Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world.
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Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world.
Oakmont Country Club
Apart from Augusta National, Oakmont Country Club has hosted more major Championships than any other course in the U.S. and it’s considered by many to be the toughest golf course in the world.
Oakmont is located on the West side of Pennsylvania close to Pittsburgh. The club was founded by Henry C. Fownes in 1903, it is the only course that he would design. The course was hand dug by Fownes and a team of men, and the course officially opened for membership in the autumn of 1904, playing 6,406 yards and a par 80.
The course itself is for its large and fast greens, and its famous "Church Pews" bunker which is likely to catch any wayward drives on the 3rd and 4th holes.
Oakmont has featured in our World Top 100 repeatedly over the years, with only one release - in 2014 - where it dropped out of the top 10 to 11th place. It is proven to be a world class golf course with a rich history, steeped in tradtion, and no doubt will continue to be so for a long time to come.
World Top 100 Golf Courses
The latest ranking of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World serves as the ultimate global golf bucket list. Most members of our World Top 100 Panel are seasoned golfers, each playing 20-30 of these courses annually while travelling extensively over decades to form their opinions on others. We recognise that opinions vary—even among our panel members. Rankings are subjective, and there are undoubtedly 50 or more courses in the UK and USA alone that could easily fit onto this list. Links Golf Pilgrimages The rankings
Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)
Victoria, Australia
St Andrews Links (Old)
Scotland, United Kingdom
Oakmont Country Club
Pennsylvania, United States
Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Muirfield
Scotland, United Kingdom