The ancient New Rogell golf coursea'designed by the famous Donald Rossa'has been sold and the new owners intend to turn it right into a graveyard. The program originally was developed under the authority of Max Fisher for Detroitas Jewish community, who have been excluded from membership in other country groups. The original format for the very first nine holes was performed by Tom Bendelow. It opened in 1914 because the Phoenix Golf Club. Phoenix Golf Club was sold to the town of Redford in 1921, having never quite caught on as a Jewish club. It had been maybe not found close enough to the Detroit areaas Jewish communities. Redford employed Donald Ross to complete the layout and update the initial nine. The Redford Golf and Country Club lasted until 1945, when it was sold to the Town of Detroit. In 1979, the course was renamed the Rogell, after former Tigers ballplayer and town councillor Bill Rogell. Rogell, a shortstop had led the Tigers to a 1935 World Seriew win on the Chicago Cubs. As it suffered greatly from neglect, it was by all accounts not really a happy period for the program. When it had been obtained for $2.7 million by the mega-church Greater Grace Temple, a glimmer of hope for the Ross program appeared in 2007. Higher Grace put money into recovery and renamed it aNew Rogell.a The idea have been given up by the church, nevertheless and the Ross style seems headed for bulldozering. Might 31 the program is scheduled to close. It would be a real pity because of this to go. I wonder if thereas a means that it could possibly be given as a historical site to preserve it.
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