Williams was also responsible for placing tens of thousands of oak and other trees at the current site of Oak Hill Country Club, when the country club moved from Oak Hill near the Genesee River to a new space in Pittsford (in a land swap with the University of Rochester).
From NY 65, NY 31 continues southeast into the town of Pittsford, passing along the southern fringe of Oak Hill Country Club and paralleling the former right-of-way of the Auburn Road railroad line to the village of Pittsford.
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.
He made his only Ryder Cup appearance for Europe in 1995 at Oak Hill, where he beat Jay Haas on the final green of the crucial penultimate singles match.
country music | country | Georgia (country) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Basque Country (autonomous community) | Country music | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Basque Country | Oak | Marylebone Cricket Club | One Tree Hill | oak | One Tree Hill (TV series) | Lancashire County Cricket Club | Sierra Club | King of the Hill | Hot Country Songs | club | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Country | Club Brugge K.V. | Chapel Hill | Somerset County Cricket Club | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | Hill Street Blues | Glamorgan County Cricket Club | Parliament Hill | Hampshire County Cricket Club | Capitol Hill | Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club |
He went into the 2003 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club ranked 169th in the Official World Golf Ranking, thus becoming one of the biggest underdogs to win a major in recent times.