Michigan Golf Journal February 2020

Michigan Golf Journal Oceana is Saved Oceana Golf Club is Saved By Fred Inglis The community-built course north of Muskegon will remain open in 2020 and beyond Editor’s note: this story will be the first in a short series this year chronicling the saving of a small-town golf course and the efforts that go into such a noble endeavor by its people. Inglis is the current golf coach at Shelby High and is a former TV journalist on the West Coast, who grew up in Oceana County. Christmas came early in Shelby, Michigan. On December 18, the members of Oceana Golf Club (OGC) voted overwhelmingly 117-1 to sell the non-profit public course to local native Jason Wenk. “I love this course and wouldn’t want to come home and see it overgrown or die,” Jason Wenk said. “So, I thought this was a unique way to come in and fix the organizational and financial structure. There’s no reason this can’t be the finest golf course within 100 miles from here. “The people around the club are so passionate about the history of the course, Oceana 18th green