Locust Hill Country Club
Locust Hill Country Club is a championship golf club located in the Towns of Henrietta and Pittsford, New York, suburbs six miles (10 km) southeast of downtown Rochester.
The club was founded in 1925 as a nine-hole golf course on the 89-acre (0.36 km2) Locust Hill farm of Frank Zornow in the Town of Henrietta, bordering the Town of Pittsford.
In 1927, members purchased the 52-acre (0.21 km2) Brei Farm on the south side of Jefferson Road in Pittsford, and it reopened as an 18-hole course in 1931, redesigned by famous golf course architect Robert Trent Jones.
Since 1977, Locust Hill CC has been the host of the annual Wegmans LPGA tournament, one of the most popular annual events on the LPGA Tour. The tournament was formerly known as the Bankers Trust Classic (1977–78), Sarah Coventry (1979–81), Rochester International (1982–97), and Wegmans Rochester LPGA (1998– ).
Locust Hill was the site of Nancy Lopez's fifth consecutive LPGA tournament victory in 1978, a record-setting performance. It hosted the 2010 Wegmans LPGA Championship, won by Cristie Kerr at 269 (−19), a dozen strokes ahead of the field.
This par 72 (35, 37) course is one of the country's top courses, along with Rochester NY's Oak Hill, and Country Club of Rochester. The course record was set by Phil Mickelson in an exhibition match with Tiger Woods. Mickelson shot a 62, while Woods shot a 64. Mickelson won with a hole out for eagle on the 18th, while Woods nearly missed a chip in, tapping in par two strokes behind Mickelson. Both stated their love for the course after their rounds were complete.
[edit] External links
- Locust Hill.org – official site
- Cornell Athletics – Robert Trent Jones
Coordinates: 43°05′17″N 77°33′48″W / 43.08806°N 77.56333°W
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