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Oakmont Country Club The Background Research Paper

(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.golfnow.com/course-directory/illinois-golf-courses/olympia-fields-golf-courses/olympia-fields-country-club-south-course

Dulac, G. (2007, February 11). Oakmont clears trees to revive Scottish-lins look for U.S. Open. Retrieved from Pittsburgh...

(2007, June 9). Oakmont Country Club: Awakening the Beast. Retrieved from Pittsburg Post-Gazette: http://www.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: http://www.usga.org/news/2010/May/Fownes -- the-Oakmont-Architect/

Parascenzo, M. (2007, Summer). The course loved 'round the world. Retrieved from Pittsburg Quarterly: http://www.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: http://www.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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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.golfnow.com/course-directory/illinois-golf-courses/olympia-fields-golf-courses/olympia-fields-country-club-south-course

Dulac, G. (2007, February 11). Oakmont clears trees to revive Scottish-lins look for U.S. Open. Retrieved from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.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: http://www.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: http://www.usga.org/news/2010/May/Fownes -- the-Oakmont-Architect/
Parascenzo, M. (2007, Summer). The course loved 'round the world. Retrieved from Pittsburg Quarterly: http://www.pittsburghquarterly.com/index.php/Team-Sports/how-the-oakmont-country-club-came-to-be.html
(Historic Golf Photos: http://www.historicgolfphotos.com/store/hogan-ben-pictures-photographs-prints-art/product/ben-hogan-tees-off-1948/
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