That's a shame. It's a pretty decent public golf course.
Of course, I just took a look at their rates from last year (their website is outdated) and they are very reasonable, especially their membership options that are listed, and that's before any specials or discounts that they may have offered during this time frame.
I'm not aware of their staffing situation or overhead, but that could be precarious if their level of service remained high.
Hopefully something can be figured out and they can remain open next year someway, somehow, as it's one of the better public golf courses in the Middletown, Ohio, area. Local residents will have a longer haul to courses closer to Dayton or Cincinnati as a result.
Shaker Run, in nearby Lebanon, Ohio, would be sure to benefit, at least one would hope they could solve that puzzle, as I know they have had some "up and down" years in the past decade.