Tournament Fact Sheet

3M Open TPC Twin Cities • Blaine, Minn. • July 23-26, 2020

Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up Mark Michalski Par: 71 Phone: 763-785-0696 Yardage: 7,431 Cell: 763-442-7533 Stimpmeter: 12 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @mmturfguy Course Statistics Average Green Size: 6,500 sq. ft. Years as GCSAA Member: 13 Average Tee Size: 1,000 sq. ft. Years at TPC Twin Cities: 10 Acres of Fairway: 28 Years as a Superintendent: 4 Acres of Rough: 59 Previous Courses: Silver Bay (asst.), Wayzata (asst.) Number of Sand Bunkers: 72 Hometown: Silver Bay, Minn. Number of Water Hazards: 27 Education: University of -Crookston How many holes is water in play: 15 Soil Conditions: Sand Number of Employees: 22 Water Sources: Well and holding lake Number of Tournament Volunteers: 25 Drainage Conditions: Very good

Other Key Personnel Turfgrass Riley Soderstrom, Assistant Superintendent Greens: Bentgrass .120” Maxton Kelly, Assistant Superintendent Tees: Bentgrass .350” Matt Thorp, Equipment Manager Fairways: Bentgrass .400” Chris Weinhold, General Manager Rough: Bluegrass / fescue 3” Adam Chandler, Head Golf Professional Additional Notes Course Architect • 2018 renovation included narrowing of Architect (year): Arnold Palmer (2000) fairways, addition of bunkers and tees and repositioning of tee complexes. Renovation Architect (year): Steve Wenzloff (2018) Course Owner: PGA Tour • Course is Audubon certified.

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