[6] Starting in 2019, Detroit Golf Club began hosting the Rocket Mortgage Classic, a new annual PGA Tour event.
They rented a 45-acre (180,000 m2) plot of farmland at 6 Mile and Woodward, and a 6-hole course layout was created.
At that time 135 acres (0.55 km2) of land were purchased at 6 Mile and Hamilton, and an 18-hole course was developed.
In 1922 club membership was increased to 650, and they decided to stay open year round.
Golf star Horton Smith was hired as the Club Pro, and in 1959 was elected into the Professional Golfers Association Hall of Fame.
The club added new amenities: tennis courts, a cart garage, and a crystal dining room.
Men's Women's Couple's Family Golf Events Changes for the PGA Tour Event On October 11, 2010, the Detroit Golf Club bid for the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA Tour.
To prepare several of the holes were lengthened, and trees around the greens and tee boxes have also been removed.
Both courses are also bordered by beautiful houses that belong to many notable residents such as Jerome Bettis, Aretha Franklin, John Conyers.
As a sapling, Native Americans bent the tree to serve as a marker for the original Indian Trail between Detroit and Pontiac.