Category: Oakland Hills golf club

Sheriff: Workers Maybe Sparked Country Club Fire With Torch

PONTIAC, Mich.—Surveillance camera footage shows maintenance workers using a propane torch prior to a blaze that destroyed a century-old clubhouse at a suburban Detroit country club, authorities said Thursday. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said the Oakland Hills Country Club has estimated the loss of the clubhouse at about $80 million. The club has hosted…


Fire Burns at Oakland Hills Golf Club in Suburban Detroit

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A devastating fire swept through the century-old clubhouse Thursday at Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit course that housed artifacts of some of golf’s biggest stars and the championships they won there. Flames ripped through the roof at the sprawling, multi-story clubhouse. It was built in 1922 and housed irreplaceable memorabilia and…