After my first 3 years of playing golf, golf has become my passion.
I have been playing Meadowink golf course with hearing league folks every Wednesday evenings near my home. My drive skills have improved a lot. I cannot believe myself that I remember during my first year of swinging the wood and irons, I have hit the ball – it bounced on the fairway and rough all the time, causing myself incredibly frustrating, and I have been very patiently learning how to swing the drive with power, balance and accuracy - my habit skills have changed a lot today.
Last Saturday, Eleven deaf golf players and I gathered to play the golf once every month in warm weather. We are talking about golf and most important, we chatted about US Open host Oakmont County Club in Oakmont, PA – just 15 minutes north from Pittsburgh by Allegheny River.
I kept learning more about Oakmont CC, as my deaf friends are going to watch the elite golf players to take on practice round few days before tournament begins. As I read more information about this in big section of local newspaper, magazines, and local television - I began learn more about PGA (Professorial Golfers' Association). It made me curious to go US Open.
Unfortunately, US Open admission is sold out, and some of people are selling the higher above the regular price (above $200) through newspaper classifieds, and eBay. I am not interested.
As I learn so much more about history of US Open in Oakmont CC, interesting enough, Oakmont CC has most frequently open host by US Open in the history – 8 times. Golf Digest ranked Oakmont CC 5th place as America’s Greatest Golf Courses 2007/2008, and several elite golf players declared Oakmont CC the most roughest golf courses to play.
I never attend professorial golf tournament before, I would not mind to go there some day to have some experience to see the elite golf players such as Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, you name it. I would love to see US Open host Oakmont CC again, I do not want to miss this. My question – when will the US Open host Oakmont CC site? Here is the list breakdown year by year US Open played Oakmont CC in past:
1927 – first Oakmont CC site
1935 – 7 years after 1927
1953 – 17 years
1962 – 8 years
1973 – 10 years
1983 – 9 years
1994 – 10 years
2007 – 12 years
20?? - ?? years
Oakmont CC never miss US Open in six decades from 1950s to today’s 2000s, and there is possibility that they might host between 10 and 15 years later.
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