Rochester, N.Y ? Justin Rose knew what awaited him at Oak Hill from watching videotape of Europe’s victory in the 1995 Ryder Cup.

The final two holes were so tough that par was good enough to win. Phillip Walton of Ireland clinched the cup with a bogey on the 18th.

“I had a picture of those holes in my mind when I arrived here,” Rose said. “I was like, ‘Wow! This is a brute.’ If you miss the fairway, you have no chance. If you hit a great tee shot on 17, you’re going in with a 3-iron and on 18 you’re going in with a 5-iron.

“To win the PGA Championship, you’re going to deserve it when you lift the trophy.”

It won’t be Rose, who missed the cut at 15 over par.

He played the final two holes with three pars and a bogey, showing that Oak Hill is a major test from start to finish.

But what a finish line.

An additional tee box on the 17th hole stretches it to 495 yards, which plays even longer considering the wind is often in the players’ faces. Not surprisingly, there were only nine birdies on the par-4 17th the first two rounds.

“The 17th hole is a par 5, I think, because that green is not set up for a 3-iron or a wood coming in there because it’s so firm,” Billy Andrade said. “I hit two perfect shots and still walked off with a 5. It’s all you want.”

The closing hole is not as long — only 482 yards — but can be even more intimidating, especially with a major championship on the line.

It has been lengthened, too, and caddie Mike Cowan has the yardage book to prove it. Cowan worked for Peter Jacobsen for nearly 20 years before switching to Tiger Woods and now U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk.

Cowan brought his yardage book from the 1989 U.S. Open.

“It used to be 248 (yards) to the bunker on the right, and it’s now 301,” Furyk said. “It definitely has been toughened up.”

The hole bends slightly to the right with a bunker at the neck, a line of huge oak trees down the left and rough that makes a golf ball disappear. Once in the fairway, the hole climbs 40 yards up a shaggy hill to a green that slopes from back to front.

Come up short, and the ball gets stuck in the cabbage, giving players an awkward stance. Anything long — as Woods has discovered — and it’s nearly impossible to keep the ball from running at least 10 feet past the hole.