Oak Hill Country Club

Oak Hill began in 1901 as a nine-hole club on the banks of the Genesee River in Rochester. After a 1921 land swap with the University of Rochester, the club moved to a larger site in nearby Pittsford, where Donald Ross designed its two courses. The East Course opened in 1926 and became one of America's premier championship tests. It has hosted three U.S. Opens (1956, 1968, 1989), with champions including Lee Trevino and Curtis Strange, and multiple PGA Championships (1980, 2003, 2013), highlighted by Jack Nicklaus's seven-stroke victory in 1980. The East also staged the 1995 Ryder Cup. Over the decades the layout drifted from Ross's intent through mid-century revisions by Robert Trent Jones and later work by the Fazios. In 2019 architect Andrew Green led a comprehensive restoration returning the East toward Ross's original design vision.