Raven’s Claw ready to shine in inaugural Valley Forge Invitational

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The inaugural Valley Forge Invitational will bring two Montco natives home to play right in their own backyards. Both Emily Gimpel and Isabella DiLisio grew up in Montgomery County and will be participating in the LPGA’s Symetra Tour event at Raven’s Claw Golf Club. (MONTCO.Today file photo)

In the early 1900s, Philadelphia was the capital of golf course architecture in the United States. Legendary course architects including George Crump, Donald Ross, George Thomas, and A.W. Tillinghast were creating golf masterpieces in the region.

Fast-forward more than a century and golf course architect, Ed Shearon, is using inspiration from the great architects of the past to build new masterpieces, including one in Montgomery County, according to a post by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board. 

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Opened in 2005, Raven’s Claw Golf Club in Limerick Township has been a consistent selection on Golfweek Magazine’s list of Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Daily Fee courses and is one of 20-plus public golf courses across Montgomery County. Welcoming 26,000 golfers annually, Raven’s Claw features a variety of hole styles, many of which have been carved from rolling hills and mature wooded areas that require creative shots against stunning views.

“My inspiration was to have the same aesthetics, shot values, level of maintenance, use of nature to create hazards, and strategic approaches to the course that the other greats created, but mine is for the average person to play,” said Raven’s Claw Course Architect Ed Shearon of Shearon Golf. “My design is made to challenge the championship player with tough angles and hazards, but also give the higher handicap player the ability to navigate the course. But to make par, the championship-style player will need to know the strategic way to attack this course.”

This May, the course will host the inaugural Valley Forge Invitational, a new event on the LPGA’s Symetra Tour.

Golfers and families looking to travel to Raven’s Claw in Limerick Township will find numerous hotels and restaurants within a five-mile radius of the course. Exciting nearby attractions include the Carousel at PottstownSteel River Playhouse, Manatawny Still Works, and the Philadelphia Premium Outlets, which include a collection of 150 outlet stores.

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