Oakmont Country Club reopens gift shop, features 2025 U.S. Open merchandise

Whether they’re into golf, Oakmont or squirrels, there’s plenty of merch for lovers of all of the above at the Oakmont Country Club’s gift shop.

Merchandise for the 125th U.S. Open Championship, which the country club will host in June 2025, is already for sale at the shop in Plum.

“I was excited to hear stuff was on sale,” said Robert Miller, who lives north of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and is in the area visiting family. “The fact you can get stuff this early is really great.”

Miller grabbed a couple of shirts for himself Saturday, a rainy day decidedly not good for golfing.

“It’s hard to figure out what to get,” he said. “There’s a lot of nice stuff.”

After having been open around Thanksgiving and Christmas, the gift shop is now open regular hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, said Peter Macadam, an assistant caddy master and member of the professional staff.

The shop, accessible directly from Coxcomb Hill Road across from S&T Bank, offers more than 1,000 items from more than 20 brands, featuring the 125th U.S. Open Championship logo, including hats, polo shirts, outerwear, golf club head covers, golf towels, glassware and signage.

Next year will mark the 10th time that the open has been held at Oakmont. The logo features a squirrel, as it has several times before.

A collection of ball markers features the logos for all 10 events.

“There’s some giftware that honors (Oakmont Country Club’s) history of hosting the U.S. Open,” said Annie Vanzant, director of merchandise at the club. “We have some merchandise with a list of all of our past champions on it like glassware and wooden pub signs.”

Customers don’t have to worry about anything being sold out because there are daily deliveries daily to restock the store, Vanzant said.

“We’re going at full throttle for the next 18 months until the championship,” Vanzant said, adding there has been a notable increase in foot traffic.

“There’s a lot of pent-up demand,” she said.

Hats and smaller accessories with the logo have been popular, Macadam said. Keeping up with trends, there are “sport tech” hoodies that golfers can play in and “comfort” ones for relaxing.

“Local people are really enjoying the ability to come in here for the smaller setting where they can get one-on-one attention and help,” Macadam said. “It’s a slower pace and there’s not as many crowds before hundreds of thousands of people are here in 2025.”

Nick Walshak of Mt. Lebanon was in the area Saturday and heard the shop was open.

“I just wanted to see everything, see the new logo,” he said. “I’m sure eventually I’ll pick up some stuff.”

According to Jonathan Coe, assistant director of championship communications at the United States Golf Association, beginning on June 17 — the day after this year’s U.S. Open ends — there will be a preview collection available on usgashop.com. It will be followed with a full fall holiday collection in September.

“Oakmont has had an over-100-year tradition of hosting the championship, and we’re excited for it to come in 2025,” Vanzant said. “Oakmont has made a commitment to the USGA, and the USGA has made a commitment to Oakmont to keep hosting the championship.”

In addition to next year’s U.S. Open, the club will host the 2028 and 2038 U.S. Women’s Opens.

The men’s U.S. Open is scheduled to return in 2034, 2042 and 2049.