Est. 1927 · H.S. Colt and C.H. Alison (restored by Tom Doak / Renaissance Golf Design, 2012)
Why we love this place
We love the Country Club of Detroit for the quiet weight of its history, a genuine Colt and Alison course where an amateur named Palmer once announced himself to the golf world. The tree-lined parkland setting, thoughtfully restored, rewards shotmaking over muscle, and every hole feels connected to more than a century of Michigan championship golf. A true classic worth savoring.
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About Country Club Of Detroit
The Country Club of Detroit traces its roots to 1897, but the course golfers play today opened in 1927 on the club's Grosse Pointe Farms grounds, laid out by celebrated British architects Harry Colt and Charles Alison. Set among mature trees and gentle contours in this lakeside Detroit suburb, the parkland design became one of the region's premier championship tests. Robert Trent Jones Sr. reworked it in the 1950s, and in 2012 Tom Doak's Renaissance Golf Design restored the layout toward its Colt and Alison origins. The club has twice hosted the U.S. Amateur: Robert Gardner won in 1915, and in 1954 a young Arnold Palmer captured the Havemeyer Trophy in a tight final, a victory that helped launch his professional career. Today the private club also stages the Turning Point Invitational, a pro-am supporting Detroit-area schools.
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