The club reopened in time for Memorial Day weekend after being shuttered for 296 days to regrass the entire golf course, install a new irrigation system and retention pond, and renovate bunkers. In the clubhouse, member dining venues now include an adult-centric casual dining area and expanded banquet facilities.
After being shuttered for 296 days, Birmingham (Mich.) Country Club reopened its golf and clubhouse facilities to pipes and drums on May 30.
Club members gathered on Memorial Day weekend for remarks from club president Dan Padilla as a thirteen-piece Celtic pipe and drum band paraded down the first tee. The club’s professional staff cut the ribbon on the first tee marking the reopening.
The club closed the Tom Bendelow-designed golf course in August 2015 for restoration that included regrassing the entire golf course, a new irrigation system and retention pond, extensive fairway drainage, and bunker renovation and construction. The project was completed under the direction of consulting architect Bruce Hepner. The clubhouse underwent extensive renovations to its member dining venues that included a new adult-centric casual dining area and expanded banquet facilities.
The reopening marked the halfway point in an $8 million facilities improvement plan that was approved by the club’s membership over a two-year period. Construction will begin after Labor Day on new racquet and swim facilities and are expected to be completed by year-end. The club marks its 100th anniversary in December of this year.
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