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Article: Oakland Hills toughens up course for PGA.(Professional Golfers' Association)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- April 2, 2007
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Byline: Jason Deegan
The Monster has sharpened its fangs.
The $1.8 million renovation of the south course at Oakland Hills Country Club, famously dubbed "The Monster'' by golf legend Ben Hogan after the 1951 U.S. Open, is nearing its completion.
Architect Rees Jones, hired by the Bloomfield Township club to protect par against the world's best players at the 2008 PGA Championship, has stretched the course more than 300 yards, repositioned fairway bunkers and narrowed fairways to fend off modern players who hit farther and more accurately than ever.
But the course's tumultuous wavy greens were left untouched.
"This will be a ...