Poplar Hill Golf Club Construction Begins

Farmville, Virginia
(November, 2004)
Construction has begun on Poplar Hill Golf Club in Farmville, Virginia. The 18 hole championship course, designed by architect, Rick Robbins, is the center piece of a 1060 acre master planned mixed-use residential/resort community in Prince Edward County in central Virginia. The property is located 4 miles from downtown Farmville and sixty miles southwest of Richmond. The master plan for the community includes the golf course and clubhouse, an inn and executive conference center and approximately 1000 to 1200 residential units including single family homes, golf villa duplex units, townhouse units, and condominiums.

Robbins and Associates International of Cary, North Carolina, is an experienced and respected golf architectural firm having successfully completed the design, renovation and opening of over 30 golf courses in the United States, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan. "We are tremendously excited about the Poplar Hill golf course because it will be built on almost perfect, rolling terrain typical of this part of Virginia", stated Rick Robbins. "Very seldom do we get to work with a land parcel of this size that does not have any bad views, power lines, gas lines or other impediments". It is a great, natural setting for the golf course", Rick continued.

Heritage-Links, a golf course builder based in Houston, Texas, will act as the General Contractor for the golf course construction. Heritage Links holds a "Certified Builder" designation from the Golf Course Builders Association of America. Jon P. O’Donnell, Division President for Heritage Links stated, "Working with the architecture firm of Robbins and Associates International on the Poplar Hill Golf Club project will be a very enjoyable one. The site is well suited for a championship golf course, and will be another great success to add to the Heritage Links portfolio".

Lighthouse Golf Group of Atlanta will oversee the construction process and manage the on-going golf operations. "We are excited to be a part of the Poplar Hill development and the Farmville community. We feel the golf course and related development will be a wonderful asset to the area. The land is perfectly suited for a golf course and should be an exciting test of golf", commented Arthur Jeffords, President of Lighthouse Golf Group.

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