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Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course

Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course

Update: 2025-06-03
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Oakmont Country Club will hold its tenth U.S. Open next week, and a tour of its past champions shows how the hardscrabble philosophy of its founders still prevails, and maybe even exerts a supernatural influence on this brutal, glorious track.


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Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course

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