David Gill/Steven Halberg
Limited
Golf Course Architects
1298 Dogwood Lane
Carol Stream, Illinois
60188-3321
Phone 630-309-7565
Fax 630-293-0443
HUNTER'S RIDGE [Formerly Bureau Valley Country Club]
PRINCETON, ILLINOIS
The Hunter's Ridge is a former private club located southeast of Princeton, Illinois in north-central Illinois. The golf course and country club is steeped in tradition and history dating back to 1909 as a rail stop for an Inter-urban rail line from Princeton to Bureau Junction.
Several members felt the golf course originally constructed as a nine hole facility in 1909 was in need of improvements and expansion to maintain its allure and competitive advantage into the 21st Century.
David Gill / Steven Halberg Limited received a commission to work with a steering committee of members to evaluate the feasibility of improving the existing golf course and adding an additional nine holes to the historic layout.
The BVCC Golf Steering Committee and David Gill / Steven Halberg Limited presented an improvement and expansion plan to the membership in early July 1997. The plan included adding nine holes, reconstructing two greens, adding forward tees and bunkers to several existing holes to improve playability for all members, and automating irrigation on the existing course not already automatic.
The golf course master plan includes a routing scheme that plays 6,400 yards from the back tees, 5,100 yards from the forward tees that integrates the new holes with the historic existing holes. In addition to the golf course the project includes relocating and expanding the existing maintenance center and construction of a pond to provide additional irrigation water storage.
Construction is planned to proceed allowing the membership to continue to play golf with minimal interruption or inconvenience through the use of two temporary tees.
The membership of the Club voted overwhelmingly in mid-July 1997, 184 to 15 to proceed with the construction of the new nine holes.
Construction began in the fall of 1997. The golf course opened for limited play in September 1999, with full operation expected in the spring 2000.
The par 4 tenth is one of several signature holes on the new back nine.
The Bureau Valley Country Club was sold to a private firm and opened as a public daily fee golf course in the 2003 golf season.
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