Rich Harvest Farms owner Jerry Rich often ventures onto his golf course without his clubs, absorbing the solace of a private playground he developed from Sugar Grove soil.

There were far more visitors during the summer of 2009 than Rich typically is accustomed, but he still found time and space to think.

Rich began outlining the premise for the LPGA’s new International Crown match-play event when the Solheim Cup descended on the course nearly four years ago. On Thursday, he sat in a ballroom at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla., as LPGA officials announced his partial brainchild would be coming to Rich Harvest Farms in 2016.