 10th and tricky par-3 11th to begin the back.
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Awards
Ranking history:
100 Greatest: Ranked in 1966.
Best in State: Ranked Top 15 in New York in 2007; Top 20 in 2009 & from 2011-'14; Top 45 from 2023-'26.
Previous ranking: 45th.
2025-'26 ranking: 43rd.
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Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
Review
“Awesome club with a storied history - unfortunately, they've taken a lot of the Ross out of it over time by tree-lining every fairway (among other alterations) in an attempt to make the course more difficult. While they succeeded at that goal, they've also taken away a lot of strategy and character I imagine was there at one point in history. Having to hit your drive down a 40-yard-wide corridor repeatedly is difficult, but it also requires minimal strategy or decision making on behalf of the golfer."
Read More2025
Review
“Awesome club with a storied history - unfortunately, they've taken a lot of the Ross out of it over time by tree-lining every fairway (among other alterations) in an attempt to make the course more difficult. While they succeeded at that goal, they've also taken away a lot of strategy and character I imagine was there at one point in history. Having to hit your drive down a 40-yard-wide corridor repeatedly is difficult, but it also requires minimal strategy or decision making on behalf of the golfer."
Read More2025
Review
“Great Ross design. Front nine is excellent and the back has some nice holes as well with the exception of just a couple. Would play here every day if I could."
Read More2021
