Location: Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA | Ranking: #46 — The Global Golfer Top 100
Type: Parkland | Designer: Henry Fownes (1904)
Editor’s Note: Nine US Opens, one US Amateur — no venue in American golf has hosted more major championships than Oakmont Country Club. Henry Fownes designed it with deliberate severity: 175 bunkers, greens running at 14+ on the Stimpmeter and the infamous Church Pew bunkers between the 3rd and 4th holes. Johnny Miller’s 63 in the final round of the 1973 US Open remains the most extraordinary major championship scoring round in history.
Contact & Access
- Access: Members and guests only | Rating / Slope: 78.8 / 155 — the highest combination of any US Open venue | Airport: Pittsburgh (PIT) — 20 mins.
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 |
| Yards | 482 | 341 | 428 | 609 | 379 | 194 | 479 | 253 | 477 | 3,642 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Yards | 462 | 379 | 667 | 183 | 358 | 453 | 230 | 313 | 484 | 3,529 | 7,230 |
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Key Notes & 19th Hole
- The Church Pew Bunkers: Between holes 3 and 4 — parallel rows of grass-covered mounds separated by deep sand furrows running across 100 yards of fairway. The most distinctive and notorious hazard in American golf.
- The Greens: Running at 14+ on the Stimpmeter in US Open conditions — the fastest maintained greens in championship golf. Any putt above the hole requires the most delicate touch imaginable.
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