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.

Locust Hill Country Club
Club information
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
Established1931 (1925)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Tournaments hostedLPGA Championship
(2010-2013)
Wegmans LPGA
(1977-2009)
Websitelocusthill.org
Designed bySeymour Dunn
Robert Trent Jones
(redesign)
Par72
Length6,615 yards (6,049 m)[1]
Course rating72.8
Slope rating138 [2]

Golf course

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 golf course architect Robert Trent Jones.

This par 72 (35, 37) course is one of the country's top courses, along with Rochester's Oak Hill Country Club, and Country Club of Rochester. Despite being a relatively short course at 6,615 yards (6,049 m),[1] it has proven to be difficult year after year with tight fairways and tough greens. The course rating is 72.8 with a slope rating of 138.[2]

In 1966, a charity event was held at LHCC in which RDGA members played with stars such as Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus drove the green on a 360-yard (329 m) par 4 and two-putted for birdie, while Palmer holed out for eagle on the 466-yard (426 m) eighth hole. Both stated their love for the course after their rounds.

LPGA

From 1977 to 2009, Locust Hill CC was 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), Wegmans Rochester International (1998–2001) and Wegmans Rochester LPGA (2002–05). Locust Hill was the site of Nancy Lopez's fifth consecutive LPGA tournament victory in 1978, a record-setting performance.

From 2010 to 2013, it hosted the LPGA Championship in June, one of the four major championships. The 2010 title was won by Cristie Kerr at 269 (−19), a dozen strokes ahead of the field. In 2011, Yani Tseng won by ten strokes, again at 269 (–19). With longer rough in 2012, Shanshan Feng won her first event on tour by two strokes with a 282 (–6). Top-ranked Inbee Park won in 2013, in a sudden-death playoff over Catriona Matthew. The event moved a few miles east to nearby Monroe Golf Club in 2014.[3][4]

Scorecard
Locust Hill Country Club [1][2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Green 72.8/138 4533373825151634472094591803145 42452736241139214233348239734706615
White 72.0/134 4483253475061554402024501643037 41449535240238112633046537733426379
Senior 69.5/126 3912492935061554401663941642758 37939535240227612633046537731025860
Par Men's 44453435335 4544434543772
Handicap Men's 5913117311715 10248141816126
Ladies 74.1/135 3912492934281454131663941462625 37939533737127612232544335530035628
Par Women's 54453535337 4544434543774
Handicap Women's 7111515913317 14210841812616

References
  1. "Course Tour". Locust Hill Country Club. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  2. "Course Rating and Slope Database™: Locust Hill Country Club". USGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  3. "LPGA courses, dates to change". ESPN. Associated Press. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  4. "Wegmans LPGA Championship Returns to Rochester". LPGA. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

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