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

Local Knowledge by Golf Digest

Jun 3, 202500:36:25Sports & Recreation

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...

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Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course is an episode from Local Knowledge by Golf Digest. Oakmont Country Club will hold its tenth U.S. Open next week, and a tour of its past champions shows how...

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