Tournament Fact Sheet

ZOZO Championship Sherwood Country Club • Thousand Oaks, Calif. • Oct. 22-25, 2020

Director of Agronomy Tournament Set-up Neil Edwards Par: 36-36--72 Phone: 805-267-4539 Yardage: 7,073 Email: [email protected] Stimpmeter: 12.5

Years at Sherwood Country Club: 6 Course Statistics Years as a Superintendent: 21 Average Green Size: 7,200 sq. ft. Previous Courses: Silo Ridge, Bakers Bay, El Dorado Acres of Fairway: 28 Hometown: Bainsdale, Australia Acres of Rough: 38 Number of Sand Bunkers: 51 Number of Employees: 28 Number of Water Hazards: 4 Number of Tournament Volunteers: 10 How many holes is water in play: 8 Soil Conditions: Sand Other Key Personnel Water Sources: Potable, well Nick Smith, Assistant Superintendent Francisco Cobian, Equipment Manager Turfgrass Jeff Fowler, Director of Golf Greens: Bentgrass .090” Nicholas Yannottie, PGA Professional Tees: Bentgrass .325” Rob Ooserhuis, Manager Fairways: Bentgrass .350” Jim Furash, President Rough: Ryegrass 3”

Course Architect Additional Notes Architect (year): (1989) • The course hosted the Showdown at Renovation Architect (year): Jack Nicklaus (2016) Sherwood, the first ever prime-time live Owner: Member owned match in 1999.

• Lake Sherwood, adjacent to the golf Rounds Per Year: 22,000 course, is California’s oldest man-made lake.

• The back nine features 3 par 3s, 3 par 4s Tournament Fact Sheets for the PGA, LPGA, Champions and 3 par 5s. and Korn Ferry Tours can be found all year at: https://www.gcsaa.org/media/tournament-fact-sheets

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