Oak Hill Country Club

Oak Hill CC

Location in the United States

Oak Hill Country Club, located in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester, has a rich history of golf. It started 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 greens on what once was a farmed-out field.^[3]

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 and later (and more recently for the 1989 Open and 2003 PGA) by Tom Fazio and his design group. In 1941 the Times-Union, a local paper at the time posted a $5000 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 would be held at Oak Hill over the next 62 years, including six men's major championships.

In 2015, the East Course was ranked 16th in Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.^[4]

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	141/2 to 131/2		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
2023	PGA Championship (4)	TBD				TBD

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 at the 2013 PGA Championship.^[5]

References

External links

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

Coordinates: 43°06′47″N 77°31′59″W / 43.113°N 77.533°W / 43.113; -77.533