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Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont Country Club is a top five country club and the oldest top-ranked golf course in the U.S. Many of the most important tournaments are played at Oakmont. Located in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
The course has always been ranked as one of the five best by Golf Digest 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America. In 2007 Oakmont was placed in 5th by the magazine.
It is one of only a few courses ranked every year in the top ten of the publication's history.
The top 50 toughest courses ranks Oakmont also at #5, while GolfLink.com ranks it at #3 overall.
It is widely considered to have the world's fastest and smoothest greens, with more tilt than most any other course in the world.
For the 2007 U.S. Open, the USGA has instructed Oakmont to roll the greens at a speed of 13–13.5 ft on the stimpmeter, slower than its usual 15. Most American golf courses have speeds in the range of 7–12 ft.
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"I miss the fairway by a yard and all I can do is chip out five yards," Ogilvy said. "You can hit great drives but be in bad spots." Geoff had a difficult weekend and may just be expressing frustration at his poor performance in the US Open. He also added: "If I didn't hit it into the fairway bunkers this week I would have been all right. I must have been in 25 of them. I don't think I advanced it more than 30 yards out of any of them, maybe twice. It's frustrating." Oakmont is a...
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