Has hosted more U.S. Opens (10) than any course in the country — 1927, 1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2016, and 2025 (future editions scheduled for 2033 and 2042) — plus 3 PGA Championships, 6 U.S. Amateurs, 2 U.S. Women's Opens, and 3 NCAA Men's Championships. Famous for its deep 'Church Pews' bunker complex (between the 3rd and 4th fairways) and blindingly fast greens. A National Historic Landmark since 1987.
This course is in our GSPro library — pull it up in any bay and play it wall to wall.
No. 3 — Church Pews (front)Signature
Par 4 · 462 yds
The uphill par-4 3rd runs alongside the western end of the 26,000-sq-ft Church Pews bunker; players who find the pews here lose an average of 1.25 strokes, more than double a normal bunker penalty.
No. 4 — Church Pews (back)Signature
Par 5 · 611 yds
One of Oakmont's two 600-yard-plus par 5s, its fairway is bordered by the same 12-13-ridge Church Pews bunker complex (102 yards long, 550+ tons of sand) that separates it from the 3rd.
"Confirmed present in GSPro's community course library as 'Oakmont CC' (built by designer Adamtc4) — this is the closest most members will ever get to Oakmont's legendarily terrifying green speeds."
The hardest great course in America, and proudly so. Pittsburgh steel man Henry Fownes built it in 1903 — his only design — with 150 laborers digging bunkers meant to make it the most difficult course anywhere, and the club has spent 120 years sharpening rather than softening it. Ten U.S. Opens, a record, from Hogan '53 and Nicklaus '62 through Johnny Miller's 63 in '73 to the 2025 edition, played after Gil Hanse's head-to-toe 2023 restoration to the Fownes-era look. Greens routinely called the fastest in championship golf.
Every serious golfer, once, to calibrate their ego. Low handicappers who think they putt well; history buffs chasing Miller's 63 and the Church Pews.
The Church Pew bunker between 3 and 4 — 100+ yards long, 13 grassed ridges, 550 tons of sand — is golf's most famous hazard. The drivable-but-deadly 17th and the 288-yard par-3 8th show Fownes's philosophy: every yard earned.
The least beginner-friendly famous course in the sim library. No water and few trees, but the rough, 175+ bunkers, and terrifying green speeds make bogey a good score. Play it to understand, not to score.
In GSPro via well-regarded community recreations, and it's the ultimate Clubhouse difficulty benchmark — set greens fast and it will humble anyone in the building. Perfect for a 'break 85 at Oakmont' standing challenge or U.S. Open week theme nights.
Famously private, outside Pittsburgh. Access is a member invitation or a U.S. Open ticket — the club hosts them roughly once a decade, most recently 2025.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakmont Country Club, https://www.usopen.com/2025/articles/restored-oakmont-faithful-founder-fownes-vision.html, https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/needtoknow/2025/06/09/nine-things-to-know-about-oakmont-country-club-site-of-the-125th-us-open · high confidence
