Pleasant Valley Country Club
| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in the United States  Location in Massachusetts. | |
| Coordinates | 42°09′04″N 71°44′13″W / 42.151°N 71.737°W |
| Location | 95 Armsby Road Sutton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Established | 1961 |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Jay Magill, Beth Shropshire |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | |
| Greens | Bent grass[1] |
| Fairways | Bent grass |
| Website | www |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,020 yards (6,419 m) |
| Course rating | 74.3[2] |
| Slope rating | 139[2] |
Pleasant Valley Country Club is a golf course and country club in the northeastern United States, located in Sutton, Massachusetts. The course is a 72 par that measures 7,020 yards (6,419 m).[3]
History
[edit]In 1959, a 350-acre (1.4 km2) apple orchard was carved out to build Pleasant Valley Country Club.[4] Cosmo Mingolla oversaw the opening of the club two years later in 1961. In 1979, Pleasant Valley was handed over to Edward Mingolla. In 2010, John Magill purchased the club in a foreclosure from the Bank of New England. Two years later, Magill passed away and ownership was given to his children: Jay Magill and Beth Shropshire. In 2019, they listed the club for sale, but later took it off the market.[5]
Since 1962, Pleasant Valley has hosted many important professional golf tournaments of the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). That year marked its first professional tournament, the LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Open, which was won by Shirley Englehorn. Two years later, the first men's tournament took place called the Massachusetts Open, won by Bill Ezinicki.
It hosted its first PGA Tour event in 1965, the Carling World Open, won by Tony Lema, two strokes ahead of Arnold Palmer.[6] Three years later, the legendary Palmer won the inaugural edition of the Kemper Open.[7] In 1969, Pleasant Valley created its own PGA Tour event, the New England Classic, which it exclusively hosted through 1998, when it ceased.
Pleasant Valley hosted seven women's majors, all LPGA Championships (1967–68, 1970–74), while Paul Harney was the head club pro from 1965 to 1973.[8] The one-time LPGA Patty Berg Classic took place in 1969, won by Kathy Whitworth.[9]
In 1974, the course hosted the Massachusetts State Amateur Championship, won by Bill Mallon. The one-time LPGA AreaWEB.COM Challenge took place in 1999 and was won by Mardi Lunn. In 2004, Pleasant Valley hosted the Massachusetts Open for the first time since 1964; Geoffrey Sisk won the tournament.
List of tournaments
[edit]- 1962–1966: Lady Carling Eastern Open (LPGA Tour)
- 1964, 2004: Massachusetts Open
- 1965: Carling World Open (PGA Tour)
- 1967–1968, 1970–1974: LPGA Championship (LPGA Tour major)
- 1968: Kemper Open (PGA Tour)
- 1969: Patty Berg Classic (LPGA Tour)
- 1969–1998: New England Classic (PGA Tour)
- 1974: Massachusetts State Amateur Championship
- 1999: AreaWEB.COM Challenge (LPGA Tour)
References
[edit]- ^ "Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, MA".
- ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Pleasant Valley Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
- ^ "Pleasant Valley Golf Course Scorecard" (PDF). Pleasant Valley Country Club.
- ^ "Pleasant Valley Country Club and Golf Course - Unwind, rejuvenate, play!".
- ^ "After Being Taken off Market, Pleasant Valley CC Now Opens for Public Play". June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Toast for Tony in Carling golf". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. August 24, 1965. p. 1C.
- ^ "Palmer charges home To Kemper win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 16, 1968. p. 9.
- ^ Whitmer, Michael (August 26, 2011). "Paul Harney, was state's most accomplished pro golfer". Boston.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ^ "Kathy wraps up $25,000 Classic". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. June 16, 1969. p. 4C.