Oak Hill Country Club is a country club in the northeastern United States, located in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Founded 121 years ago in 1901 and best known for its East golf course, the club has hosted multiple major championships.

Oak Hill Country Club

Club information
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Location	Pittsford, New York, U.S.
Established	1901; 121 years ago (1901)
Type	Private
Total holes	36
Website	oakhillcc.com
East Course
Designed by	Donald J. Ross
Par	70
Length	7,360 yards (6,730 m)
Course rating	77.2
Slope rating	151
West Course
Designed by	Donald J. Ross
Par	71
Length	6,723 yards (6,148 m)
Course rating	72.9
Slope rating	133

History

The club has a rich history of golf, starting out in 1901 as only 9 holes on 85 acres (0.34 km²) on the banks of the Genesee River in Rochester. The clubhouse was no more than a converted farm house. However, at the time golf was a relatively new sport in America, and as popularity of the sport grew, so did the country club.

By 1921, Oak Hill had doubled in size and had a new clubhouse, so when the University of Rochester proposed a land swap in 1921, it was a tough decision for members. However, the country club decided to take the university up on their offer, and moved the club to a 355-acre (1.44 km²) plot in nearby Pittsford.

This decision ended up benefiting Oak Hill, the University of Rochester, and the City of Rochester. Now with triple the land of the old country club, Oak Hill had room for two 18-hole courses. Designed by Donald Ross, they became the East Course and the West Course. Local physician and civic personality John Ralston Williams cultivated oak trees and planted tens of thousands of them among the fairways and roughs on what once was a farmed-out field.[1]

East Course

The East Course — which hosts the major tournaments — is built around the east branch of Allen Creek, which acts as a lateral hazard on 9 of its 18 holes. It has had several changes made over the years, first by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. in the early 1960s, later (and more recently for the 1989 Open and 2003 PGA) by Tom Fazio and his design group and finally by Andrew Green who completed a restoration project in 2019.

In 1941, the Times-Union, a local paper at the time, posted a $5,000 purse which attracted the greatest golfers in the world, including names such as Sam Snead, Walter Hagen, and Ben Hogan. This tournament, won by Snead, put Oak Hill on the national golf map. Several prestigious tournaments were held at Oak Hill over the next 78 years, including six men's major championships – including three U.S. Opens and three PGA Championships, as well as the Ryder Cup.

In 2019, the East Course was ranked 22nd in Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.

Major tournaments hosted

All played on the East Course.

Year	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1949	U.S. Amateur	Charles Coe	11 & 10		Rufus King	N/A
1956	U.S. Open	Cary Middlecoff	281 (+1)	1 stroke	Ben Hogan Julius Boros	6,000
1968	U.S. Open (2)	Lee Trevino	275 (–5)	4 strokes	Jack Nicklaus	30,000
1980	PGA Championship	Jack Nicklaus	274 (–6)	7 strokes	Andy Bean	60,000
1984	U.S. Senior Open	Miller Barber	286 (–2)	2 strokes	Arnold Palmer	36,448
1989	U.S. Open (3)	Curtis Strange	278 (–2)	1 stroke	Chip Beck Mark McCumber Ian Woosnam	200,000
1995	Ryder Cup	Europe	14½ to 13½		United States	N/A
1998	U.S. Amateur (2)	Hank Kuehne	2 & 1		Tom McKnight	N/A
2003	PGA Championship (2)	Shaun Micheel	276 (–4)	2 strokes	Chad Campbell	1,080,000
2008	Senior PGA Championship	Jay Haas	287 (+7)	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer	360,000
2013	PGA Championship (3)	Jason Dufner	270 (–10)	2 strokes	Jim Furyk	1,445,000
2019	Senior PGA Championship (2)	Ken Tanigawa	277 (–3)	1 stroke	Scott McCarron	585,000

Bolded years major championships on PGA Tour.

Upon the completion of the 2008 Senior PGA Championship, Oak Hill Country Club is the only club in the United States to have hosted all six of the men's major championships that move around the country.

The course record of 63 is by Jason Dufner, in the second round of the 2013 PGA Championship.[2]

Future events

References

External links

• Official website
• 2003 PGA Championship
• 2013 PGA Championship
• Hole by Hole Guide from 2013 PGA Championship
• Complete Course Layout