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[George Pazin]

Thanks for the additional thoughts. Oakmont's a special place.

[Curt Coulter]

You forgot mention a few guys named Jones, Sarazen and Snead as past champions at Oakmont...but how about the runners-up to include Woods,
Palmer and Watson, to name a few. You have a great way of summing up Oakmont and all it has to offer.

I'll add these comments as well. As far as design variety goes, how about having 5 2-shot holes under 400 yards  and none of them are birdie holes? And the 12th hole is a 3-shotter where par is a very good score, which the pros did not like. I am still amazed every time I go out there that H. C. Fownes and his son, W. C. Fownes Jr., never designed another golf course and over 100 years later it is still one of the Top 10 in the world...I know the same can be said of George Crump.

Oakmont has a saying that, "We punish our members but torture our guests." Every person I have out there says they love the abuse that Oakmont dishes out and I am sure very few places can say that. I'll stop for now but it is great to hear all the wonderful comments about Oakmont.

Keep it in the short grass. 

[George Pazin]

And the 12th hole is a 3-shotter where par is a very good score, which the pros did not like.

My favorite par 5 in golf. It was amazing how many times the hole was won with pars - or even bogeys! - during the 2003 Am. And it's not due to the old stand by defense most use, water.

Love the saying, btw.