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History of Pleasant Valley Golf & Country Club 
During the late 1950s while visiting the farm of O.A. Hepburn, Veterinarian Dr. W. H. Cresswell, noted that the 167 acre farm with its rolling hills would make a great golf course. He mentioned this to Mr. Hepburn, and asked if the farm ever came up for sale, to be given the first crack at purchasing it. New Years Day 1960, Dr Cresswell along with 2 other investors bought the farm.
David Ferguson, head groundskeeper for Imperial Tobacco Ltd. Aylmer plant at the time and a former golf professional from Scotland, designed the first nine holes for Pleasant Valley. Seventy partners financed the completion of the project. In 1962 the course opened for its first season.
When the Royal Canadian Air Force training station near
Aylmer closed, the former sergeants mess was acquired by
the club and moved to Pleasant Valley to become a clubhouse
that along with several additions still stands today.
In 1978 Dr Cresswell bought controlling interest and son Robert, a recent graduate of the University of Guelph agreed to manage the course. In 1987 the Cresswell family invested in the completion of the back nine, with the assistance of Tom Pullen, and Steve Taylor, greens keeper at Pleasant Valley. The course, named after its namesake valley, now boasts carefully kept fairways and greens, 4 tees substantially elevated from the fairways below, a creek that winds throughout and towering mature trees.
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