Country Club Golf Course Plans

1905

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Title
Country Club Golf Course Plans
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library (depositor)
Date
1905
Identifier
20091113-ocl-0097
Source Identifier
2003.01
Description
This hand-drawn map shows the original design of the Oakmont Country Club golf course. Henry C. Fownes, a steel manufacturer in Pittsburgh, designed the golf course personally and supervised its construction, despite his own lack of experience in this arena. Amazingly, the golf course's current layout differs very little from the original created by Fownes. The main differences result from the changes in yardage, necessary to compensate for the improvements in golfing equipment. Most of the golf course's land is actually located in Plum Borough. The Oakmont Country Club has hosted a large number of golf championships: seven U.S. Opens, five U.S. amateurs, three PGA championships, and one U.S. Woman's Open. Oakmont Country Club's golf course was where Johnny Miller achieved a final round score of 63 in the 1973 U.S. Open, which has been called "the greatest round of the 20th century." Fownes got together with friends and family to organize the Oakmont Country Club. In 1903, the Lee heirs sold 180 acres of the White Oak Levels to the Oakmont Land Company. That land, along with another ten acres, ultimately became the Oakmont Country Club. The Country Club is located on Hulton Road. Originally from the Oakmont Centennial Book Collection.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
Hulton Road (Oakmont, Pa.)
Oakmont Country Club (Oakmont, Pa.)
Golf--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Recreation--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Sports--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Source
Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
Collection
Oakmont Historical Image Collection
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library
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