Sugar Grove, IL
Rich Harvest Farms
Jerry Rich’s golf project began in 1988 with three holes on his Illinois property. It expanded over roughly a decade into the eighteen-hole course that opened in 1999.1
- Location
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Course
- 18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1999
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Rich Harvest Farms history
Rich Harvest Farms also became a home for the Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois and Northern Illinois University’s golf teams. Rich, a 1961 NIU graduate, connected his private project with both youth instruction and college golf.1
The course
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Championships
- 2021 Arnold Palmer CupRich Harvest Farms
- 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Golf ChampionshipRich Harvest Farms
- 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Golf ChampionshipRich Harvest Farms
- 2015 Palmer CupRich Harvest Farms
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Results and dates 5 editions
Arnold Palmer Cup
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Palmer Cup
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NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
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Branden Thornberry
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
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Monica Vaughn
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Western Amateur
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Dawson Armstrong
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Sources and editorial notes10 references
Sources for this story
- Rich Harvest Farms | History Rich Harvest Farms
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources9 references
- Club mark source
- Rich Harvest Farms official course fact sheet
- 2021 · GCAA and owner official completed Cup records Actual final result at Rich Harvest Farms and retained owner date evidence establish June 11-13,2021. Owner results explicitly name June 11-13, 2021 and two 24-player sides, each 12 men and 12 women. Preserve all 48 actual final singles competitors.
- NCAA and NIU official championship records NCAA PDF pages29-31 establish completed team and individual outcomes at Rich Harvest Farms. NIU official schedule gives May19-24; its June7 retrospective explicitly confirms the rain-soaked women championship May19-24. NIU May24 final verifies completion. Saturday stroke-play cancellation reduced individual competition to three rounds; the complete team edition continued through May24.
- NCAA and Rich Harvest Farms official records NCAA PDF page29 explicitly names Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club, Sugar Grove, Illinois. The owner 2017 women championship archive and NIU schedule independently identify the same physical golf course. Bind its existing canonical course, distinct from any unrelated city or school facility. No unchanged routing or all-round usage is asserted.
- NCAA: 2025 Division I Mens Golf Championships Records Book Official NCAA team and individual championship records, PDF pages5-9 and40. Separate team/individual awards; NCAA chronology starts1939, not the pre1939 intercollegiate family. Dates remain unasserted except where printed in Houston PDF page14 for1982.
- Western Golf Association: 2025 Western Amateur Records and Statistics Guide WGA completed championship result; detailed guide PDF page48 and venue/summary table.
- 2015 · GCAA and owner official completed Cup records Actual final result at Rich Harvest Farms and retained owner date evidence establish June 12-14,2015. GCAA contemporary final release is dated Sunday June 14, 2015; owner date announcement gives June 12-14 and retrospective records actual Friday team matches.
- Rich Harvest Farms official Cup archive Owner championship archive directly identifies its continuing Sugar Grove physical golf course. Bind the sole verified 18-hole course, without asserting unchanged routing or all-round usage.