LOCUST GROVE, Va. - ValleyCrest Golf Course Maintenance has signed an agreement to perform golf course grow-in and long-term golf course maintenance for Somerset Golf Club here. Under the agreement, ValleyCrest will provide turnkey grow-in and maintenance services for the 18-hole daily-fee golf club. The addition of this facility increases the company’s maintenance portfolio to 43 and is its first contract in Virginia.
Situated 15 miles west of Fredericksburg, Somerset Golf Club was originally built in 1996, and is currently undergoing extensive course renovation to all of its greens, tees, bunkers and several complete holes. Architect Rick Robbins of Robbins & Associates Inc., Cary, N.C., completed the redesign and is overseeing the work. The course features bluegrass and ryegrass tees and fairways with fescue roughs and bentgrass greens. The layout is due to reopen in June.
“The ValleyCrest team has been an important element in the redesign strategy and in improving the overall look and agronomy standards,” said Arthur Jeffords, President of Lighthouse Golf Group, which manages the facility. “We are excited about the facility’s potential as we proceed with plans to integrate the golf course amenities with those of the proposed 100-room Hawthorn Suites hotel/conference center on adjacent land.”
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