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Stormy Start at the U.S. Open
Featured Photo: A volunteer shovels sand in a washed-out bunker Thursday night. (Photo: Lawrence Aylward) OAKMONT, Pennsylvania — John Zimmers points to the moving blob of green, yellow and red on the...
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Dave Delsandro is Back Where He Belongs: Oakmont
Featured photo: Dave Delsandro literally loves the hallowed ground that is Oakmont. Photo by Lawrence Aylward. Like many young assistant superintendents who have worked there, David Delsandro...
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U.S. Open 2016: Who Has the Best Chance?
Featured photo: Oakmont is a penal design, with acres of sand and fields of dense rough awaiting wayward little white spheres. (Photo: USGA) As the assembled golfers take on Oakmont Country Club for...
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Dustin Johnson, 2016 U.S. Open Winner, Tames Oakmont
Featured photo: Dustin Johnson was all smiles after winning his first major tournament. (Photo by: Lawrence Aylward) According to Dustin Johnson, Oakmont Country Club got its mojo back on Sunday. But...
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U.S. Open 2016 Recap: Oakmont’s Maintenance Crew Steps Up
John Zimmers was blown away like a Dustin Johnson tee shot by the performance of the golf course maintenance team during the 2016 U.S. Open last month at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania....
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On the USGA Dustin Johnson Ruling: Enough is Enough
It’s midpoint in the golf season in the Northeast where I live, so I’m cleaning out the thoughts in my head, the way I clean out the various pockets of my golf bag. How did a full can of Tab get in...
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Missed Opportunity at the 2016 U.S. Open
Our national champion-ships offer a platform to celebrate the talents of individuals and teams, as well as the excite-ment, strategy and human interest stories of the sports they represent. Super Bowl....
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The Natural Beauty of Erin Hills Golf Course
Cornfields stretch as far as the eye can see when you exit U.S. I-41 to get to Erin Hills Golf Course. Red barns and grain silos dot the landscape on Wisconsin’s 167 less than 50 miles from downtown...
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How Ron Whitten’s Career Merged from Law to Golf
While his roommate was following the likes of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper around Beverly Country Club in Chicago during the 1967 Western Open, Ron Whitten was elsewhere — far from the...
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‘Minimalistic’ Erin Hills Golf Course Set to Host 2017 U.S. Open
In addition to its latter-day inception in 2006, there is at least one other aspect of Erin Hills Golf Course that is sure to captivate superintendents throughout the 117th U.S. Open. At 652 acres, the...
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