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Oakmont Country Club

Henry C. Fownes built Oakmont on former pastureland, using its hills as the framework for a course dominated by bunkers and demanding greens. The National Park Service nomination identifies the layout as his only course design and a response to the longer-flying rubber golf ball.2

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Original design
Henry Fownes
Design history
Opened
1904
Holes
18
Par
70
Club location
Oakmont
Pennsylvania

A landscape built to punish

The property is crossed by the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a railroad corridor. Within that divided landscape, tilted greens and sand hazards make accuracy consequential. The Church Pews sits between the third and fourth holes, confronting players on consecutive holes from opposite sides of the same bunker.23

Oakmont’s appearance nevertheless changed markedly. The Club’s history records extensive tree planting after the 1953 U.S. Open, followed decades later by removal as overgrowth and turf problems developed. The result recovered the broad, open views of the earlier design without requiring a wholly new routing.12

The greens explain how even an exceptional round can contain a mistake. At the eighth in the 1973 U.S. Open, Johnny Miller three-putted for his only bogey on the way to 63. The opening green supplies a different problem, sloping away from the approach so that reaching the surface does not guarantee an easy next stroke.3

Course design

  1. Original design

    Henry Fownes

  2. Restoration

    Gil Hanse

Hosted competitions

U.S. Open

  1. 2025 U.S. Open
  2. 2016 U.S. Open
  3. 2007 U.S. Open
  4. 1994 U.S. Open
  5. 1983 U.S. Open
  6. 1973 U.S. Open
4 more editions
  1. 1962 U.S. Open
  2. 1953 U.S. Open
  3. 1935 U.S. Open
  4. 1927 U.S. Open

U.S. Amateur

  1. 2021 U.S. Amateur
  2. 2003 U.S. Amateur
  3. 1969 U.S. Amateur
  4. 1938 U.S. Amateur
  5. 1925 U.S. Amateur
  6. 1919 U.S. Amateur

U.S. Women's Open

  1. 2010 U.S. Women's Open
  2. 1992 U.S. Women's Open

PGA Championship

  1. 1978 PGA Championship
  2. 1951 PGA Championship
  3. 1922 PGA Championship

Intercollegiate Golf Championship

  1. 1937 Intercollegiate Golf Championship
  2. 1930 Intercollegiate Golf Championship
  3. 1916 Intercollegiate Golf Championship

Scorecard

Complete 18-hole record

Historical competitions may have used different tees or routing.

Course record
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Tee register

Tee Gender Par Rating Slope Front yards Back yards Total yards Front par Back par
Championship Men 70 76.4 141 3,679 3,576 7,255 35 35
Green Men 70 75.3 139 3,534 3,490 7,024 35 35
Blue · Men Men 71 73.5 135 3,326 3,274 6,600 36 35
Blue · Women Women 75 79.7 143 3,326 3,274 6,600 37 38
White · Men Men 71 71.7 130 3,111 3,058 6,169 36 35
White · Women Women 75 77.3 138 3,111 3,058 6,169 37 38
Red · Women Women 75 74.3 132 2,805 2,831 5,636 37 38
Red · Men Men 71 69.1 126 2,805 2,831 5,636 36 35
Fairway Tees · Women Women 75 67.3 120 2,195 2,257 4,452 37 38
Fairway Tees · Men Men 71 63.8 119 2,195 2,257 4,452 36 35
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTot
Championship4823404286093821944792884773,6794623796671833584992313134843,5767,255
Green4623404235693821944352524773,5344623796021723584942313134793,4907,024
Blue · Men4413254055383651753902254623,3264403375851553454652112964403,2746,600
Blue · Women4413254055383651753902254623,3264403375851553454652112964403,2746,600
White · Men4213173805043191523572094523,1114363055501353324351892614153,0586,169
White · Women4213173805043191523572094523,1114363055501353324351892614153,0586,169
Red · Women4152603394672751452741854452,8054312714661293274211352414102,8315,636
Red · Men4152603394672751452741854452,8054312714661293274211352414102,8315,636
Fairway Tees · Women3372212723522191042381013512,1953412074341132303321281762962,2574,452
Fairway Tees · Men3372212723522191042381013512,1953412074341132303321281762962,2574,452
Par444543434354453443443570
Hcp591711173131541621812814106
Front nine Holes 1-9
Tee or hole123456789Out
Championship4823404286093821944792884773,679
Green4623404235693821944352524773,534
Blue · Men4413254055383651753902254623,326
Blue · Women4413254055383651753902254623,326
White · Men4213173805043191523572094523,111
White · Women4213173805043191523572094523,111
Red · Women4152603394672751452741854452,805
Red · Men4152603394672751452741854452,805
Fairway Tees · Women3372212723522191042381013512,195
Fairway Tees · Men3372212723522191042381013512,195
Par44454343435
Hcp5917111731315
Back nine Holes 10-18
Tee or hole101112131415161718In
Championship4623796671833584992313134843,576
Green4623796021723584942313134793,490
Blue · Men4403375851553454652112964403,274
Blue · Women4403375851553454652112964403,274
White · Men4363055501353324351892614153,058
White · Women4363055501353324351892614153,058
Red · Women4312714661293274211352414102,831
Red · Men4312714661293274211352414102,831
Fairway Tees · Women3412074341132303321281762962,257
Fairway Tees · Men3412074341132303321281762962,257
Par44534434435
Hcp41621812814106
Sources and record notes7 references

Sources for this history

  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
  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
  3. Course Tour Oakmont Country Club

    Holes 1, 3, 4, 8 and 9: sloping greens, Church Pews, Miller in 1973 and Palmer/Nicklaus in 1962.

    Consulted 2026-11-13

Course record sources

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