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peter_mcknight

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card of the course for Oakmont
« on: March 12, 2007, 08:23:24 PM »
I just purchased the yardage guide for Oakmont for this year's open.  Here's what it said:

Hole 1--482 yards par 4
Hole 2--341 yards par 4
Hole 3--428 yards par 4
Hole 4--609 yards par 5
Hole 5--382 yards par 4
Hole 6--194 yards par 3
Hole 7--479 yards par 4
Hole 8--252/288 yards par 3
Hole 9--477 yards par 4
Out--3644/3680 yards par 35

Hole 10--462/435 yards par 4
Hole 11--379 yards par 4
Hole 12--632/667 yards par 5
Hole 13--183 yards par 3
Hole 14--358 yards par 4
Hole 15--500 yards par 4
Hole 16--231 yards par 3
Hole 17--313 yards par 4
Hole 18--484 yards par 4
In--3515/3577 yards par 35

Total--7159-7257 yards par 70

From what I gather, the 288 tee on the 8th will be used up to two rounds.  Also, when they use the 667 tee on 12, the 10th tee will move to 435.  One would think this won't occur more than twice over four rounds.
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Garland Bayley

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Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2007, 08:26:03 PM »
John VB has written here that the holes with two yardages will be used at each length two days.
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Phil McDade

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Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2007, 12:11:55 AM »
I doubt there is another championship course in America -- or the world, for that matter -- that has two holes playing within 25 yards of each other at different pars.
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Phil McDade

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Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2007, 12:13:27 AM »
Strike that -- just thought of one, as ones thoughts turn to spring, and April, and a certain corner of the world...
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Matt_Cohn

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Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2007, 01:42:50 AM »
What I notice is how many very short or very long holes there are:

Par 3's at 288, 231.
Par 4's at 482, 479, 477, 500, 484...and 341, 358, 313.
Par 5's at 609, 632. (If #9 played as a par-5 the variety would be enhanced even more).

I find it very cool: only four out of twelve holes between 375 and 475, and none between 500 and 600.

There are as many holes between 280 and 360 as there are between 360 and 475!
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George Pazin

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Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2007, 10:53:26 AM »
What makes Oakmont especially unique yardage-wise is how few of the holes actually play to their yardage, due to the topography and the firm and fast conditions.
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JohnV

Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2007, 10:58:05 AM »
One of the very good things that they did at Oakmont was to keep the shorter par 4s short while lengthening the longer holes.  I'm glad the USGA didn't make them lengthen some of them.

I don't think that any US Open course in quite a while has had as many par 4s under 400 yards.
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Jim Franklin

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Re:card of the course for Oakmont
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2007, 12:35:52 PM »
If I am not mistaken, #8 can play up to 315 from the new back tee (if pushed ALL the way back) and #17 is 313. So you have a par 3 that is longer than a par 4. Pretty cool stuff.

For all of you Oakmont fans, I know #8 is downhill and #17 is uphill.
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