US Open 2016 Oakmont Country Club: Hole 9 | Golf Monthly

A guide to the ninth hole at Oakmont Country Club ahead of the 2016 US Open

US Open 2016 Oakmont Country Club: Hole 9

After the tough eighth hole, the front-nine's closer doesn't offer players any respite.

The ninth at Oakmont is a special hole, playing towards the stunning clubhouse.

A par-5 for members, this long par-4 plays up hill with a blind tee shot.

Oakmont Country Club — Justin Rose splashing it out of one of the pot bunkers at the 2007 US Open

There's a ditch left and five pot bunkers right so anything that misses the fairway is in big trouble.

The putting surface is huge and undulating and well protected by large bunkers short right and left.

A par here feels like a birdie.

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