I-Nestled in the hills far out of Pittsburgh, ePennsylvania, i-Oakmont Country Club idla ngokubanzi phakathi kweeklasi ezi-5 zegalufa eziphezulu eMelika kwaye zenze iinjongo eziphambili kunanoma yiyiphi enye igalofu kulolu hlanga. I-Oakmont nayo iyazimela ngokuba yiklasi yokuqala ye-golf yase-US eya kuba (ngo-1987) njengeNational History Landmark. I-Oakmont yayaziwa kakhulu ngenxa yemifuno ekhawulezayo kakhulu, i-rough rough, kunye necawa yecawa yayo yoshishino, i-turf-burden-loaded bunker phakathi kwendlela yesithathu neyesine.
"Iphosi elingadlalayo kufuneka libe yinto ephosakeleyo," watsho uWilliam Fownes (unyana kaHenry Fownes) malunga ne-Oakmont.
KwiQumrhu leGalofu yeGalmont
Inkqubo yegolati yehlabathi ye-golf e-Oakmont Country Club yiyona yodwa kwiklasi yegalufa ehlabathini eyenzelwe nguFenry Fownes. Evuliwe ngo-1903, iklasi yegolfu yase-Oakmont ithathwa njengabantu abaninzi ukuba babe yikhosi yegalufa e-United States. Nangona iinguqu zikulindeleke ngaphezu kwembali yeminyaka eyi-100, imifino kwi-golf yase-Oakmont iya kuhlala ibe njengokuba yayilungiselelwe ekuqaleni. I-Oakmont yikhosi ye-golfer yangempela kunye nemifuno esheshayo, ama-bunkers angama-200 kunye ne-Scottish-style links kunye neengozi zamanzi. I-Par kuba amalungu angama-71, nangona le nto yahlaselwa kuma-70 kubadlali kwi-2007 US Open.
I-Oakmont's Signature Hole
Inqabileyo e-456-yard engama-18 e-Oakmont ibizwe ngokuba yizona zininzi eziphambili nge-4 kwigorfu. Lo mgodi odumileyo unomncinci omncinci kummelwane wakhe ekuqaleni kwekhosi, nangona kunjalo.
I-par-4, i-482-yard hole hole yavotelwa i-PGA Tour nzima.
I-Famous Famous Church iPew Bunker
Iiblue bluhlu eziyisixhenxe ezihlukeneyo, nganye ezahlukana ngendlala ephezulu, ziye zayingxenye ye-Oakmont ukususela kwiintsuku zokuqala. Kwaye kwada kwafika ngo-1935 i-US Ivule ukuba ii-bunkers zihlanganiswe malunga neenqanawa ukuxhuma omnye nomnye ukuba ziqulunqe ngoku ziwayo "i-Church Pew Bunker," kunye neengcambu zayo zengca ezakha iiplanga kwisitye.
Akucaci xa abantu basekhaya beqala ukusebenzisa "iikontsi zecawa" ixesha lokuchaza indawo yase-Oakmont njengobuninzi obudumileyo, kodwa igama lesiteketiso libonakala liye lashaya isiteji kazwelonke kwi-1962 US Open apho ibonakala khona kwiprogram nakwiimboniselo zendaba ezibandakanya umcimbi.
IiNtshatsheli eziPhambili ezithintekayo kwi-Club ye-Oakmont Country
I-Oakmont ikhethwe njenge-host of US Izihlandlo ezilisithoba (1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007, no-2016) ngaphezu kweyiphi na enye inkambo. Kukhethwe ukhetho lokusingatha umdlalo we-2025.
Ukongeza, ii-PGA Championships ezintathu, ama-Amateurs amahlanu e-US kunye ne-US Women's Open eye yabanjelwa e-Oakmont Country Club. I-Oakmont yakhethwa kwakhona ukuba ibambe i-US Women's Open Open 2010.
Oakmont Clubhouse
Emva kokuma iminyaka engaphezu kwe-100 kwindawo enye, i-ccbhobhouse yase-Oakmont ekhangeleka kakhulu ibukeka ibonakala ngendlela eyenziwe ngayo xa yayakhiwa kuqala. Amabini amabini I-Tudor-style clubhouse ivakalelwa kakhulu njengekhaya elikhululekile kwikhaya.
Ukubuyiselwa kweClubhouse eyenzeka ngo-2002 ukuya ku-2007 wakwazi ukugcina le nkcubeko. Izixhobo ezibalulekileyo nezakhiwo ziphuculwe, kodwa igumbi lokukrola alisayi kubakho umoya kunye namagqabi e-spike asasababoni amabhentshi kunye neepansi. Iifoto ezindala zeemidlalo ezidlalwa e-Oakmont zihlala kuzo zonke igumbi.
Udonga lonke lunikezelwa kwi-1962 e-US Open Open phakathi kukaJack Nicklaus kunye nePalmer.
Amaxesha akhumbulayo kwi-Club yase-Oakmont
- Ngowe-1953, uBen Hogan wayinqoba i-US Open okwesine ubudala eneminyaka engama-40, ehlula uSam Snead ngamatye ayisithandathu. Umtsalane oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala waseLatrobe, PA, ogama lakhe linguAlmer Palmer wenza inkundla yakhe yokuqala ye-US Open njengenye enye kodwa engaphuthelwa.
- UJack Nicklaus wayinqobe iqela lakhe lokuqala kwi-1962 US Open eqhutyelwe e-Oakmont, i-dethroning entshona entshona yasePennsylvania nase-Arnold Palmer.
- Ujikelezo lwalubizwa ngokuba lukhulu kunkulungwane ye-20 ludlalwa e-Oakmont ngowe-1973. UJohnny Miller wadlala izibonda ezingu-18 kwiimivimbo ezingama-63 (ngaphantsi kwe-par) ukuphumelela i-US Open. Waqala iintonga ezithandathu ezalandela emva kwezinto ezihamba phambili ezibandakanya uArnold Palmer. Le ngxelo yokugqibela ye-US evulekileyo irekhodi alizange libethe.
- I-Forrest Fezler yaba ngumdlali wokuqala e-US Iimbali ezivulekileyo zokugqoka iifutshane xa esebenzisa indlu yangasese ephathekayo ukuze utshintshe ngokukhawuleza emva kwe-17 hole.
Ukufika e-Oakmont
I-Oakmont Country Club ikhona, akumangalisi, kwindawo yase-Oakmont, PA, ezili-14 ukuya kweMlambo i-Allegheny ukusuka edolophu yasePittsburgh. Ukususela kwi-I-76 (iPennsylvania Turnpike) thabatha ukuphuma 48 (Allegheny Valley). Hamba ngasezantsi ukuya ePittsburgh malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2. Jikela ngakwesobunxele kwi-Hulton Bridge. Landela iHulton Road malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1 ukuya kwinqanaba legalufa. Ukungena kwe-Oakmont kusekhohlo.
Imephu kunye nezikhokelo ukuya e-Oakmont ukusuka kwindawo yakho
IQela leLizwe laseWalmont
1233 Hulton Rd.
Oakmont, PA 15139
(412) 828-8000
www.oakmont-countryclub.org/