Author: Corina Collier

Congratulations to the team of Tom French, Terry French, Ty French, and Weldon Mclain for winning the 2025 Shelby Rotary Club 4-Person Scramble with a two-day total of 118 (60 & 58).

This season marked 40 years of the Shelby Rotary Club hosting this two-day event! With a full roster of teams, beautiful spring weather all weekend, and the support of the community, this year’s tournament was another resounding success. Proceeds from the scramble will go directly toward the Rotary Club’s ongoing campaigns, scholarships, and local assistance funds. Thank YOU for four decades of fellowship and fundraising.

Day one presented sunny skies, but a chilly day-long NE breeze, however the scores seemed unaffected, with four teams shooting a low of 59, and 58 out of the 62 team field shooting-in under par. The second day offered warmer conditions throughout the day, and the scores showed that with a slightly lower average score by .4 of a stroke (ave. 66 Saturday, ave. 65.6 Sunday).

We look forward to seeing everyone again next year for the 41st Annual Scramble!

VIEW THE FULL RESULTS BELOW.

FLIGHTING:

Championship 59-63 (16 teams)
First 64-67 (23 teams)
Second 68+ (23 teams)

ON-COURSE GAMES:

SATURDAY

• Proxy #5 Fred Reader
• Proxy #7 Zac Miller
• Proxy #12 Terry French
• Proxy #15 Kevin Beckman
• Proxy #17 Brian Peterson

SUNDAY

• Proxy #5 Jeremy Forman
• Proxy #7 Dave Bisson
• Proxy #12 Hole-in-One! Tom Cullen
• Proxy #15 Norm Langlois
• Proxy #17 Nick Burnham

SKINS:

• Hole #12 (1) 9:57AM/Cullen
• Hole #10 (3) 1:42PM/DeRuiter

STANDINGS & HOLE-BY-HOLE RESULTS:

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Per the rules sheet, "In the case of a tie, Saturday’s cards will be compared hole-by-hole starting with the lowest handicapped hole."

All winners within flights (prize schedule posted on scoreboard) are paid in golf shop prize merchandise credit to golfers’ club accounts on file, balances accessible by email. On-course games are paid in dozen golf balls, redeemable in pro shop. Skins are paid in cash, redeemable in the pro shop. Please contact the pro shop to inquire about your winnings.

After a two-hour rain delay, it actually turned out to be a wonderful day on the course for our first annual Good Friday 2-Person Scramble! Huge thanks to all the teams who came out to compete and have fun as we kicked-off our event season here at Oceana — and special shoutout to Dave for helping organize this outing. We hope to see you all back again next year!

VIEW THE FULL HOLE-BY-HOLE BREAKDOWN & TEAM STANDINGS, LINKED:

WINNERS ($160ea):

• Low Score – (67) Tyghe (Dave) Mahynski / Ramon Rosas
• Random Draw #1 – Rob Burlingame / Mike Brouillet
• Random Draw #2 – Ron Clark / Tim Collins
• Random Draw #3 – Paul Cutter / Jamie Cutter
• Random Draw #4 – Pat Barcelli / Eric Dipple
• Random Draw #5 – Dean Roesler / Juanita Garza

ON-COURSE GAMES ($80ea):

• PROXY #5 Jeff Moss
• PROXY #7 Jen Bates
• PROXY #12 Brent DesArmo
• PROXY #15 Barry Shelder
• LONG PUTT #3 Pete Sinadinos
• LONG PUTT #18 Trenton Balavich

SKINS GAMES ($224ea):

• Hole #6 (3) Bates/Sinados – OPT
• Hole #7 (2) Jones/Fountain – OPT
• Hole #14 (3) Gailitis/Kleimola – OPT
• Hole #15 (2) Sietsema/Shelder – OPT
• Hole #16 (3) Greeley/Greeley – OPT

Congratulations to the team of Ty French and Tom Wickstrom for winning our 2024 Great Pumpkin Open with a total of 63. View the full results and all prize winners at the link below.

Thank you all for playing in our wickedly-popular and chillingly-hard 33rd annual Great Pumpkin Open. This tournament concludes our 2024 event season here at Oceana Golf Club — and we thank you for competing!

PROXY #6 ($25 cc)

Gary Blohm

PROXY #9 ($25 cc)

Mike DeRuiter

SKINS ($450 cash pot)
HOLE #4 (1)	Inglis/Fox
HOLE #6 (2)	Beckman/Pranger
HOLE #14 (2)	Cutter/Cutter
HOLE #16 (2)	Denby/Dunlap

Per the rules sheet, "matching cards starting at hole #1 will break all ties." All prize and on-course game winners are paid in golf shop prize merchandise credit to golfers’ club accounts on file; skins paid in cash redeemable in pro shop.

