Oakland Hills Country Club in Michigan pin flag by Donald Ross open pga

Description

Oakland Hills Country Club
is a private golf club in the central United States, located in
Bloomfield Township
,
Michigan
, a suburb northwest of
Detroit
. It consists of two 18-hole courses designed by
Donald Ross
: the South Course (1918) and the North Course (1923).
Oakland Hills has hosted many prestigious professional golf tournaments throughout its history, including six
U.S. Opens
and three
PGA Championships
, the 2004 Ryder Cup and the 2002 and 2016 U.S. Amateur on its South Course.
Major tournaments hosted
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Year
Tournament
Winner
Winner's
share (
$
)
1922
Western Open
Mike Brady
1924
U.S. Open
Cyril Walker
500
1937
U.S. Open
Ralph Guldahl
1,000
1951
U.S. Open
Ben Hogan
4,000
1961
U.S. Open
Gene Littler
14,000
1972
PGA Championship
Gary Player
45,000
1979
PGA Championship
David Graham
60,000
1981
U.S. Senior Open
Arnold Palmer
26,000
1985
U.S. Open
Andy North
103,000
1991
U.S. Senior Open
(2)
Jack Nicklaus
110,000
1996
U.S. Open
(6)
Steve Jones
425,000
2002
U.S. Amateur
Ricky Barnes
n/a
2004
Ryder Cup
Team Europe
n/a
2008
PGA Championship
(3)
Pádraig Harrington
1,350,000
2016
U.S. Amateur
(2)
Curtis Luck
n/a