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Oakmont had its way with me today

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Wed, May 11 2011 8:58 PM (15 replies)
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  • roadkill47
    3 Posts
    Mon, May 2 2011 5:44 AM

    I have been looking 3 months now for the clowns mouth at Oakmont. Avoid it now also.

  • 8buster8
    649 Posts
    Mon, May 2 2011 6:32 AM

    why i love oakmont:

    2007: Ángel Cabrera of Argentina shot five over par (285) to defeat Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke.

    Arnold Palmer: "You can hit 72 greens [in regulation] in the Open at Oakmont and not come close to winning."

    Rocco Mediate said of the greens that they are "almost impossible"

    Sam Snead once commented that he tried to mark his ball on one of Oakmont's greens but the coin slid off.

    Lee Trevino claimed every time he two-putted at Oakmont he knew he was passing somebody on the leader board.

    Jack Nicklaus w/ Arnold Palmer @ Oakmont in 1962 after Nicklaus won a playoff for his 1st US Open

     

  • DarSum
    1,440 Posts
    Mon, May 2 2011 7:16 AM

    I wonder if they allow sledding on the greens in the winter time?

    #9 would be fun! I bet you would have enough speed to jump over the front bunker.

  • DanielHile
    6 Posts
    Thu, May 5 2011 8:08 AM
    I also find oakmont to be unreal the greens are impossable to putt with any kind of skill .How can a green be downhill no matter where you are on the green come on guys get real here .I'll no longer play this coruse no matter what untill you guys at wgt get real with it ,, you put a warning sign on bethpage black about how diffacult it is , what a joke that is other then the elavated greens i find it a joy to play compaired to oakmont i just played 18 at oakmont after the 9th hole i didnt lookwhere i hit the ball dint addjust for wind , dint adjust for green slope , simplely got as close to the center line as i could and did better the last 9 holes then i did the first 9..... seems to me it doesnt matter what you try to hit the ball at but where wgt thinks it should go .... Its the same with all wgt's coruses , i can hit a drive 100 times the same way with the same wind and the ball never seems to go where it should that tells me the game is rigged for you to fail .. luck plays a part in this game but skill should play into it as well you would think after hitting a ball 10,000 times you get a idea where its should go ..here its a crap shoot hit the ball and hope it goes where you hit it ...why do you think they havent put a driveing range in or a putting green ,, cause they know the way the game is setup you wont get the results you know you should when you hit the ball the same way 100 times
  • JaLaBar
    1,254 Posts
    Sat, May 7 2011 10:46 AM

    I play Oak a lot in practice rounds.  I figure if I can have success on those greens, I can have sucess on any.  However, I won't play ranked games at Oak, except the Free Tourneys.

  • victorypark
    8 Posts
    Wed, May 11 2011 8:58 PM

    Maybe we should lobby WGT and get them to change the name to Heartbreak Country Club.

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