News and Information
01/30/2012
Detroit Golf Club announces retirement on long time green superintendent, Clem Wolfrom
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Clem Wolfrom, who will mark his 50th year as golf course superintendent of the Detroit Golf Club in March 2012, has announced his plan to retire on March 1, 2013. A national search process has commenced to find a qualified individual to become the 7th green superintendent in the 112 year history of the Detroit Golf Club.
Mr. Wolfrom is a second generation golf course superintendent. His father, Clarence Wolfrom, was the golf course superintendent at the Maple Lane Golf Club in Sterling Heights, Michigan for 54 years. Following his graduation from Michigan State University with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture, Clem served as the golf course superintendent at the Dearborn Country Club for six years before coming to the Detroit Golf Club in 1962. With his passion for the game and detailed record keeping, Mr. Wolfrom has overseen the maintenance, nurturing and continuous improvements that have made the Detroit Golf Club’s North and South courses great tests of golf and a pleasure to play by its members and guests.
During his long and distinguished career in golf course management, Mr. Wolfrom has been active in various professional associations related to the golf course management industry. He served on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Golf Course Superintendent’s Association for 22 years and was president for 4 years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Turfgrass Association for 12 years and was president for 2 years. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Midwest Regional Turfgrass Association for 3 years and was instrumental in forming the Founders Society for the Michigan Turfgrass Association that includes golf course superintendents in metropolitan Detroit and Windsor, Canada.
Detroit Golf Club is one of America’s great golf and country clubs. The beautifully wooded 219 acres located within the city limits of Detroit contain two Donald Ross designed 18-hole courses and a rambling Old English style clubhouse designed by Albert Kahn that are a standing tribute to the prominent group of forward thinking Detroiters who formed the Club in 1899. Horton Smith, one of golf’s great legends and winner of the inaugural Masters Tournament served as head golf professional from 1946 to 1963. The tradition and heritage that was established in those years has been preserved through a diversified membership that continues to carry forward those venerable traditions.
For Further Information Contact:
Todd Beals, Chief Operating Officer
Detroit Golf Club
17911 Hamilton Road
Detroit, MI 48203
Tel: 313.345.4400
tbeals@detroitgolfclub.org
www.detroitgolfclub.org
