Canandaigua Country Club

Overview: Canandaigua Country Club is a private golf property beside Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes. Its unusual routing uses nine greens and 18 tee boxes, allowing the course to be played as a genuine 18-hole experience while retaining a compact nine-hole footprint. The double loop measures about 6,200 yards at par 70 from the back tees, with mature fairways and a traditional country-club feel. The lake setting and the club’s long local history make it a distinctive stop in the Canandaigua golf area, even though it is not a conventional two-nine championship layout.

History: The club dates to 1922, when a group formed to develop a golf course near Canandaigua Lake. Its century heritage remains central to the club’s current identity, which combines golf, dining and social life around the historic property. The nine-green, 18-tee format is part of that continuity: it provides a full round through two different looks at each green rather than expanding the land into a conventional 18-hole footprint. Because current sources do not identify a reliable architect, the course history is kept focused on the verified club and routing facts.

Did You Know? A player can complete 18 holes here while putting to the same nine greens twice. The second trip is not simply a repeat, because the alternate tee positions change angles, distances and the way each hole unfolds.