Rich Harvest Farms
Rich Harvest Farms is a private, 18-hole, 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) golf course and country club near Sugar Grove, Illinois with 49 members built in 1989 and expanded in 1999. Owned by Jerry Rich, a self-made millionaire from inventing a method to incorporate five separate stock exchange software programs into one and graduate of Northern Illinois University. Rich Harvest Farms hosted the 2007 NCAA Central Regional Men's Golf Championships and was the 2009 site of the Solheim Cup USA v. Europe matches. In 1999, it was named the fifth-best new private course in the U.S. by Golf Digest. In 2003, the course made its debut on that magazine’s list of Top 100 American Golf Courses. It is currently ranked number 45. After the success of the Solheim Cup, the LPGA is looking at Rich Harvest Farms to potentially host a future tournament.
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