Congratulations to the team of Jerry Omness, Mike Omness, Jake Omness, and Mark Omness for winning the 2024 Shelby Wrestling Club 4-Person Scramble with a score of 57. It was a beautiful sunny summer Sunday to play some golf and raise some money. Proceeds from today’s event and games will directly support the wrestling program in supplying new uniforms. Go Tigers!

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Congratulations to the duo of Chris Griffin and Bridget Messaros for winning our Oceana Shuffle with a combined total of 70 (22 shuffle, 21 best ball, 27 alternate shot)! It was a beautiful day for shuffling! Thanks to all 36 teams for competing in what we believe is one of our most fun events.

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Congratulations to the team of Mike DeRuiter and Chris Griffin for winning the 2024 Oceana Best Ball “Joe Foster” Open with a two-day total of 135 (65 and 70). This is the duos fourth time earning the title (2018, 2020, 2021, 2024).

CHAMP FLIGHT Mike DeRuiter / Chris Griffin 135

FIRST FLIGHT Matt Dawson / Scott Sikkenga 143

SECOND FLIGHT Raul Morales / Dave Vernier 150

THIRD FLIGHT Corey Solomon / Josh Farrell 160

FOURTH FLIGHT Zac McCamant / Cody Liverance 166

FINAL RESULTS:

Click below to view.

SUMMARY:

The 51st Annual Oceana Best Ball “Joe Foster” Open had a little bit of everything this year. Fog, sun, clouds, rain, darkness, cool temps and warm temps, low scores and some not so low, and of course wind.

Day one, first round leaders had the advantage as the course was being very receptive to good golf shots, but as the rain began late morning and into the late afternoon the scores were on the way up and the air temperature went down. With the average score nearly at 82, (that was the leading score of the Third Flight). That shows that the 65, 66, and 69 scores that were holding down the top of the leaderboard were well below the average. With 215 birdies and only 6 eagles the course was not giving up too much on Saturday.

Day two, with no rain in sight, the golf course itself didn’t disappoint as the fairways and greens played as fast as any while allowing the golfers to fire at the flagstick if they so dared. When the leaders posted a 70 early for a total of 135, the door was ajar for a team or two to jump up ahead. As the sun continued and the wind increased, the green speed got to where a play from the wrong side of the hole could go from birdie to bogey easily. The scores in general were higher with no other team able to muster up enough RED numbers to catch the now 4x champions Chris Griffin and Mike DeRuiter.

Thank you all to those involved with the event from volunteers to staff, and of course this is for the participants, 226 strong this year supporting Joe Foster Junior Golf Fund.

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ON-COURSE GAMES (TaylorMade TP5 balls):

Saturday

• PROXY #5 John Dorman
• PROXY #7 Andrew Taylor
• PROXY #12 Matt Dawson
• PROXY #17 Jacob Polanyi

Sunday

• PROXY #5 Dave Buck
• PROXY #7 Keaton Inglis
• PROXY #12 Joe Hanichen
• PROXY #17 Matt McClain

CASH SKINS:

Saturday ($1,130 cash pot)

• Hole #1 (3) 7:30 AM Lamie/Gosselin
• Hole #4 (2) 8:20 AM DeRuiter/Griffin
• Hole #14 (3) 10:00 AM Peets/Peets
• Hole #9 (3) 4:00 PM Bode/Lattin

Sunday ($1,130 cash pot)

• Hole #10 (3) 9:50 AM Buterakos/Hendrian
• Hole #1 (3) 1:10 PM Norris/McAvoy
• Hole #14 (3) 1:10 PM Norris/McAvoy

RAFFLE WINNERS:

Congrats to AJ Balulis who was drawn to win the golf trip to Morehead City! And Fred Inglis who won golf at Colonial. Proceeds from the raffle support the Joe’s Juniors Golf Fund.

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DAY ONE:

After the first round of our 51st Annual Oceana Best Ball “Joe Foster” Open, the field of 113 teams have been placed into the following flights.

• CHAMP 65 – 71 (10 teams)
• FIRST 72 – 77 (26 teams)
• SECOND 78 – 81 (24 teams)
• THIRD 82 – 85 (22 teams)
• FOURTH 86+ (31 teams)

Tee times will remain the same for both days.

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Per the rules sheet, "In case of a first-place tie in any flight, a playoff will take place if all tied teams are available. Otherwise, all places will be decided by handicap holes from Saturday’s scorecards."

