EAA Young Eagles is the most dynamic aviation youth effort in the world, touching the lives of over 70,000 youth of all backgrounds each year. Since the program teed off in 1992, Young Eagles has inspired nearly 1.5 million young people to explore the world of flight, learning that “if you dream it, you can do it.”

Oshkosh Country Club dates back to 1899. Its first name was the Algoma Country Club and location was the present day site of the Lakeshore Golf Course. In 1917, the club was moved to its current location south of Oshkosh on Ripple Road and Hwy. 45 and changed its name to Oshkosh Country Club. The course’s design drew many of golf’s top players during the 1920s and early 1930s. Among these players were Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. Sawyer eventually left Oshkosh for the warmer climate of Augusta, Georgia. However, before he left Oshkosh, he brought a touch of golf’s Scottish heritage to Oshkosh. Sawyer’s successor at OCC was Irwin Steward MacNichol, an immigrant who learned golf from the professionals at Carnoustie, Scotland. The design of OCC continued to evolve and improve throughout the successive decades.

Today the rich tradition of OCC adds to the Oshkosh community. Current member Dennis Elmer believes that “OCC is truly part of the fabric that makes up the Oshkosh community and links Oshkosh to the early history of golf in Wisconsin and the Midwest.”