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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7083 yards
Slope 144
Rating 74.7

Ravenwood Golf Club is situated in the Finger Lakes region in western New York. It's one of the most popular public championship courses in the Rochester region. Robin Nelson designed the course in 2002. He utilized the gently undulating landscape to seamlessly connect the holes to one another so that the whole golf course has a natural flow. The front nine is gentler than the back, where the par 3s present formidable tests. The water hazards on the back are particularly challenging. The golf course finishes with one of its most memorable holes. Ravenwood's par-5 18th has a green that's tucked into the woods with the hill behind it forming a natural amphitheater. A challenging array of seven strategically placed bunkers guards the green and approach area.

Course Details

Year Built 2002
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Nelson & Haworth (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Accolades

Reviews

4.7
210 Reviews (210)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 18
Patio Dining 12
19th Hole Scenic Views 11
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 36
Elevation Changes 31
Thick Rough 25
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 28
A Weekend Splurge 25
Locals 24
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 36
Convenient to the City 23
In the 'Burbs 22

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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great Day But

Very nice day. Played round with my son before heading back to school. Course layout very comfortable off the tee.Fairways, bunkers in great shape. Only negatives were that the threesome in front of us didn't have a clue about golf etiquette (ranger would have helped) and the majority of the greens looked like dart boards. Must be a lot of players here who are just plain lazy to repair ball marks.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Excellent Rochester course

Course in great condition, apart from the greens which were somewhat beat up. Pace of play was excellent. Service at every level was excellent. We have been playing this course for several years and the standards have always been maintained to a high level.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 638
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Golf Advisor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

A popular choice in Rochester

Almost every golfer I talked to during my trip around the New York Golf Trail pointed to Ravenwood as their favorite public course around Rochester.
I personally lean toward Greystone, but Ravenwood is certainly right there. It's kept in first-rate shape. The layout is straight-forward and playable. I was really impressed with the staff, too. Ron was one of the best starters I've met in all my travels. He was friendly and went out of his way to say goodbye to me after the round. If more staff made that effort to more guests, golf would be in a better place.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Nice Place- I will be back again!

Thanks for a nice afternoon. Even though the weather was pretty poor I had a very enjoyable afternoon and found everyone there to be extremely friendly and courteous to an out of towner.

Several of the greens had been recently punched when I was there but I was told that before I went out so no surprise. The course is challenging but not a killer and looks to be in great shape.

I would definitely recommend this place to anyone visiting Rochester. Worth the short drive!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Definitely worth a visit!

I stopped here on a business trip to Rochester via Golfnow and will do so again on my next trip here.

The course was in excellent condition. Greens are fast, smooth and very challenging. The layout is not that long but even the shorter 4's will trick you into a bad score if you aren't careful.

The clubhouse is very nice and everyone is exceptionally friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

An Excellent Outing

My friend and I made arrangements to play here on the recommendation of a local. We were totally blown away by the very friendly welcome upon checking in. The course was in excellent shape. The layout was very interesting. The most challenging part of the course were the undulating speedy greens. No putt went where you thought it should go. A very definite challenge to the average golfer. I would highly recommend this course to all golfers. The many tee blocks allowed for all levels of golfers to find their best distance of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good Shape and Good Value

I had a very pleasant experience. The greens had been recently treated and were a bit slow, but overall the course was in very good condition. I paid $49 on GolfNow and well worth that price. I really liked the design of the course. Very playable and fare. Very good service.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Drains well, excellent track

It has been raining for several days, and sprinkled a little during the round. Cart path only, but the course drains well.
Even the traps were very playable when wet.
Maintenance is very good.
Greens large, and sloped.
Hilly, but not unfair.
This course is overpriced compared to others that are similar in quality in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great layout and challenging course

I played the course from the Tournament tees and found it quite challenging. The course layout is awesome with a mix of long par 3's , 4's and 5's and some shorter but still challenging holes thrown in.

This is the 2nd time I have played this course (Fall of 2013) and both times the course was in great shape. Its like playing a Private course. I can't wait to play it again this summer......& I live in CT!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Thoroughly enjoyable, beautiful condition

This course was really enjoyable to play. The layout is very "use-friendly" from the tees (probably one of the easiest driving courses I've ever played), but the greens are challenging enough that the course is no pushover. It's also set up at a very realistic level of distances for the average golfer (though there were 3 sub-300 yard par 4s from the blues, which I thought was probably 2 too many playing that short, even with the course playing at 6200 yards). And while I rode the course with a friend of mine, it would actually be a very walkable course, too. And on the day I played, the whole course--including the greens--was in beautiful shape.

My only minor criticism is that the course is a little pricey for its market at $55. But that's really hard to knock them for too much, because the course is really a gem.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Awesome Course

This was our first time playing this course. We caught a great hot deal on golf now and used the opportunity to take a ride and check it out. It's approx. an hour drive for us, but it was well worth it.
Beautiful landscaping and scenery viiew from every tee. We noticed a lot of divot marks in all the fairways which is a shame that people don't make the effort to repair their own divots, but overall the fairways were great. Greens were a bit challenging and my husband played in the bunkers a few times and believe me, there are many of them. Ladies tees are a goof advantage and more than fair on every whole. Would love to play this course again sometime. Love golfnow for making all of our rounds of golf so affordable!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Ontario Advisor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great shape

this course is in great shape, well taken care of
From the tee blocks to the greens fantastic
Played from the forward tees and most of the danger is taken away, sorry to say. I wish more courses would leave some challenge from the forward tees in play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great course

Overall course in great shape, you could tell there was some damage to the greens with the rough winter.Though greens were smooth and quick.Only disappointment was on 17th and 18th green, there was a kids camp on course and held us up for several minutes.Took 25 min to play last hole, they should have waved us through.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

ravenwood

Course in excellent condition with the exception of a few greens where people just refuse to repair their ballmarks.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

great course

Very nice maintenance good fairways difficult greens

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Links course worth the trip.

Was visiting Rochester area and picked this course off golfnow site. Very nice course and unusual links style with lots of wind made it more interesting.

Nice pro shop and staff. Do no hesitate to play this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Best course in WNY hands down

2nd time my group has played this course and it is amazing. The staff is friendly, the carts have gps in them, and a touch screen to order food on the 9th tee. Fairways were amazing to hit off of, the tee boxes kept clean, even the rough was kept lower than i remember so our shots that went off line weren't that hard to find. Honestly, if you get a chance to play this course do it. This course is the reason people fall in love with the game of golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great

I am ready to play again!! Great course and everyone was so friendly!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Must Play in Western NY

One of the Best Public Courses in the area. If you are traveling to the Finger Lakes, this is a must stop!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Best Public Course in Rochester

This course is very well run.
The staff is always great.
The course maintenance is also always very good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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