Raymond Hearn to Create Master Plan for Katke-Cousins Course

    Award-winning golf course architect Raymond Hearn, ASGCA, has been selected by Oakland University Golf and Learning Center to create a long-range Master Plan for its highly regarded original Katke-Cousins course.

   “The Master Plan will focus significantly on their bunkers,” Hearn said. “My aim is to increase each hole’s strategy, shot value, playability and beauty while also addressing all maintenance considerations.”

    Golf Course Superintendent Connor McBride, who worked previously at Medinah Country Club in suburban Chicago while it had a golf course being renovated, said he is a big fan of Hearn’s work.

    “Some of us who are in our leadership group here have played the courses where he has worked and we see why he has a great track record not only in Michigan, but in Illinois and the Midwest,” he said. “Also, him having a turfgrass background and understanding maintenance as part of his design work, is great on my end.”

    A likely start of the bunker renovation would be in October of 2027.