Editing Pittsburgh (section)

===Golf===
{{see also|List of people from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area#Golf}}

[[Golf]] has deep roots in the area. The oldest U.S. course in continuous use, [[Foxburg Country Club]] dating from 1887 calls the region home.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foxburg Country Club, the oldest course in continuous use in the United States - WPGA |url=https://wpga.org/nws/2021/210211-foxburg-country-club-the-oldest-course-in-continuous-use-in-us.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=wpga.org}}</ref> Suburban [[Oakmont Country Club]] holds the record for most times as host for the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] at nine; it has also hosted the [[U.S. Women's Open]], [[PGA Championship]]s, and [[U.S. Amateur]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/2009/06/05/U-S-Open-to-return-to-Oakmont-in-2016/stories/200906050195 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Dulac |first=Gerry |title=U.S. Open to return to Oakmont in 2016 |date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=January 4, 2025 }}</ref>

Golf legends [[Arnold Palmer]], [[Jim Furyk]], and [[Rocco Mediate]] learned the game and began their careers on Pittsburgh area courses.<ref name="Jacob Gilson">{{cite web |last1=Shedloski |first1=Dave |title=What He Means To Me |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf_palmer_80_shedloski_0914 |website=Golf Digest |publisher=ZergNet|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> Suburban courses such as [[Laurel Valley Golf Club]] and the Fox Chapel Golf Club have hosted PGA Championships (1937, 1965), the [[Ryder Cup]] (1975), [[LPGA Championship]]s (1957–58), [[Senior Players Championship]]s (2012–14), and the [[Senior PGA Championship]] (2005).

Local courses have sponsored annual major tournaments for 40 years:
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* [[Pennsylvania Open Championship]] 1920–1940 (even years)
* [[Dapper Dan Open]] 1939–1949
* [[Pittsburgh Open (LPGA Tour)]] 1956
* [[Pittsburgh Senior Classic]] 1993–1998
* [[84 Lumber Classic]] 2001–2006
* [[Mylan Classic]] 2010–2013
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