The blaze at the site in Oakland, Calif. started about 12:30 a.m. June 6. Oakland Fire Department Public Information Officer Michael Hunt said there were no injuries, but most of the building was engulfed. The clubhouse entryway, kitchen, bar, indoor and outdoor dining room all sustained extensive damage. There was no damage to the golf course or any vegetation around the building.

A fire in the Oakland (Calif.) hills early Tuesday morning nearly wiped out the Lake Chabot Golf Course clubhouse, KTVU reported.

Oakland Fire Department Station 28 responded as soon as the alarm sounded in the middle of the night. The fire started about 12:30 a.m., KTVU reported.

Oakland Fire Department Public Information Officer Michael Hunt said there were no injuries, but most of the building was engulfed and more than 40 firefighters worked to put out the raging flames, KTVU reported.

The clubhouse entryway, kitchen, bar, indoor and outdoor dining room all sustained extensive damage, KTVU reported. There was no damage to the golf course or any vegetation around the building.

Once the sun came up, the smell of charred wood and debris permeated the entire entranceway to the clubhouse, and there were scorched trophies melted in a case next to the front door, KTVU reported.  Both the indoor bar and restaurant, as well as the entire kitchen and outdoor patio, were destroyed by the fire.

The Mediterranean-style architecture with its redwood beams and ceramic tile roof couldn’t withstand the heat of the flames, and by daylight the debris of smoking and charred ruins had patrons and staff mourning the loss of this public course, KTVU reported.

A clubhouse at a golf course in Kentucky was also damaged in a fire this past weekend.

The Lake Chabot Golf Course is owned by the city of Oakland, and operated by Touchstone Golf which manages operations and employs about 30 staff.

Although the pro shop didn’t catch fire, smoke damage destroyed all the merchandise, according to Bodhi Young, the Assistant General Manager.

Young shared the 18-hole course is celebrating its 100th year and is still planning to hold a celebration later in the year, KTVU reported.

The Lake Chabot Golf Course has been challenging golfers for decades with its changing elevations and the only par 6 hole west of the Mississippi.

Dave Killingsworth and Clarence Trayvick walked around the building and surveyed the damage, KTVU reported. Both are volunteer leaders who run the Junior Golf Academy, the only free youth program in the Bay Area that teaches kids how to golf.

Trayvick shared, “We’ve lost everything! Shoes, uniforms, computers, clubs, we had a t-shirt printer – that’s all gone! We have nothing to offer any new kids who join because we don’t have any shoes, clubs or equipment they need to get started.”

Trayvick added they’re hoping the golfing community and others will help them replace the equipment for the Youth Golf Academy, sharing they’re putting together a ‘GoFundMe’ page for replacing equipment, KTVU reported.

Killingsworth has been a volunteer with the program for more than 20 years and said… “We’ve lost a lot of memories, including pictures and memorabilia from previous cohorts of youth golfers.”