Tournament Fact Sheet

LPGA Drive On Championship Inverness Club • Toledo, Ohio • July 31-Aug. 2, 2020

Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up John F. Zimmers, Jr. : 72 Phone: 412-600-9255 Yardage: 6,856 Email: [email protected] Stimpmeter: 12-13

Years as GCSAA Member: 27 Course Statistics Years at Inverness Club: 4 Average Green Size: 5-6,000 sq. ft. Years as a Superintendent: 25 Acres of Fairway: 32 Previous Courses: Sand Ridge (super), Oakmont (super) Acres of Rough: 85 Hometown: Tyrone, Pa. Number of Sand Bunkers: 85 Education: Rutgers Number of Water Hazards: 2 creeks How many holes is water in play: 9 Number of Employees: 30 Soil Conditions: Sandy loam Number of Tournament Volunteers: 10-15 Water Sources: City and well Drainage Conditions: Drains well Other Key Golf Personnel Carlton Henry, Assistant Superintendent Turfgrass Ryan Kaczor, Assistant Superintendent Greens: Pure Distinction bentgrass .100” Donald Crossway, Equipment Manager Tees: Pureformance bentgrass / Poa annua Sue Dussel, Horticulturist .335” J.J. Weaver, Director of Golf Fairways: Pureformance bentgrass / Poa annua .350” A.J. Sikula, PGA Professional Rough: Bluegrass / perennial ryegrass / Matthew Douglas, Green Committee Chair Turftype tall fescue 2.5” Fernando Fry, Club Manager Dr. Greg Kasper, Club President Additional Notes • The entire , which was opened Course Architect in 1903, was renovated in 2017. Architect (year): (1919) • Weather this year has been extremely hot, Renovation Architect (year): Andrew Green (2017) dry and windy. Course Owner: Members • Inverness has hosted four U.S. Opens (1920, 31, 57, 79) and two PGA Tournament Fact Sheets for the PGA, LPGA, Champions Championships (1986, 93). and Korn Ferry Tours can be found all year at: • Inverness is the first golf course to host all https://www.gcsaa.org/media/tournament-fact-sheets four levels of USGA events (junior, amateur, open and senior).

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