The Robert Trent Jones Golf Course is

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...

. Designed by Cornell alumnus Robert Trent Jones and located northeast of North Campus in

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, the first half of the 18 hole course was opened in 1941, and the other 9 holes were added in 1954. It has been described as "the finest of Jones’s Finger Lakes offerings". The golf course hosts local and regional tournaments,

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games, the New York State high school boy's annual golf championships and acts as a home course for Cornell's women's and men's golf teams.NYSPHAA tournament information
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