224 - Loving Oakmont!

Tony Wright shares some personal memories related to playing the Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh, PA - and memories about some of the past U.S. Opens played at Oakmont. MY FAVORITE GOLF COURSE!

Here are four links to some interesting articles and a book worth reading about Oakmont...

WPGA Article - "Oakmont's Power To Challenge The Game's Best."

https://wpga.org/nws/2025/250523-oakmonts-power-to-challenge-the-games-best.html

The book "Chasing Greatness ..." - written about Johnny Miller's final round 63 in the 1973 U.S. Open at Oakmont.

https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Greatness-Johnny-Miracle-Oakmont/dp/045123264X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6B796OO36172&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dFSKto8LR1tFEzw7VnvmkA.RRvjLbKXmvWKhREvgYThXOqiZ6QTF905LKiP04qRTxA&dib_tag=se&keywords=chasing+greatness+johnny+miller&qid=1748360922&sprefix=chasing+greatness+johnny+miller%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1

A great article - "Fact, Fancy, and Johnny Miller's Final Round 63 in the 1973 US Open at Oakmont." 

https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/a/6/d/7a6dacf1fac6f2fbd959afa2a1bf1c87/LazarusSchlossman_JMiller_63_052725.pdf

Golf Digest Article about Oakmont Restoration - "The Undercover War That Swept The Game."

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-undercover-war-that-swept-the-game

 

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