U.S. Open ’25: Decades ago under dark of night, Oakmont began removing trees and started a golf trend

U.S. Open '25: Decades ago under dark of night, Oakmont began removing trees and started a golf trend

Under the dark of night three decades ago, the people in charge of Oakmont Country Club started cutting down trees. They didn’t stop until some 15,000 had been removed. The project reimagined one of America’s foremost golf cathedrals and started…

U.S. Open ’25: Decades ago under dark of night, Oakmont began removing trees and started a golf trend

By EDDIE PELLS Last month, Scottie Scheffler made mention of a trend in golf design that rubs him wrong — removing trees from courses. This week, the world’s best player and favorite to win the U.S. Open will play a course that did just that, but didn’t become one bit easier the way some layouts do when the trees go away. Under the dark of night three decades ago, the people in charge of Oakmont Country Club started cutting down trees. They didn…

The tradition of Father’s Day and U.S. Open final - Baltimore Positive WNST

It's just up the road in Pittsburgh at legendary Oakmont this year and our PGA pro Ed Miller of Pine Ridge Golf gives Nestor a U.S. Open preview as his Essex Father's Day tradition rules on the course this Sunday.

Decades ago under dark of night, Oakmont began removing trees and started a golf trend

Last month, Scottie Scheffler made mention of a trend in golf design that rubs him wrong — removing trees from courses.