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4 unusual facts about Oak Hill Country Club


John Ralston Williams

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).

New York State Route 31

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.

Oak Hill Country Club

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.

Philip Walton

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.


Shaun Micheel

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.


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