Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Parkland
13 major championships hosted since 1927
Established
1903
Designer
Henry C. Fownes
Par
70
Championship Yardage
7,255 yds
Oakmont Country Club, built by Henry Fownes in 1903 outside Pittsburgh, is routinely called the hardest course in America. Its lightning, sloping greens, some 175 bunkers including the famous “Church Pews,” and brutal rough have defended par for over a century.
Oakmont has hosted the U.S. Open a record number of times and produced some of the championship's defining moments — from Jack Nicklaus's first professional win to Johnny Miller's final-round 63 to J.J. Spaun's 2025 triumph in a rain-soaked finish.
Lowest scoring marks recorded in major championship competition at Oakmont Country Club.
Course Record (round)
63
Johnny Miller, 1973
Lowest 72-Hole Total
272 (−8)
Larry Nelson, 1983
First Major Hosted
1927
Total Majors Hosted
13
Every major championship staged at Oakmont Country Club, by championship and year.
| Championship | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | 10 | 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2016, 2025 |
| PGA Championship | 3 | 1922, 1951, 1978 |
Defining rounds and championship moments in the history of Oakmont Country Club.
A 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus beat hometown favorite Arnold Palmer in an 18-hole playoff for his first professional victory.
Johnny Miller shot a final-round 63 — long considered the greatest round in major history — to come from six back and win the U.S. Open.
Ángel Cabrera survived Oakmont at 5-over 285 to edge Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk.
Dustin Johnson won his first major despite a controversial rules review on the final nine, finishing at 4-under 276.
J.J. Spaun closed with a dramatic birdie on the 72nd hole in heavy rain to win his first major at the 2025 U.S. Open.
Johnny Miller's final-round 63 in the 1973 U.S. Open is the celebrated Oakmont record and one of the most famous rounds ever played.
Its severely sloping, glassy-fast greens, 175-plus bunkers including the Church Pews, and penal rough make it widely regarded as the toughest test in American golf.
Oakmont has hosted more U.S. Opens than any other course, most recently in 2025.