Arriving at the Country Club

ca. 1905-1915

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Arriving at the Country Club
  • Title
  • Arriving at the Country Club
  • Date
  • ca. 1905-1915
  • Identifier
  • 20091113-ocl-0098
  • Source Identifier
  • 2003.01
  • Description
  • In the club's early years, golfers traveled to Oakmont by train. They were met at the train station and brought to Oakmont Country Club in horse-drawn wagons. This photo shows people either just arriving at or leaving from the club. In the right foreground, three golfers walk up to the main building, all dressed in white. Henry C. Fownes, a steel manufacturer in Pittsburgh, got together with friends and family to organize the Oakmont Country Club. In 1903, the Lee heirs sold 180 acres of the White Oak Levels to the Oakmont Land Company. That land, along with another ten acres, ultimately became the Oakmont Country Club. The Country Club is located on Hulton Road. The club took two years to complete. The Oakmont Country Club has hosted a large number of golf championships: seven U.S. Opens, five U.S. amateurs, three PGA championships, and one U.S. Woman's Open. Oakmont Country Club's golf course was where Johnny Miller achieved a final round score of 63 in the 1973 U.S. Open, which has been called "the greatest round of the 20th century." Originally from the Oakmont Centennial Book Collection.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
    Hulton Road (Oakmont, Pa.)
    Oakmont Country Club (Oakmont, Pa.)
    Golf--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Recreation--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
    Sports--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
  • Source
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
  • Contributor
  • Oakmont Carnegie Library
  • Collection
  • Oakmont Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
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