Pleasant Valley Country Club
Pleasant Valley Country Club is a golf course and country club in Sutton, Massachusetts. The course is a 72 par that measures 7,020 yards. History. In 1959, a 350-acre apple orchard was carved out to built Pleasant Valley Country Club. 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. 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. However, it was not until 1965 that a men's PGA tournament took place, namely the Carling World Open, when Tony Lema emerged victorious. Notably, the legendary  golfer Arnold Palmer won the inaugural edition of the PGA Kemper Open in 1968. In 1969, Pleasant Valley created its own PGA tournament called the New England Classic, which it exclusively hosted until it ceased in 1998. The one-time LPGA Patty Berg Classic also took place in 1969, which was won by Kathy Whitworth. Pleasant Valley hosted a number of LPGA Championship tournaments in the late 1960s and early 1970s, while Paul Harney was the head club pro from 1965 to 1973. 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 2002, Pleasant Valley hosted the Massachusetts Open for the first time since 1964. Geoffrey Sisk won the tournament.