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Oakmont, PA

Oakmont Country Club

Oakmont grew from the ambitions of Pittsburgh industrialist Henry C. Fownes and golfers who wanted a more demanding course than their nine holes at Highland. The Club was established in 1903; its course opened for play on October 1, 1904.

Oakmont Country Club club mark
Oakmont Country Club’s Club mark
Course
18 holes · par 70 · Opened 1904
Original architect
Henry Fownes
Club website
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The course

Course design

The Fownes family’s Club

The clubhouse opened with the course. Pittsburgh architect Edward Stotz designed it to suggest a Scottish farmhouse; a ballroom was added in the early 1920s. The building joined the golfing project to a particular image of the game’s origins, expressed in the place where members gathered.

Henry’s son William C. Fownes Jr. combined course stewardship with competitive achievement. He won the 1910 U.S. Amateur and later served as USGA president in 1926 and 1927. At Oakmont, his work on the grounds included changing the bunkers that shaped the challenge inherited from his father.

The Club’s first U.S. Amateur arrived in 1919, when member Davy Herron defeated Bobby Jones in the final. Hosting and playing were intertwined in that result: Oakmont was both the national championship’s venue and the winning player’s home Club. It began an enduring sequence of national championships on the property.

Championships

  1. 2025 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  2. 2021 U.S. AmateurOakmont Country Club
  3. 2016 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  4. 2010 U.S. Women's OpenOakmont Country Club
View all 24 past editions
  1. 2007 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  2. 2003 U.S. AmateurOakmont Country Club
  3. 1994 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  4. 1992 U.S. Women's OpenOakmont Country Club
  5. 1983 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  6. 1978 PGA ChampionshipOakmont Country Club
  7. 1973 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  8. 1969 U.S. AmateurOakmont Country Club
  9. 1962 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  10. 1953 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  11. 1951 PGA ChampionshipOakmont Country Club
  12. 1938 U.S. AmateurOakmont Country Club
  13. 1937 Intercollegiate Golf ChampionshipOakmont Country Club
  14. 1935 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  15. 1930 Intercollegiate Golf ChampionshipOakmont Country Club
  16. 1927 U.S. OpenOakmont Country Club
  17. 1925 U.S. AmateurOakmont Country Club
  18. 1922 PGA ChampionshipOakmont Country Club
  19. 1919 U.S. AmateurOakmont Country Club
  20. 1916 Intercollegiate Golf ChampionshipOakmont Country Club
Results and dates 24 editions

U.S. Open

  1. Tommy Armour

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  2. Sam Parks Jr.

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  3. Ben Hogan

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  4. Jack Nicklaus

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  5. Johnny Miller

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  6. Larry Nelson

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  7. Ernie Els

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  8. Angel Cabrera

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  9. Dustin Johnson

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  10. J.J. Spaun

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U.S. Amateur

  1. S. Davidson Herron

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  2. Robert T. Jones Jr.

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  3. Willie Turnesa

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  4. Steve Melnyk

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  5. Nick Flanagan

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  6. James Piot

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Intercollegiate Golf Championship

  1. James W. Hubbell

  2. George T. Dunlap Jr.

  3. Fred Haas Jr.

PGA Championship

  1. Gene Sarazen

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  2. Sam Snead

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  3. John Mahaffey

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U.S. Women's Open

  1. Patty Sheehan

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  2. Paula Creamer

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In the archive

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Sources and editorial notes14 references

Sources for this story

  1. The History of Oakmont Country Club Oakmont Country Club

    David Moore, Curator of Collections: 1903 organization, October 1, 1904 opening, Edward Stotz clubhouse, 1919 Amateur, tree planting and removal.

    Consulted 2026-11-13
    Passages:IntroductionThe Fownes family’s Club, paragraph 2The Fownes family’s Club, paragraph 4
  2. Oakmont Country Club: National Register nomination National Park Service

    PDF pages 2 and 10-11: pastureland, railroad/Turnpike corridor, course characteristics, rubber-ball transition, Fownes family and William Fownes Jr.

    Consulted 2026-11-13
    Passages:The Fownes family’s Club, paragraph 3
Record sources12 references
  1. Club mark source
  2. Hanse Golf Course Design
  3. 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 2025 Championship, J.J. Spaun, the June 12-15 date span, and Oakmont (Pa.) C.C.; its result heading explicitly identifies the 125th U.S. Open. The current official Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
  4. USGA: 2025 and 2026 U.S. Open host announcement The official announcement identifies 2025 as the tenth U.S. Open on the H.C. Fownes design and enumerates the eight earlier Opens plus 2016. This establishes continuing physical-course identity, not an unchanged hole-by-hole design. The USGA 2026 record book independently confirms the completed edition and host. Prior club-only provenance: Dated USGA host wording Oakmont (Pa.) C.C. is explicitly reconciled to Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, PA. The dated register identifies the Club. A continuing physical Course identity is not inferred from a single stored Course or an unqualified venue name. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org
  5. USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 11, 2021 result row. James Piot def. Austin Greaser, 2 and 1. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
  6. Oakmont Country Club: USGA Championships at Oakmont Primary source identifies the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont and its champion. This record does not claim that all qualifying or stroke-play rounds occurred at Oakmont.
  7. USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results The official champions table records the 2010 winner and site. Recorded site text follows that table; no canonical Club or Course identity is inferred. Explicit date span: www.usga.org
  8. USGA: 2016 Oakmont Notebook The USGA’s 2016 Oakmont notebook identifies the Henry Fownes course and lists the 1992 and 2010 U.S. Women’s Opens at Oakmont (PDF page 6).
  9. Travis Puterbaugh: Patty Sheehan and the 1992 U.S. Women’s Open Retrospective by the World Golf Hall of Fame historian describes Monday playoff; dated trophy photograph identifies July 27. USGA book page 7 stops at scheduled July 26.
  10. 2026 PGA Championship Media Guide The official Media Guide directly enumerates the 60th playing, champion, site, and its year-page date span. The recorded venue and champion preserve the official PGA Championship History entry’s published text.
  11. National Park Service: Oakmont National Historic Landmark nomination The retained National Historic Landmark nomination identifies the physical Oakmont course and lists its 1922, 1951 and 1978 PGA Championships on PDF pages 11-12. Course alterations and the 1978 playoff are described. This establishes continuing physical identity, not unchanged individual holes.
  12. NCAA: 2025 Division I Mens Golf Championships Records Book PDF pages 5 and 9 establish the completed 1937 intercollegiate event, Oakmont site, team and individual champions. This pre-1939 edition is not counted as an NCAA title. Exact calendar dates and match scores remain unasserted.
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