Founded in 1895, The Country Club of Rochester (CCR) is one of the oldest golf clubs in America. Its award winning golf course was designed by Donald Ross, the pre-eminent golf course architect of his time and a Master Plan restoration was completed in 2004 by Golf Course Architect, Gil Hanse. The Club hosted the first U.S.G.A. U.S. Women's Open Championship in 1953, the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in 1962 and the U.S. Women's Open Championship again in 1973. In the very early days, the Club's reputation was enhanced through the fame of the incomparable Walter Hagen, one of the greatest of professional golfers, and certainly the game's most colorful player in his era. Hagen grew up in Brighton, near the Country Club, where he was first a caddie and later became Club professional. In the Hagen Lounge, which perpetuates his name, there are memorabilia marking his golfing achievements, and The Hagen Lounge perpetuates his name. Golf Course Architect Robert Trent Jones also got his start in golf as a caddie at CCR.