Greg McKush has purchased the 18-hole Montgomery National Golf Club in Montgomery, Minn., and has not announced plans to make any changes. In Greencastle, Ind., Lee Tenzer has acquired Windy Hill Country Club, and will rename the property Tiger Pointe Country Club, and make the nine-hole golf course semi-private.
Two golf courses in Minnesota and Indiana are now under the direction of new owners:
The Montgomery National Golf Club in Montgomery, Minn., will swing into spring under new ownership. Greg McKush has purchased the 18-hole golf course from the Morgan family and is looking forward to greeting golfers when the weather warms, the Montgomery Messenger reported.
“I like to be the first course open,” said McKush, who started working at golf courses at a young age. “When I was 15, my family bought a little nine-hole golf course in the Prior Lake area. They almost bought a bowling alley, but decided on the golf course. The course was called Country Hills, but we turned it into Lone Pine and expanded it to 18 holes.”
McKush’s family owned and operated Lone Pine Golf Course for many years, with McKush working as a golf pro for the club. In 2002, the family sold the course to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the course was completely remodeled and reopened in 2005 as The Meadows at Mystic Lake, the Messenger reported.
The 60-year-old Windy Hill Country Club in Greencastle, Ind., is under new ownership and will be renamed Tiger Pointe Country Club, the Indianapolis-based Inside Indiana reported.
New owner Lee Tenzer is pledging to make significant improvements to the property, including turning it semi-private and guaranteeing it will stay open at least three years, Inside Indiana reported.
The course has served as the home of DePauw University’s golf teams. In addition to the nine-hole golf course, the club also includes a banquet center. A decision on whether the clubhouse will be renovated or rebuilt will come once inspections are complete, Inside Indiana reported.
DePauw Head Golf Coach Vince Lazar, who has been named General Manager and Director of Golf at the club, is slated to keep his position with the Tigers golf team. “Lee Tenzer’s love of the college and community has preserved this asset, which we are terrifically grateful for,” Lazar said.
“A community is as strong as the opportunities it offers its citizens,” Tenzer said. “Losing the golf course that has served this region for more than 60 years was something I did not want to see happen, as it is an important asset. I am proud and pleased to be a part of assuring that Tiger Pointe continues to serve the citizens, students, and visitors, and at a higher level.”
The course’s new superintendent is James Brown, who previously worked for Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville, Ind. Shaun Guerrero will stay on as assistant superintendent and Lazar is set soon to hire a head golf professional, Inside Indiana reported.
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