The US Open Page had an 18-Hole neighboring

By now, you probably know a lot about Oakmont.

But what can you tell us about Oakmont East?

If you are like most golf fans, the chances you’ve never heard of this lost green part of history. But the facts are facts, and here is some fun.

This week We open The site once had a sisters course next to it, an 18 -holes that one could play. Just just a field now, part of which lies to the right of the Oakmont Beastly Beastly Beast Hole, where hospitality tents bloom today. Close our eyes, however, and we will sketch a picture of the presentation that was once.

Founded as a public course in 1938, it was created by the then Oakmont Greenskeeper and Golf professional, Emil Loeffler, who, when he was not folding shirts and greeting Oakmont members in Pro Shop, worked as an architect of the Golf Course. Over the years, Loeffler gathered about 20 design credits in the Pittsburgh area, including the first nine holes in the Latrobe Country Club (Arnold Palmer’s next home course) and a ninth repeat of Pittsburgh Field Club.

In the wake of the US Open of 1962, Oakmont, in need of parking for the championship, bought the course and operated it for nearly half a century thereafter.

Long Oakmont members remember it as a beautifully conditional, small, challenging track that makes it a great tuning for the Oakmont club championship. An Oakmont East’s scores card from the 1960s lists it as a par 70 (each nine playing in a 35) extending to 5,496 yards.

In the early 2000s, the course was locked in public and was used only by retail by Oakmont members and residents of the local high center.

At Aughts, a long member of Oakmont, Chick Wagner, says he raised the club in the following plan: he would rent the Oakmont East for a dollar and maintain it in a ruling grazing animal, in the traditional course of ordinary bases, such as Brora, in Scotland. But the club refused, says Wagner.

In the early 2010s, the Oakmont East was completely closed.

But the memories remain, along with the original club. For the last two years, Oakmont has used it as a gift shop in the US.