July 2021 By: Brad Klein — It’s early 2020, and Gil Hanse and his design partner, Jim Wagner, are touring the famed Oakland Hills Country Club South course with superintendent Phil Cuffare. The main playing surfaces – tees, fairways, bunkers and […]
How an old, yellowing program from 1929 became ‘Bible’ in Oakland Hills’ restoration
July 19, 2021 By: Tony Paul — Bloomfield Township — When you think of the marquee tournaments that have made Oakland Hills Country Club one of the most acclaimed courses in the country, you think about all the U.S. Opens and PGA […]
It’s a back to the future restoration project at Oakland Hills’ historic South Course
July 8, 2021 By: Matt Charboneau — The “Monster” has a new look. Although, what’s new is actually old. At least, that’s what’s happening at Oakland Hills Country Club’s legendary South Course. Back in the fall of 2019, the course was […]
Polishing Up a Legend – Oakland Hills CC
August 28, 2020 By: Jack Barry — Oakland Hills had a Media Day with two top names in golf and all sports, Gil Hanse and Mike Tirico, to let everyone know the West Maple Rd. club is very much alive and […]
Oakland Hills Country Club: We are looking at a plan that recognises the evolution of the course
July 31, 2018 By: Richard Humphreys — The South course at Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan, USA, will close in the autumn of 2019 for two years, as it undergoes a renovation by Gil Hanse. Oakland Hills members rejected an $11-million renovation […]