The US Am at Oakmont has naturally lead to much discussion about what a tough test Oakmont really is; with the announcers repeatedly noting that Oakmont was meant to be a very difficult test from the day it opened. How many times did they refer to the Fownes' quote about how an inferior shot should be a shot forever lost?
Certainly Oakmont still represents a tough test, but were the high roughs and narrow fairways really the kind of rough that Fownes envisioned?
A fellow CGA.com participant gave me this picture a while back of 9 from the clubhouse, I think. I am not sure the date but it appears that it was taken well before this week's tournament.
The hole pictured looks pretty tough to me, but not because of narrow fairways.