A look back at when it was at Oak Hill

The final two rounds of the 2025 PGA Championship will play out this weekend as all eyes are on Quail Hollow Club and its famous “Green Mile” in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Considered the top event on the tour, landing the PGA Championship is a major accomplishment for a country club and the host city. Around 200,000 spectators are expected at Quail Hollow, which has hosted 21 PGA events since 2003.

Rochester is no stranger to the golf world, with the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club a recent memory for most Rochesterians. These days, Rochester’s most prestigious golf course is grabbing headlines for the bitter feud fuming at the club.

The club is scheduled to host the 2027 U.S. Amateur Championship, the most prestigious men’s amateur golf tournament. It will be the 14th time the eyes of eyes of the golf world is focused on Oak Hill, according to veteran sports reporter Sal Maiorana. The club has hosted three U.S. Opens (1956, 1968, 1989), four PGA championships (1980, 2003, 2013, 2023), one U.S. Senior Open (1984), two Senior PGA championships (2008, 2019), and one Ryder Cup (1995).

As the 2025 PGA Championship continues at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, let’s look back at Rochester’s turn in the sun in 2023.

PGA Championship photos: Crowds were huge at Oak Hill in 2023

No post-tournament attendance/economic impact numbers have been reported, but the 2023 PGA Championship was a sellout with about 225,000 spectators expected to attend.

PGA Championship photos: Brooks Koepka wins 2023 PGA Championship

Brooks Koepka took home $3.15 million for his two-shot victory over runners-up Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland at the 2023 PGA Championship. Koepka currently playing for the LIV Golf League for $100 contract that runs through 2026. His last PGA event was the 2024 PGA Championship.

Greatest moment: ‘Block Party’ at the 2023 PGA Championship

Michael Block, a club pro, won the hearts of many with his plucky play at 2023 PGA Championship that culminated in an improbable hole-in-one on the 15th hole on the final day.

“That magical shot at Oak Hill Country Club cemented the ‘fairytale story’ — as Jim Nantz put it — of Block’s week at the 2023 PGA Championship,” said Jack Hirsch in a 2023 retrospective.

Rochester had already fallen in love with the underdog by that point of the championship.

— Bill Wolcott is a producer who helps cover the Buffalo Bills, high school and Rochester sports in general. The lifelong New Yorker has been a journalist for 31 years.