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Sweet Water Golf Course, the result of a dramatic facelift, aims to make its nine-hole layout memorable At the new Sweet Water Golf Course you will find that less is more. Definitely. Sweet Water, you see, is the former Pennsburg Golf Course, located just off Rt. 663 between Quakertown and Pennsburg in upper Montgomery County that, from 1969 to 1999, evolved from nine holes to 14. Having more holes than less when it was Pennsburg, however, slowly became a liability rather than an asset. That's because the 14 holes, for the want of a better word, wandered all over the property, sometimes even crossing one another. And it slowly spiraled into disrepair until the Kolonia and Vietmeier families took over the property on June 1, 1999. But the family, with Jeff and Sharon (Kolonia) Vietmeier taking over the day-to-day operations, quickly transformed the golf course. The pro shop was gutted and rehabbed, with a pleasing wood deck added for outside eating and drinking. Then Jeff, along with family help, retooled and redesigned the course, quickly eliminating five holes to return it to a nine-hole layout and making it much more playable and enjoyable. The course couldn't be in better hands. Jeff is a Penn State turf grass program graduate with plenty of experience: an internship at Augusta, GA; five years at Golden Eagle in Tallahassee, FL; and six more years at the University of Maryland Golf Course. ...

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