Victor Hills Golf Club

1450 Brace Road
Victor, NY 14564
  (585) 924-3480
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Club Facilities

Semi-Private

Gas Carts

Bar

Banquet Facilities

Snack Bar

Tees

Name	Tee Color	Sex	Holes	Par	Distance	Slope	Rating
North	Blue	Men	18	72	6495	121	70.8
North	White	Men	18	72	6068	116	68.8
North	Red	Women	18	72	4955	110	67.8
South	Blue	Men	18	72	6530	119	71.2
South	White	Men	18	72	6169	114	69.1
South	Red	Women	18	72	5099	112	68.6
East	Blue	Men	18	70	5573	121	70.8
East	White	Men	18	70	5202	116	68.8
East	Red	Women	18	70	4545	110	68.7

  tee info last updated: December 23, 2004

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Course Details

54 Holes

Hard-Average Walk

Water Hazards

Sand Traps

Practice Facilities

Putting Green

Pitching Green

Sand Practice Area

Course History

Designed by Peter Craig

Designed by Jack Dianetti Sr.

Designed by Jack Dianetti Sr.

Peter Craig designed the North course in 1974. Jack Dianetti Sr. designed the South course in 1980, and the East course in 2003.

Course Description

Located in a beautiful natural setting, this facility has three 18 hole courses, North, South and the new East course. In addition to the three eighteen hole courses, the facility also has an executive nine course. Senior rate is good at 52 years old!

North Course
As a member of Victor Hills I have grown to love the North Course. It is the quirkiest of the 3 eighteens at this facility and rewards length, but at the same time demands accuracy. There are many birdies out there, but just as many doubles!

Right off the bat is a long uphill par 5, which can start your day with a birdie if you club your approach right. There are many shorter par fours here but the fairways are tight and the greens deceptively tricky. Number 7 boasts a huge tree in the middle of the fairway as a target. The two-green rotation is tough and the right hand green yields many a three-putt due to the severe slope from right to left. Take your bogey and run.

The par 3 eighth is an uphill killer that plays anywhere from a 4 iron to a big 3 wood. If you nuke a drive on number nine you can go for either of another pair of greens, but a small pond and a stand of trees protects both.

The back nine is just as funky. Beginning with #12 you are just as apt to string a bunch birdies together as you are some of those “others”. A big drive on #15 sets up as little as middle iron from the corner of this sharp dogleg par 5. Par feels like a bogey here. The par five finishing hole comes out of a shoot about 100 yards long and the huge trees both sides make your knees shake. After the tee shot, the rest of the hole is quite fun. A very tight lay-up spot encourages you to go for the green in two here. But the second shot is almost blind into the two-tiered green.
- by Dan Crosby

South Course
The South Course is the most straight forward of the 3 eighteens at VH. The first hole is a great start to this layout. Most of the holes are straight away, but holes 3-6 run between rows of tall trees and you must keep it in the fairway. The approach on #5 plays slightly shorter than the yardage indicates, but the green is on a hill and any wind bothers the shot. The short par five 6th hole yields eagles, but the drive must be in the fairway to get home in two. The huge pond behind the par three 8th looms large and too much club is all wet.

The back nine starts with a terrific up hill par five and then a water-guarded par three with a dastardly green. The green on twelve is no easier and breaks hard from left to right more than it looks. After three relatively easy par fours the finishing three holes are fantastic.

Number 16 demands a lay up off the tee, as the pond that sits 230 yards out will swallow a driver. Then its 150-200 yards up the hill to a green you can’t see. This is one terrific par four. The 17th is a par five that features an uphill tee shot, a long lay up and then a 100-yard approach over a valley. The green is tough to hold and par is a good score here. The last hole is a 200-yard, down hill par 3 with large pond to the left of the green. Finishing with three pars here is a feat.

East Course
Victor Hills East is the kind of course where a hole can get away from you rather quickly. You soon get the general impression of this course built on along the natural ravines crisscrossed with meandering streams and raised greens. The front nine is significantly shorter than the back. The front white tees are a par 34, 2665 yard with two par 3's and no par 5's. The back nine is a very respectable 3112 yard, par 36 which makes for a 5720 yard course. The course is a very quiet and natural course that feels miles away from civilization.

East doesn't allow leagues or tournaments, so it is always available for a tee time. I don't know of any other 18 hole course that has this policy, and I hope they can keep this. You can't play 18 in the Rochester area after 2:30pm Monday thru Thurs since all the courses have leagues starting late afternoon on both the front and back nines.
- by Tom Kredo NOTE: Victor Hills is probably the one of the most well kept semi-private courses in the area. It is dry early in the year and is very playable late in the fall. The full bar with munchie menu is a good spot to hang out after a round.
- by Dan Crosby

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