The site of the 2025 US Open - Oakmont Country Club - has long been one of the best golf courses in the USA and a timeless classic, with the specific structure of the layout having barely been touched since opening for play in October 1904.

The tale of its birth began with Pittsburgh-born Henry C. Fownes, who - after being introduced to the game by Andrew Carnegie - became one of Western Pennsylvania's best amateur players, along with his sons.

However, the Fownes family grew bored of and unchallenged by Pittsburgh's Highland Country Club and its small nine-hole layout - at which they were frequent visitors - by 1900. As a result, the former iron and steel businessman decided he wanted to build his own 18-hole championship layout elsewhere in the state. You may like

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