Historic Oakland Hill County Club Clubhouse on Fire One Year After $12 Million Renovation

Oakland Hills Country Club's clubhouse caught on fire Thursday. Police have not indicated the cause. Located in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, the course has hosted six US Opens going all the way back to 1924. The club was founded in 1916 and the building on fire is 100 years-old. Videos and images of the fire are devastating.
BREAKING: Oakland Hills Country Club clubhouse in Bloomfield Township catches on fire. More to come on @freep. pic.twitter.com/UAO8w6SSJm
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) February 17, 2022
https://t.co/Sj9nEtwAe6 pic.twitter.com/jcKfpELocl
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) February 17, 2022
VIDEO: The historic Oakland Hills Country Club is on fire -- https://t.co/weTtY28KvP (Video credit: Murray Wikol) pic.twitter.com/eNE52bqiuX
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) February 17, 2022
The scene at Oakland Hills Country Club: the fire is enormous.
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) February 17, 2022
Photo from someone at the Bloomfield Township club sent to us pic.twitter.com/xPwhB83MyI
Images from the current fire at Oakland Hills CC are chilling. Building dates back to 1922. Awful.
— Brendan Quinn (@BFQuinn) February 17, 2022
Video submitted from an individual on the ground: pic.twitter.com/UdiP8G0D7i
Oakland Hills recently reopened in 2021 following a $12 million renovation with hopes that they would be able to land another golf major.
Oakland Hills has also hosted three PGA Championships and a Ryder Cup. It most recently hosted the 2016 US Amateur Championship.