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Coming to Willow Valley for a visit and the car is packed with children and stuff? You want to bring the clubs because you know the course is here but without leaving something behind they just dont fit. Ship them to us! Pick your shipper of choice and send those clubs to: Willow Valley Golf Shop, 2416 willow Street Pike, Lancaster PA 17602
We will hold the clubs in the golf shop until you arrive.
PATRIOT GOLF DAYS – SEPTEMBER 1-3 2012 During the Labor Day weekend of September 1-3, the golf course will be holding Patriot Golf Days. The event is a way for you to support those who have served our Nation and have sacrificed their lives or have become disabled during their service to our Country. During these days we ask that you donate a minimum of $1 to the ‘Folds of Honor Foundation’, which will be used to provide educational scholarships to the children of those who sacrificed their lives or bodies for us. Donations will be accepted in the Golf Shop.
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This event is for junior players from ages 10 to 17 who are registered with the www.phillyjuniortour.com. The dates of the tournaments are to be determined for 2012 and our course will be closed until 12:30 to allow completion of play. Last years winner shot a 69 score for 18 holes, this years Spring event was won with an 18 hole score of 63 or 3 under par. Like they say on TV these kids are good!
A cutting edge method to improve the quality of our green surfaces was used this year. The program is called dry-ject and allows us to inject sand into our putting surfaces without using the old technology of aerification holes. This method is fast and the green surfaces are only slightly disturbed and play continued while the process was being done last season . In addition we will begin a standard practice of sanding our green surfaces to create a better putting surface which is firmer and smoother.
Multiple changes have been made to our first hole to return it to its original design. You can now play your shot from the tee and with a slight fade and drive it into the fairway over the bunkers without the obstruction of multiple trees in the line of flight. The hole has good lines and a much more appealing view from the tee area.
We continue to work with our natural enviornment and will create some natural grass areas throughout the course. These areas are important for erosion control and assist in controlling leaf dispursion across the course. They also provide some challenge if you happen to hit your ball in there, but they are positioned well out of normal play so accept the challenge and hit a good shot.
Try the putt – putt contest on our natural putting green:
For those of you who enjoy the game but do not feel your skill level meets the requirement of a full size golf course, look to our new area for some fun this year. We will modify our putting green several times this year to create an interesting and unique putting challenge. The green will be layed out with a multiple hole putting challenge, which will encorporate natural obstacles to challenge your putting skills. Come on out and give the mini course a try for only $5.00 and see if you could be the best putter on that weekend, and collect some prizes and the satisfaction that you beat the mini course and all the players who tried and failed.
POTENTIAL DATES FOR CONTEST ; May 26-27th….July 7-8th….September 1-2nd.
