DETROIT — Oakland Hills Country Club continues to have discussions with its insurance provider, but club President Rick Palmer said Monday the membership is operating on the belief that the historic clubhouse is a "total loss" following last week's massive fire.
Palmer said a likely complete rebuild will take at least two golf seasons and the plan is to replicate the white, stately, pillared clubhouse that opened 100 years ago.
Palmer had no estimate on the cost — a renovation in 1999 and 2000 cost more than $16 million, and a complete rebuild would cost much more. But he said the membership believes it was fully insured. The club, which held an emergency board meeting over the weekend, has begun interviewing architects.
