Congratulations to Team Captain Danko (Mike Danko, Mark Heckman, Michael Heckman, and Matthew Heckman) for winning the 2023 Golf United Oceana with a score of 57 (-16 under par). View the full results below.
It was a beautiful day for golf! Thank you to all the golfers for participating, local businesses for donating prizes, and the United Way for hosting a wonderful outing. Oceana Golf Club is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the event. This outing kicks off the United Way’s giving-campaign season and the funds raised today will go towards their programs and services that will benefit families in need in Oceana County.
Congratulations to the team of Spencer Peters, RJ Pretty, Trenton Felt, and Rodney Burns for winning the 2023 Shelby Wrestling Scramble with a score of 57 (-16 under par). View the full results linked below.
Thank you all for participating despite the rain! This outing is the wrestling program’s largest fundraiser, and with your help they were able to raise thousands of dollars today.
Congratulations to the father-son duo of Doug Savage and Anthony Savage on winning the 2023 Oceana Shuffle by shooting a 70 (scramble 21, best ball 23, alternate shot 26). They are visiting West Michigan from Ohio and won the tournament while on vacation!
This is always a fun and favorite tournament! Thank you to all who joined us today!
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 sleeve of balls, redeemable in the pro shop. Skins are paid in cash, redeemable in the pro shop. Ties broken by best ball score, then alternate shot, then scramble.
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!
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. The reckoning of holes is kept by the terms: so many holes up or all square, and so many to play. 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 Concession of a stroke, hole, or match may not be declined or withdrawn.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 and emailed. In each round, you must arrange to play your 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 13 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 Divisions playing with handicaps require an established handicap; IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THE ACTIVE GAM GHIN HANDICAP LIST, ONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR YOU FOR $39 (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!
ROSTER
Click the roster link to view all participants name and contact info. Please reach out to your opponents to schedule your matches on or before each round’s date.
Our 2023 Oceana Best Ball “Joe Foster” Open Champions are Jordan Durga and CJ Griffin with a two-day total of 132 (66 both days).
2023 Champions
Placing first in the remaining flights: FIRST Corey Parmalee/Shawn Pranger 140; SECOND John Szegda/Derek Jacobson 147; THIRD Taylor Moore/Ryan Magerowski 151; FOURTH Jeff Hentschel/John Weaver 159.
SUMMARY
Entering day one of the 50th edition of the “Joe Foster Open,” Oceana Golf Club was primed with perfect scoring conditions as the course had not seen even a trace of rain for several weeks making it play fast and susceptible to teams going low.
But, like most years, Old Man Par “Not Joe” has shown his grit by reminding players from all over the country what OGC is all about — the greens. With yielding only 8 eagles to the field of 116 two-person teams, the scores were a touch higher than average making for some very competitive flights. The team of Jason Pranger and Mike Bryce posted an early 65 with a stellar 29 on their second nine to finish in a tie with the defending champions, Ryan and Robert Oosting, who made 9 birdies and 1 bogey in route their afternoon 65. Sitting one shot out at 66 is the 2016 champions, Eric Ruthkoski and Jacob Polayni, who also knocked in the lone first day skin with their eagle (3) on hole #1. Two former team champions in the field both shot 71 to lead the First Flight march (2013 Erik Sanford and Dave Wojcicki, and 2014 Corey Parmalee and Shawn Pranger).
Day two was a different story altogether as the rain with a north wind and drop in temperatures caused OGC to go from perfect scoring conditions to at times survival mode for some. The trend was scores posted were going to be higher than round one. Round one co-leader Pranger and Bryce posted an early 72 to find themselves at best in second place with the 66+66=132 from OGC Club Champion Jordan Durga and his partner CJ Griffin already in. Several other teams had life still, including the other co-leaders still on the course, but it was not to be as the Oosting brothers struggled to gain much traction in the cool windy afternoon and finished Sunday at 72 for a two day total of 137 good for 4th place.
Oceana Golf Club would like to congratulate all the participants and a special thank you to all the volunteers. The Joe Foster family was on the starters box both days welcoming all the players and sharing stories and plans for the Joe Foster Junior Golf Foundation. Great things for the Area Junior Golfers coming very soon.
