Oakmont Country Club the Background Research Paper

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" Johnny Miller, famous golfer and tournament champion in the 1970s and early 1980s. (Dulac, Oakmont Country Club: Awakening the Beast, 2007)

"You can hit 72 greens in regulation in the Open at Oakmont and not come close to winning." Arnold Palmer, famous golfer. (Dulac).

"The golf course is going to be one of the toughest tests we've ever played in a U.S. Open, especially if it's dry, it will be unreal because those greens are so severe." American icon Tiger Woods. (Oakmont: Rock & Roll ( & roll & roll & roll) nightmare, 2007)

Video and Pictures -- there are a number of graphic and video sources for the course, but some interesting additions might be:

REFERENCES

Oakmont: Rock & Roll ( & roll & roll & roll) nightmare. (2007, June 9). Retrieved from Pittsburg Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/golf-us-open/oakmont-rock-roll-roll-roll-roll-nightmare-488737/

Oakmont Country Club. (2010, June). Retrieved from National Parks Department: http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1880&ResourceType=District

Olympia Fields Country Club. (2013, January). Retrieved from GolfNow: http://www.

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Dulac, G. (2007, February 11). Oakmont clears trees to revive Scottish-lins look for U.S. Open. Retrieved from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: post-gazette.com/stories/sports/golf-us-open/oakmont-clears-trees-to-revive-scottish-links-look-for-us-open-471759/

Dulac, G. (2007, June 9). Oakmont Country Club: Awakening the Beast. Retrieved from Pittsburg Post-Gazette: post-gazette.com/stories/sports/golf-us-open/oakmont-country-club-awakening-of-the-beast-488736/

Glenn, R. (2012, Junr). Fownes: The Oakmont Architect. Retrieved from U.S. Golf Association: usga.org/news/2010/May/Fownes -- the-Oakmont-Architect/

Parascenzo, M. (2007, Summer). The course loved 'round the world. Retrieved from Pittsburg Quarterly: pittsburghquarterly.com/index.php/Team-Sports/how-the-oakmont-country-club-came-to-be.html

Show the complexity of the course; explain the different holes and challenges (www.artistsgolf.com/Oakmont.htm).

Action Shot from 1948 from the Club Archives

(Historic Golf Photos: historicgolfphotos.com/store/hogan-ben-pictures-photographs-prints-art/product/ben-hogan-tees-off-1948/

Founder Henry Fownes, from the USGA Museum.

Undated aerial view before the 1960s added 4,000 trees. (Dulac).....

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