Oakmont Country Club pin flag Jack Nicklaus 1962 US Open ryder british pga

Description

Oakmont Country Club
is a
country club
in the
eastern United States
, located mostly in
Plum
with only a very small portion of the property located in
Oakmont
, suburbs of
Pittsburgh
in
western Pennsylvania
. Established 118 years ago in 1903, its golf course is regarded as the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the United States."
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It was designated a
National Historic Landmark
in 1987.
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The
Pennsylvania Turnpike
separates seven holes (2–8) from the rest of the course.
1962
At the
1962 U.S. Open
, an up-and-coming 22-year-old named
Jack Nicklaus
defeated the world's top player at the time, the 33-year-old
Arnold Palmer
, in a Sunday playoff round in Palmer's "backyard".
Both competitors had completed the 72 holes with a 283 (–1). It was the first professional victory for Nicklaus, and the first of his 18 professional majors. Palmer won the next major, the 1962
British Open
, and his fourth
Masters
in
1964
, but never another U.S. Open. In 1962, par was reduced by a stroke to 71 (the first hole became a par-4) and the course length was slightly reduced to 6,893 yards (6,303 m); the average score for the field was 75.86 (+ 4.86) and the field recorded 19 rounds under par. The purse was ,600 and the champion earned ,500 (9,695 and 7,913 in 2019 dollars)