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Oakmont requires crash course ahead of toughest test in golf (The Associated Press)

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FILE -- In this in this June 8, 1935 file photo, Sam Parks Jr., left, of Pittsburgh, is presented with …

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) -- Sam Parks Jr. rates among the most unlikely winners in U.S. Open history, especially compared with the Hall of Fame list of champions at Oakmont.

He was a 25-year-old club pro from Pittsburgh who played on the winter tour without ever winning. And then he took down a field in the 1935 U.S. Open that included Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen, Denny Shute and Horton Smith.

An upset?