All winners within flights are paid in golf shop prize merchandise credit to golfers’ club accounts on file, balances accessible by email. On-course game winners receive a dozen TaylorMade TP5 balls Skins are paid in cash, redeemable in the pro shop. Please contact the pro shop to inquire about your winnings.

Congratulations to Titan Carter for winning our 2024 Club Championship! Titan faced off vs. Brad Tate in the final match of bracket play to win the title.

• Titan Carter also won the Handicap Championship match vs. Jonathan Buck.
• Joe Firestone won the Senior Championship title vs. Gary Blohm.
• Fred Inglis won the Super Senior Championship played vs. Don Fowler.
• Beatta Needham won the Ladies Championship match vs. Veronica Garcia.

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Bookmark this page! Brackets will be updated as matches complete!

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BRACKETS

Click the bracket link below to view all brackets and dated rounds. Pick-up official scorecards in the pro shop prior to your match, and turn back in completed scorecards after each match.

ROSTER

For the sake of privacy, all rosters can be found either in the clubhouse OR will be emailed to all participants with each round reminder. Please reach out to your opponents to schedule your matches on or before each round’s date.

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RULES

Every year we welcome all of our Certificate Holders, Playing Members, and Employees to challenge their golf skills through friendly competition in our Club Championship Tournament! Members can enter two divisions only if one is the open championship.

In Match Play, the game is played by holes. A hole is won by the player which holes their ball in the fewest amount of strokes (net strokes where applicable). The reckoning of holes is kept by the terms: so many holes up or all square, and so many to play. ***Pick-up official scorecards in the pro shop prior to your match, and turn back in completed scorecards after each match. RECORD EACH PLAYERS' SCORE FOR EACH HOLE PLAYED WITH A NUMBER; IF INTERESTED IN MARKING THE RECKONING OF HOLES, YOU MUST USE A SEPARATE LINE.*** A player may concede a hole or a match at any time prior to the conclusion of the hole or the match. Concession of a stroke, hole, or match may not be declined or withdrawn. This is a bracket-style, single elimination tournament.

Time frames and match pairings for each round will be posted in the clubhouse, website, and emailed. In each round, players must arrange to play their matches on or before the date stated. Any matches not completed in the time frame posted will result in a double forfeit. The finals will be held Sunday, August 11, 2024 starting at 9:00 AM.

• The Championship Division will play from the Black Tee Markers with no handicap involved.
• The Handicap Division will play from the Blue Tee Markers with handicaps playing off the lower of the two handicaps — using 75% of established handicaps.
• The Senior Division (60-70 years) will play from the White Tee Markers — using 75% of established handicaps.
• The Super Senior Division (71+ years) will play from the Gold Tee Markers — using 75% of established handicaps.
• The Ladies Division will play from the Gold Tee Markers, max score on any hole is 12. ***Since so many players do not have any type of established/posted handicap, the initial pairings will be done by random draw with handicaps calculated after each 18-hole match. Results may not be known immediately following match, but will be posted ASAP after calculations. After two completed matches, all handicaps will be established in the clubhouse and used for the semi-final and final matches (using 75% of established handicaps).***
• The Handicap, Senior, Super Senior, and Ladies Divisions handicaps will be noted on the match scorecards.

The Divisions playing with handicaps require an ESTABLISHED handicap; we recommend at least three 18-hole rounds of this current year — the more scores you post, the more representative your index. To maintain a current index, you should continue to post ALL adjusted gross scores for rounds played under authorized formats and by the Rules of Golf. IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THE ACTIVE GAM GHIN HANDICAP LIST, ONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR YOU FOR $41 (using your club credit if applicable, or charged to your club account). By signing-up in to play these Divisions, you are accepting these terms. An email will be sent from GHIN letting players know the login info for their account profile; this will allow you to post scores from any course from your phone or computer, and keep up with your handicap all season long!

Congrats to the team of Todd Erickson, Scott Schmeding, Phil Johnson, and Zack Bialik for winning first place in the 3rd Annual Shelby Tiger Touchdown 4-Person Scramble with a score of 61!

It was a beautiful, sunny Sunday as we all gathered to support the Shelby Football program! The money raised today will directly help fund their summer football camps.

Results:

Results:

Congrats to Team Muskegon ISD (John Szedga, Liam Szedga, Corbin Vanderstelt, and Randy Lindquist) for winning first place in a three-way tie and playoff finish in the annual Ron & Dave’s Excellent Adventure Corporate Cup Challenge with a score of 58.

Thanks to all who played!

Results: