Somerby Golf Club and Community

=Somerby Golf Club=

[http://www.somerbygolfclub.com Somerby Golf Club] - a private golf club and community, which is on the north side of Byron, Minnesota. The course was designed by architect and golf pro John Fought, and by golf pro Tom Lehman.

Construction for the course and the surrounding community began in May 2002 and was completed in April 2004 [ [http://www.amesconstruction.com/docs/Somerby.pdf Ames Construction project profile] ] . The principal developer was Golden Tee Development LLC, a partnership between Minnesota-based companies, Ames Construction, Inc. and Wensmann Homes, Inc. [ [http://www.somerbygolfclub.com/view.asp?id=204&page=4483 Somerby website: Fact Sheet] ] .

Accolades

Somerby was ranked 8th in 2005, by "Golf Digest", for best new golf private golf courses in the US [ [http://www.golfdigest.com/bestnew/index.ssf?/courses/bestnew/gd200601bestprivate.html Golf Digest: America's best new (private) courses of 2005] ] . "Golfweek Magazine" rated Somerby in 2006, as a residential "Course of Distinction." [ [http://www.somerbygolfclub.com/view.asp?id=204&page=3507 Somerby Golf Club: Awards and Accolades] ] In 2007, "Golf Digest" ranked Somerby 7th, for the best Minnesota courses [ [http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/state/index.ssf?/courses/state/2007minnesota.html Golf Digest: Best in State Rankings; 2007-2008] ] .

Tournaments

Somberby hosted the [http://www.somerby.com/PDFs/nationwide.pdf PGA Nationwide Tour in mid-July, 2006] , and was selected to [http://somerby.com/PDFs/nationwide.pdf host again in 2007 through 2009] . The yearly golf tour event at Somerby is the "Showdown at Somerby".

omerby Golf Community

The [http://somerby.com Somerby Golf Community] is an exclusive, high-end master-planned community, with both on-and-off-course homes and home sites surrounding the golf course. Other amenities include private members/residents-only; clubhouse, restaurant and bar, swimming pool and hot-tubs, tennis courts, and a park.

External links

* [http://www.somerbygolfclub.com Somerby Golf Club]
* [http://somerby.com Somerby Golf Community] (homes and master-planned community)

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