The Byrncliff Golf Resort & Banquets, located just 35 minutes south of Buffalo and an hour from Rochester, is a family-owned boutique resort that's been offering cross country skiing/snowmobiling in the winter and golf in the summer for more than five decades. Byrncliff delivers an intimate experience with only 25 rooms, plus the Maple Lodge for…
This year marks the first time both the PGA and LPGA Championships are being held in the same city in the same year -- historic Pittsford, N.Y., just outside Rochester. That underlines the often-underrated high quality of golf courses in central New York's Finger Lakes region. While you may never get to play Oak Hill or Locust Hill, there are several fine golf courses available to everyone -- and at a good price. Katharine Dyson has more on golf in the Finger Lakes region.
Jason Scott Deegan recounts a four-day adventure exploring the region's golf scene, a major stop along the New York Golf Trail, a collection of many of the finest public (and a few private) clubs in the state.
Golf is just a small part of why the 22-course New York Golf Trail continues to grow in popularity. It's more about touring the state's most beautiful regions than chasing bucket-list courses.
There are plenty of highs and lows at Mill Creek Golf Club in Churchville, N.Y. The course showcases the highest point for golf in the greater Rochester area. From the hilltop clubhouse, holes spill off ridges to a rolling meadow before eventually climbing home again. Tantalizing downhill holes unfurl before your eyes.
Golf is woven into the fabric of Rochester, N.Y. Venerable Oak Hill sets the standard for the region's best private clubs, and excellent public courses ring the city out in the suburbs and rolling farmland.
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