A sign announcing the auction of the Valleybrook Golf and Country Club is seen in this file photo.
The golf will go on.
And the next tournament is Saturday.
Valleybrook Golf and Country Club will remain a golf course and soon become a private club again after Henry Luken bought it at an auction Thursday for $950,000.
“The most important thing is that it’s going to remain a golf course,” club champion Gary Baker said while sitting with friends on patio furniture a few minutes before the table and chairs were auctioned off to the highest bidder.
The fear of many club members and area residents was that a real estate developer would win the bid and build housing on the grounds where a PGA Tour event once resided and World Golf Hall of Famer Payne Stewart finished runner-up.