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Old 06-29-2015, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN View Post
The rumor was palmer designed it as a 18 hole course and had nothing to do with cherry hills. The villages had the guy who does the other championship courses do cherry hills. When palmer found out they were calling all 27 holes a palmer signature course the villages had to pay him a fee for 10 years. Naturally just a rumor and the truth will never be known
According to Golf Digest the Cherry Hill and Laurel Valley courses were designed by Arnold Palmer. The Riley Grove course was designed by Lloyd Clifton.