On Saturday at Oakmont Country Club, many of the game’s current greats battled the multitude of challenges presented by golf’s most difficult test at the U.S. Open. In the media’s interview room, however, two of golf’s most prolific figures leisurely relived their...
Kayona McIntosh-Perkins grew up just footsteps away from historic Oakmont Country Club. However, despite her geographical proximity to the home of this week’s 125th U.S. Open, she had never walked through the front gates. She had never traversed the perfectly...
WESTMONT — For years, 84 to be exact, the Sunnehanna Amateur has been contested high in the Allegheny mountains in a Johnstown suburb as one of the premier events on the national amateur calendar. This is the weekend for that annual gathering of golfers, many of...
Just two practice rounds into the 125th U.S. Open and the conjecture surrounding Oakmont Country Club’s difficulty is swiftly turning into reality. Even for the game’s best players. “I think everybody knows this is probably the toughest golf course in the world right...
In days gone by, the arrival of the U.S. Open at a golf course or club near you in mid-June meant a couple things. Golf fans traveled from great distances to witness the best players in the world take on one of best layouts in the country. And while those fans were in...
In April, the USGA, Oakmont Country Club and the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association announced a significant monetary investment into the region in advance of the 125th U.S. Open. The community giveback program pledge of $1 million, funded by the three entities —...
