Oakmont Country Club’s members pride themselves on how difficult their course plays, especially in major championships. When Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner renovated the course in 2023, they were forced to promise they wouldn’t make it any easier ahead of the 2025 U.S. Open.

How hard is Oakmont? In the 2016 U.S. Open won by Dustin Johnson, the two par 5s combined to average over par. That’s basically unheard of in elite championships, where the par 5s normally provide the best scoring opportunities and average under par. One of Oakmont’s par 5s played under par in 2016, but the second averaged over par for the tournament by a great enough margin to lift the tournament’s par-5 scoring average to above par (keep scrolling for the details.)

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Only four holes averaged under par in 2016, two of them par 4s, one a par 3, and that aforementioned single par 5. And based on 2016 and the other previous Opens at Oakmont, players better get their act together in a hurry, because No. 1 is a real threat.

It’s worth mentioning, all this comes with an asterisk. Hanse and Wagner renovated the course, and especially notable are their expansions of greens to create new pin-able areas. If the USGA chooses to use many of those new hole locations, the scoring averages for holes could jostle considerably. So take this information as if it’s a stock broker’s warning: Past performance isn’t necessarily indicative of future results.

All that said, here’s how the holes ranked in 2016 from easiest to hardest in relation to par:

4

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313

312

3.8874

-0.1126

6

129

230

70

7

2

5

609

611

4.9707

-0.0293

3

98

265

66

11

1

3

183

182

2.9887

-0.0113

0

87

282

68

7

0

4

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358

379

3.991

-0.009

3

72

302

60

7

0

4

379

400

4.0721

0.0721

1

66

293

70

13

1

4

340

346

4.1261

0.1261

0

77

262

80

22

3

4

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382

408

4.1306

0.1306

1

54

290

85

13

1

3

194

200

3.1419

0.1419

0

71

258

98

15

2

5

632

632

5.1441

0.1441

3

77

240

102

21

1

3

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231

236

3.241

0.241

0

32

289

110

10

3

3

288

289

3.3041

0.3041

0

24

275

132

12

1

4

484

502

4.3198

0.3198

1

33

255

133

22

0

4

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426

462

4.3198

0.3198

0

48

250

113

24

9

4

479

485

4.3266

Over/under par average: 0.3266

Eagles: 0

Birdies: 36

Pars: 251

Bogeys: 136

Double bogeys: 18

Others: 3

Par: 4

2016 yardage: 462

2025 yardage: 461

2016 scoring average: 4.3333

Over/under par average: 0.3333

Eagles: 1

Birdies: 43

Pars: 225

Bogeys: 158

Double bogeys: 16

Others: 1

Par: 4

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2016 yardage: 500

2025 yardage: 507

2016 scoring average: 4.3874

Over/under par average: 0.3874

Eagles: 0

Birdies: 32

Pars: 235

Bogeys: 151

Double bogeys: 25

Others: 1

Par: 4

2016 yardage: 477

2025 yardage: 472

2016 scoring average: 4.4324

Over/under par average: 0.4324

Eagles: 0

Birdies: 34

Pars: 214

Bogeys: 167

Double bogeys: 28

Others: 1

Par: 4

2016 yardage: 482

2025 yardage: 488

2016 scoring average: 4.4527

Over/under par average: 0.4527

Eagles: 0

Birdies: 29

Pars: 221

Bogeys: 161

Double bogeys: 30

Others: 3

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: U.S. Open at Oakmont ranking the holes easiest to hardest