Country Club of Rochester

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One of the oldest golf clubs in America, The Country Club of Rochester is a championship golf course in Rochester, New York. Members of the elite Genesee Valley Club founded the golf club in 1895, on a farm four miles east of downtown.

The original course was of rather primitive design, reflective of the early era of golf. In 1912, the Club hired Scotsman Donald Ross to design a more modern course on the same grounds. Ross would become one of the most famous golf course architects in the game's history. Years later, the Country Club of Rochester course would be refined by Robert Trent Jones, a local man who was inspired by Ross as a boy, and ultimately followed in his hero's footsteps to become one of the most famous architects in the game.

Golf legend Walter Hagen started caddying at the Country Club of Rochester when he was 7-1/2 years old. He progressed to become the assistant club pro, and won the 1914 U. S. Open. Later named head pro at CCR, Hagen went on to be one of the most influential figures in the history of the golf, winning 11 majors, 44 official tournaments and dozens of exhibitions, while becoming one of the greatest ambassadors the game of golf has ever known.

Sam Urzetta, who won the 1950 United States Amateur, served as Head Golf Pro at the Club for 37 years.

The Country Club of Rochester hosted the 1953 U.S. Women's Open, the first Women's open sanctioned by the USGA. It also hosted the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1962, and the US Women's Open again in 1973.