Tournament Fact Sheet

Valero Open TPC (Oaks Course) • San Antonio, Texas • April 1-4, 2021

Director of Course Operations Tournament Set-up Roby Robertson, CGCS Par: 36-36--72 Phone: 210-481-9778 Yardage: 7,494 Email: [email protected] Stimpmeter: 11 Twitter: @RRAgronomy Course Statistics Years as GCSAA Member: 33 Average Green Size: 6,400 sq. ft. Years at TPC San Antonio: 3 Acres of Fairway: 35 Years as a Superintendent: 30 Acres of Rough: 35 Previous Courses: TPC Scottsdale, TPC Craig Ranch, Number of Sand Bunkers: 64 TPC Eagle Trace, Shangri-La, Quail Ridge Number of Water Hazards: 3 Hometown: Wellington, Kan. Number of Holes Water is in Play: 3 Education: Kansas State University Soil Conditions: Sand cap / native clay Water Sources: Well Professional Tournaments Hosted: This will be the 9th Drainage Conditions: Good professional tour event Robertson has hosted. This is his 2nd Valero Open (2019) and 5th PGA event (3 Turfgrass Phoenix Opens from 2016-18). Also hosted 4 Korn Ferry Greens: Champion bermuda os/w Poa events and multiple PGA and Champions Q Schools. Trivialis .110” Tees: TifSport bermuda os/w Poa Trivialis. .325” Other Key Golf Personnel Fairways: TifSport bermuda os/w perennial Jonathan Graham, Sr. Assistant Superintendent rye and chewing fescue .400” Patrick Parkins, Assistant Superintendent Rough: Bandera bermuda os/w perennial Ryan Perez, Assistant Superintendent rye and chewing fescue 2”

Anthony Petrillose, Assistant Superintendent Austin Corder, Assistant Superintendent Additional Notes • A new tee was added to hole No. 5, Sam Baldea, Equipment Manager extending the hole to 401 yards. Jason Polka, PGA Professional Number of Employees: 46 Tournament Fact Sheets for the PGA, Number of Tournament Volunteers: 19 LPGA, Champions and Korn Ferry Tours and USGA can be found all year at: Course Architect https://www.gcsaa.org/media/tournament- Architect (year): Greg Norman (2010) fact-sheets

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