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Sugar Grove dreaming big after landing new LPGA event

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The picturesque Rich Harvest Farms was site of the 2009 Solheim Cup. The course has been picked to host a new LPGA event in 2016.

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More than 100,000 people visited Sugar Grove during the 2009 Solheim Cup. Here, LPGA star Paula Creamer greets the crowd at Rich Harvest, which was picked o host a new LPGA event in 2016.

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Sugar Grove area officials said the securing of a new Ladies PGA event in 2016 is a steppingstone toward making Rich Harvest Farms an international golf destination. "We're starting to grow, so the exposure is the biggest thing. It means the world for our existing businesses and possible future businesses," Sugar Grove Village President Sean Michels said.