Tournament Fact Sheet
U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship Colorado Golf Club • Parker, Colo. • Sept. 14-19, 2019
Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up Steve Eller Par: 72 Phone: 303-540-8400 Yardage: 7,561 Cell: 303-815-0949 Stimpmeter: 12 Email: [email protected] Course Statistics Years as GCSAA Member: 16 Average Green Size: 7,200 sq. ft. Years at Colorado Golf Club: 5 Average Tee Size: 6,500 sq. ft. Years as a Superintendent: 10 Acres of Fairway: 44 Previous Courses: Cherry Creek CC (superintendent), Acres of Rough: 17 Castle Pines (super/assistant), Beer Creek (assistant), Number of Sand Bunkers: 105 Keystone Ranch (assistant) Number of Water Hazards: 3 Hometown: Great Bend, Kan. Soil Conditions: Sandy loam Education: Kansas State / Colorado State Water Sources: Well Drainage Conditions: Good Number of Employees: 26 Turfgrass Other Key Golf Personnel Greens: Bentgrass / Poa annua .125” Keenan Lilyquist, Assistant Tees: Bluegrass / ryegrass .350” Dana Tarantelli, Assistant Fairways: Bluegrass / ryegrass .475” Tauge Rux, Assistant Rough: Bluegrass 3” Martin Chavez, Equipment Manager Becky Bowles, Horticulturist Additional Notes Graham Cliff, PGA Professional • Course is set at an elevation of 6,100 feet. Michael Burgamy, Green Committee Bob Kunz, Manager • Course averages 15” of precipitation per Matt Kellogg, President year.
• Wildlife on the course include mule deer, Course Architect antelope, coyote, porcupine, raccoon, wild Architect (year): Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (2007) turkeys, red tail hawks, bull snakes. Course Owner: Member Owned • Colorado Golf Club hosted the 2010 Senior PGA Championship and 2013 Solheim Cup.
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Since 1926 the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has been the top professional association for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association provides education, information and representation to 18,200-plus members in more than 75 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. Tournament Fact Sheet
U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship CommonGround Golf Course • Aurora, Colo. • Sept. 14-15, 2019
Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up Bobby Martin Par: 70 Cell:U. 720-771-4718 Yardage: 7,470 Email: [email protected] Stimpmeter: 12
Years as GCSAA Member: 11 Course Statistics Years at CommonGround: 11 Average Green Size: 7,500 sq. ft. Years as a Superintendent: 7 Average Tee Size: 6,000 sq. ft. Previous Courses: Saddleback (assistant), Coal Creek Acres of Fairway: 45 (assistant), Bethesda CC (maintenance laborer) Acres of Rough: 60 Hometown: Longmont, Colo. Number of Sand Bunkers: 80 Education: University of Maryland Number of Water Hazards: Soil Conditions: Clay / loam Number of Employees: 17 Water Sources: Effluent Number of Tournament Volunteers: 5 Drainage Conditions: Good / fair
Other Key Golf Personnel Turfgrass Troy Rightsell, Assistant Superintendent Greens: Bentgrass / Poa annua .108” Omar Lozano, Equipment Manager Tees: Kentucky bluegrass / ryegrass / Poa Sue Davis, Horticulturist annua .500” Dave Troyer, Director of Golf / PGA Professional Fairways: Kentucky bluegrass / ryegrass / Poa annua .500” Joe McCleary, Manager Rough: Kentucky bluegrass / ryegrass 3” Gary Albrecht, President Additional Notes Course Architect • CommonGround was the companion Architect (year): Tom Doak (2009) course for the 2012 U.S. Amateur. Course Owner: Colorado Golf Association • The facility is the home of the Colorado Golf Association and includes a short course devoted to junior golf development.
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Mike Strauss • Media Relations Manager • (O) 785-312-5164 • (C) 785-865-8444 • [email protected] • www.gcsaa.org
Since 1926 the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) has been the top professional association for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association provides education, information and representation to 18,200-plus members in more than 75 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf.