The 59-year-old Sutton, Mass. club, which has a long history of hosting PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, was listed for sale for $4 million in October 2019, but then saw interest from potential buyers wane after the coronavirus outbreak. It is now offering public play on Mondays in June when it doesn’t have outings, and may extend the opportunity into July as well.
Pleasant Valley Country Club (PVCC) in Sutton, Mass. is no longer for sale, according to General Manager Elise Aviza, the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette reported.
In October 2019, the club was listed for sale for $4 million, the Telegram & Gazette reported. But interest from potential buyers waned when golf clubs closed earlier this year because of the pandemic, and Aviza said the club was taken off the market in March.
Now, Aviza said, she is pleased that Jay Magill and his sister, Beth Shropshire, will continue to own the club as golf facilities try to recover from the pandemic.
“You need owners that know the golf industry,” Aviza said, “to actually weather a storm like this. I’m very happy that it has stayed in the Magills’ hands, because they know what it takes to run a golf course.”
Magill and Shropshire have owned PVCC and Highfields Golf & CC in Grafton, Mass. since their father, John Magill, died at 77 in July 2012, the Telegram & Gazette reported. Cosmo E. “Cuz” Mingolla opened the club in 1961 and after his death in 1979, his son, Edward J. “Ted” Mingolla, took over as owner. John Magill purchased the club in a foreclosure auction from the Bank of New England for $5 million in November 2010.
The club, which has been home to many PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, is now allowing public play on four Mondays in June, the Telegram & Gazette reported. Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Phil Mickelson were among the world-class golfers who played at PVCC, which hosted 32 PGA Tour events and 13 LPGA Tour events, including several LPGA Championships, through 1999.
Like every golf club, PVCC lost outings because of the pandemic, so it decided to make tee times available to the public on Mondays, to try to recoup some of the lost revenue, the Telegram & Gazettereported. Nonmembers can’t usually play the PVCC course unless they’re with a member or if they play in an outing. “So this is a great opportunity,” Aviza said, “and it might expose the club to new members.”
For $75, golfers are now being allowed to ride the course on June 1, 8, 15 and 29 (an outing is booked for June 22), the Telegram & Gazette reported. All morning tee times for the first Monday were booked quickly, Aviza said, adding that more Mondays could become available in July and beyond, if more outings cancel.
Last year, the Telegram & Gazette reported, PVCC allowed public play with lunch for $100 for an 11:30 a.m. shotgun on a Monday in June, one in July and one in August. The clubhouse and restaurant haven’t opened yet this year because of the pandemic.
Head pro Paul Parajeckas planned to greet the public golfers on Mondays and provide them with some history of the course, Aviza said. Ryan Kosta is back as the club’s assistant pro, and Nate Henry has returned as superintendent.
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