Virginia Golfer March/April 2014 | Page 6

Part of the makeover to Independence Golf Club will entail removing and renovating the layout’s sand bunkers. The Takeaway VSGA MEMBER CLUBS Reconstituting Independence G iff Breed, one of the new owners of Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, says the club’s 12-year-old golf course needs a hug. That is just what Independence is going to get starting May 15 when the 18-hole championship course, designed by Tom Fazio, will be shut down to regrass the fairways and redo some bunkers. If all goes well and the weather cooperates, the course should reopen