GAMES
DAY ONE ($25 club credit)
PROXY #5 Justin Durga
PROXY #7 Adam Sheren
PROXY #12 Joe Balakovitz
PROXY #17 Scott O’Neil
DAY TWO ($25 club credit)
PROXY #5 Dave Vernier
PROXY #7 Jim McCamant
PROXY #12 Mike Garcia
PROXY #17 Ryan Magerowski
*If we do not know the "nickname" on the proxy stake we cannot pay out prize. Please write your name as on the tee sheet.
SKINS
$3,330 total cash pot (112 teams in plus $1,090 carryover from 2022)
DAY ONE ($1,665 cash pot)
HOLE #1 (3) Polyani/Ruthkoski
DAY TWO ($1,665 cash pot)
HOLE #4 (2) Pranger/Bryce
HOLE #13 (3) Durga/Griffin
INNISBROOK RANDOM DRAW WINNER
Congratulations to Taylor Moore for winning our giveaway of a 3-day, 2-night stay at Innisbrook, a Salamander Golf & Spa Resort, in a random draw! Giveaway provided by Bill Oosting II. Please contact the pro shop to redeem your voucher.
Thank you to all participants, volunteers, staff, and the Foster family for making our 50th celebration of this tournament a success! This is a special and favorite event of ours to host.
All winners (within flights and of on-course games) are paid in golf shop prize merchandise credit to golfers’ club accounts on file, balances accessible by email. Please contact the pro shop to inquire about your winnings. Skins are paid in cash, redeemable in the pro shop. Ties within flights broken by Saturday’s card, lowest handicapped hole, low score wins.
Congrats to the team of Bryan Bell, Kyle Blohm, Brandon Bennitt, and Jon Buck for winning first place in a tiebreaker in the 2nd Annual Shelby Tiger Touchdown 4-Person Scramble with a score of 63!
We were lucky to have such a beautiful day for golf. Thanks to all who played and supported the Shelby Football program! The money raised today will directly help fund their summer football camps.
Congrats to the team of Marv Malburg, Mike Malburg, Gary Malburg, and Joe Malburg for winning first place in the 2023 Crystal Valley Care Fund 4-Person Scramble with a score of 66! Thanks to all who played and raised funds for this great local organization.
Congrats to Team Lincoln Hills (Dan Contreras, Dave Wojcicki, Erica Reed, and Jeff Erndteman) for winning first place in the 29th annual Corporate Cup Challenge with a score of 57! This same team won the cup in 2022 as well.
Congratulations to the team of Mike DeRuiter, Kyle Klotz, Jordan Durga, and Kaleb Klotz for earning the title of 2023 Shelby Rotary Club 4-Person Scramble Champions by shooting a two-day total of 116 (57 and 59), a combined 30 under par.
Placing 1st in the First Flight is Don Fowler, Matt Fowler, Brian Campbell, and Eric Sturgeon with a 123; and 1st in the Second Flight is Vince Crotty, Chris Gotaas, Pat Bauer, and Jim Przybylek with a 132.
DeRuiter, Durga, Klotz, Klotz
Oceana Golf Club was honored to host the 38th Annual Shelby Rotary Club 4-Person Scramble. With a record setting 61 teams and 244 players in this year’s field, all eyes were on the weather forecast for the weekend after several days of cold, rain, and snow leading up (and a history of poor weather for the tournament!).
It was all good for day one leaders shooting 57, Mike DeRuiter, Kyle Klotz, Jordan Durga, and Kaleb Klotz. The wind and rain and cold didn’t bother the field too badly as there were 25 eagles made on Saturday with an average score of nearly 67.
The hottest competition was going to come from the First Flight as 10 teams were jammed in the lead at 63. The Second Flight was looking to have a battle as well with 10 teams locked in within one shot of each other.
Sunday was brought high hopes as the wind changed 180 degrees and the temperature was up 15 degrees, nearly reaching 80… it set the stage for a spectacular finish that would not disappoint! With an additional 26 eagles and the scoring average dropped to 66.
Thank you to the Shelby Rotary Club hosting this wonderful tournament at Oceana! This year marks 38 years of this scramble which is also one of the Rotary Club’s largest fundraising programs to benefit the various community projects they sponsor.
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 and of on-course games) are paid in golf shop prize merchandise credit to golfers’ club accounts on file, balances accessible by email. Skins are paid in cash, redeemable in the pro shop. Please contact the pro shop to inquire about your winnings.
Brett won his match 4&3 to earn his first-ever tournament title.
