Mike Urben has spent much of his adult life making University Ridge one of the more popular and successful golf courses in the state. Rick Shafel loved working at the Ridge so much that he got married there and turned down every potential employer who tried to lure him away.
Urben and Shafel both worked at the Ridge since it opened in 1991. Urben is the only general manager the place has ever had; Shafel is its only food and beverage manager.
They were hard-working managers who had no reason to believe their jobs were on the line. Yet on August 27, Urben and Shafel were fired and they are still trying to figure out why.