Photos: Oakmont Before/Afters And Through The Years
/Sadly lost in all of the news this week was another successful showing for Oakmont. Many of you heard about the tree removal project and wanted to see good before-after images, and I didn't have a good link to send you to. 
So here is Dunlop White's piece about that origins of the design, the evolution and tree work at Oakmont, with a link to a slideshow giving impressions of the improved the look.
The post-Fownes’ era coincided with the emergence of a nationwide tree-planting trend. Oakmont was among hundreds of golf clubs that believed high volumes of newly planted trees could enhance the golf course aesthetic. Oakmont officials responded by planting thousands of ornamental saplings in virtually every open space on the golf course as part of their newly adopted orchard program. At the 1973 U.S. Open Championship, Oakmont's official press release revealed that 3,200 trees had been added to the golf course.
