Tournament Fact Sheet

Hugel Air Premia LA Open Wilshire Country Club • Los Angeles, Calif. • April 22-25, 2021

Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up Brian Sullivan, CGCS, MG Par: 35-36--71 Phone: 323-934-1121 x370 Yardage: 6,447 Email: [email protected] Stimpmeter: 12

Years as GCSAA Member: 33 Course Statistics Years at Wilshire: 1 Average Green Size: 5,000 sq. ft. Years as a Superintendent: 33 Acres of Fairway: 40 Previous Courses: Bel Air Country Club (super) Acres of Rough: 35 Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Number of Sand Bunkers: 125 Education: Michigan State (BS) / Penn State (MS) Number of Water Hazards: 1 Soil Conditions: Clay Did You Know? Brian Sullivan is one of fewer than Water Sources: Domestic and well 90 golf course superintendents worldwide who is both Drainage Conditions: Good surface a Certified Golf Course Superintendent (CGCS) and a Drainage, poor internal drainage Master Greenskeeper (MG) Turfgrass Other Key Golf Personnel Greens: Poa Annua .100” Jack Benoit, Assistant Superintendent Tees: Hybrid bermudagrass .450” Dan Pollack, Assistant Superintendent Fairways: Hybrid bermudagrass .500” Jose Rocha, Assistant Superintendent Rough: Hybrid bermudagrass and drought Adam Borowiak, Assistant Superintendent tolerant native grass 2” Geoffrey Briggs, Equipment Manager James Rocco, PGA Professional Additional Notes Number of Employees: 26 • The back nine has been re-routed for the th Number of Tournament Volunteers: 10 tournament. The regular 11 hole will be the 10th hole for the tournament and will continue in order. The tournament’s 18th Course Architect hole will be the club’s 10th hole. Architect (year): Norman Macbeth (1919) Renovation Architect (year): Kyle Phillips (current)

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