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As Carol Semple Thompson sat on a couch inside Oakmont Country Club overlooking the ninth green, she reminisced about the game she’s loved her entire life. She was never in it for the green — she was in it for the greens. “I love this course, and I really loved...

Around 200 police officers from 25 agencies — some of them handling security or crowd control, others parking and traffic details — will form the U.S. Open’s public-safety backbone next week to ensure the men’s golf championship’s 10th trek to the Pittsburgh suburbs goes off without a hitch. But, when...

Next week, Oakmont Country Club will host its 10th U.S. Open championship. This week at “Breakfast with Benz,” we are flashing back to memories of each of the last five U.S. Opens that have been held at the course in our podcast series with David Moore, a golf historian and...

I was fortunate to get a chance to play historic Oakmont Country Club a month ago during a media event for the 125th U.S. Open. I got to see first-hand what the field of 156 professional and amateur golfers will face when the tournament begins June 12. Unlike the pros,...

As a high school and college golfer, Matt Vogt spent summers caddying at Oakmont Country Club and admits he wondered what playing a U.S. Open there might feel like. He’ll know soon enough. “You walk down those fairways, and there’s so much history there,” Vogt said. “You’re playing the course...

Poa annua: Two words very few people know or care to understand. They’re also two of the most important words to the members and staff at Oakmont Country Club. The unique Poa annua grass, which is harvested in Western Pennsylvania, is what makes the legendary greens at Oakmont so firm...

From the pristine fairways and lightning-fast greens to the punishing bunkers and club-twisting rough, Oakmont Country Club is one of the toughest tests for even the world’s best golfers, who will descend upon Western Pennsylvania for the 125th U.S. Open from June 12-15. TribLive is producing a hole-by-hole look at...

Next week, Oakmont Country Club will host its 10th U.S. Open championship. This week at “Breakfast with Benz,” we are flashing back to memories of each of the last five U.S. Opens that have been held at the course in our podcast series with David Moore, a golf historian and...

Amateur Darin Kowalski was sitting on the porch at Southpointe Golf Club sipping a cold beverage and watching the field finish the final round of the Tri-State PGA Open on Tuesday. He had finished the best round of the tournament, a 4-under-par, and finished the two-day event at even par...

If Rory McIlroy hits a tee shot into a bunker next week at Oakmont Country Club, he’ll have a weekend hacker from the early 1900s to blame for its location. Architect Henry Fownes designed the historic course in 1903 and continued to alter its landscape as he watched where golfers...

From the pristine fairways and lightning-fast greens to the punishing bunkers and club-twisting rough, Oakmont Country Club is one of the toughest tests for even the world’s best golfers, who will descend upon Western Pennsylvania for the 125th U.S. Open from June 12-15. TribLive is producing a hole-by-hole look at...

Golf fans without tickets to attend the U.S. Open next week still will have the opportunity to purchase tournament merchandise, according to the USGA. The merchandise pavilion at Oakmont Country Club will be open to the public from Thursday to Sunday, prior to the tournament, the organization said. Featuring a...

Oakmont Country Club isn’t necessarily the place where a player expects to shoot the round of his or her life. Certainly Johnny Miller’s 63 in the final round of the 1973 U.S. Open comes to the forefront of any discussion of the best rounds there, but “going low” at Oakmont...

With the U.S. Open coming to Oakmont Country Club next week, members can still schedule tee times for themselves — at other area courses. “The reciprocal courtesies kindly extended to Oakmont members during the U.S. Open allow for plenty of options,” said club member David Hickton, a former U.S. attorney...

Next week, Oakmont Country Club will host its 10th U.S. Open championship. This week at “Breakfast with Benz,” we are flashing back to memories of each of the last five U.S. Opens that have been held at the course in our podcast series with David Moore, a golf historian and...

From the pristine fairways and lightning-fast greens to the punishing bunkers and club-twisting rough, Oakmont Country Club is one of the toughest tests for even the world’s best golfers, who will descend upon Western Pennsylvania for the 125th U.S. Open from June 12-15. TribLive is producing a hole-by-hole look at...

The 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont produced no shortage of complaints from the players. Most memorably, Phil Mickelson groused that the rough was so thick that he injured his wrist hitting out of it. Mickelson wasn’t alone in his angst. If the players weren’t expressing it verbally, their sour faces...

Next week, Oakmont Country Club will host its 10th U.S. Open championship. This week at “Breakfast with Benz,” we are flashing back to memories of each of the past five U.S. Opens that have been held at the course in our podcast series with David Moore. He is a golf...

Mark Miller believes his Indiana Township home is a perfect accommodation for people coming to town for the U.S. Open golf tournament in Oakmont next week. Situated about 5 miles from the picturesque golf course, the property boasts an in-ground pool, hot tub, wet bar and gourmet kitchen. It sits...