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<\/a>Water beckons at the reachable par-five 12th<\/p><\/div>\n
What I particularly admire about the North Course is how it encapsulates, in somewhat edited form, the design attributes of its celebrated architects, Donald Ross and Robert Trent Jones. Six years after the opening of the South Course in 1918, the North\u2014also designed by Ross\u2014was opened for play. In a delightful brief history of the North Course written by Richard Howting, the South opened a month before the 1924 U.S. Open so members were asked to \u201ckindly refrain from playing golf on the (South) during the week of the National Open.\u201d Less than ten years later in the midst of the Great Depression, the club was forced to operate the North Course on a daily fee basis, calling it North Hills. (In the midst of the Great Recession, history and necessary business practices have a way of repeating themselves in the private club arena.) According to Howting, there\u2019s evidence that some of the original Ross greens were modified in order to speed up play in deference to its pub-links clientele. In spite of such accommodations, North Hills was largely viewed as \u201cone of the finest courses available to the public.\u201d In fact, it annually hosted the prestigious Hearst Tournament hosted by the old Detroit Times newspaper.<\/p>\n
In 1967, the Oakland Hills membership voted overwhelmingly to be updated\u2014by Jones\u2014and taken private again. Howting reports that Jones sealed the deal by stating the redesign would compare favorably with Augusta National. Jones lengthened it, added new bunkering, reversed some holes, and reshaped the greens. In sum, he delivered a championship layout, one that later served with distinction by hosting the 1992 Michigan Amateur won by Randy Lewis.<\/p>\n
Now twenty years later, the Michigan Amateur returns to the North Course. In spite of the passing of two decades, Saylor\u2019s words about it still ring clear and true: \u201cIt will be the site of some exciting matches…Oakland Hills North is another great step forward for the Michigan Amateur.\u201d<\/p>\n
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