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Oakmont C.C. USA
'The Clubhouse'
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This artwork is printed as the highest quality Giclée Print which is a printing process specially tailored for fine art applications and produces outstanding print results from the original work. Artworks are printed to order in the UK, USA, Europe & Australia with gallery quality prints dispatched worldwide to buyers within 3-4 days. The print dimensions are 29.7 x 42.0 Cm [11.7 X 16.5 Inches].
“Oakmont Country Club, Tudor-style clubhouse, is a National Historic Landmark designated in 1987 for its architectural and cultural importance where the lockers still have hidden compartments for storing alcohol from the USA prohibition era. From the back of the clubhouse, you can see the expanse of the course, with 17 of the 18 flags often visible”.
Description
OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB, established in 1903, is located mostly in Plum with only a very small portion of the property located in Oakmont, suburbs of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania in the USA. Oakmont is considered by many to be one of the toughest golf courses in the world. The course is the only design by steel magnate Henry Fownes who spent a year building Oakmont on old farmland which was ideal for a links-style course. Henry’s son William continued his father’s work for an entire lifetime, and It was William who turned it into a legendary monster, throwing furrowed bunkers all over the place and making the greens wickedly fast. continued..
