Oak Hill Country Club (East)

Overview: Oak Hill's East Course is a private Rochester parkland layout by Donald Ross, set across rolling ground with tree-lined corridors, shifting directions and greens that make approach placement decisive. The course has championship length, but its character comes from the way holes turn over the property and use elevation, angles and changing wind. A major restoration by Andrew Green has brought additional emphasis to Ross's original shapes and the natural movement of the site.

History: Oak Hill Country Club moved to its present Rochester property in 1922, where Donald Ross designed the East and West courses in the mid-1920s. The East became a major championship venue through U.S. Opens, PGA Championships, the 1995 Ryder Cup and other national events. After decades of alterations by several architects, the club began a restoration led by Andrew Green in 2015, using Ross's drawings and historic photographs. The work culminated in a layout that hosted the 2023 PGA Championship while remaining recognisably rooted in its original design.

Did You Know? Oak Hill's East Course is the only venue in the United States to have hosted all six rotating men's championship categories: the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, U.S. Senior Open, Ryder Cup and Senior PGA Championship. That unusual record explains why the course appears so often in the game's major historical timeline, even though its identity remains tied to the quieter strategic ideas of Donald Ross.