Jim and Colleen Myhre have purchased the 29 Pines Golf Course in Mahtowa, closing on Sept. 4, and have renamed it Rugged Spruce Golf Club.

"We had planned to keep the original course name," Jim Myhre said. "Outside experts" advised that it would be a good idea to change the 40-year-old name to better signify a fresh start.

Roxanne Olson was the previous owner of the course.

Jim grew up about two miles from the course. He thinks he first played there in about 1980. He played in a league there this past season. When the announcement came in May that 29 Pines was for sale and could potentially...