Tournament Fact Sheet

Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Tranquilo at Four Seasons • Lake Buena Vista, Fla. • January 21-24, 2021

Director of Course & Landscape Operations Tournament Set-up Stephen Tucker : 34-37--71 Email: [email protected] Yardage: 6,630 Years as GCSAA Member: 20 Years at Tranquilo: 6 Course Statistics Hometown: Live Oak, Fla. Average Green Size: 6,100 sq. ft. Education: Lake City CC Acres of Fairway: 30 Acres of Rough: 70 Course Superintendent Number of Sand Bunkers: 58 Lou Eckhart Number of Water Hazards: 8 Email: [email protected] Number of Holes Water is in Play: 9 Years as GCSAA Member: 9 Soil Conditions: Sand Years at Tranquilo: 4 Water Sources: Reclaimed water Hometown: York Pa. Education: Penn State / Western Kentucky Turfgrass Other Key Golf Personnel Greens: Tifeagle bermudagrass .095” Lou Colella, Assistant Superintendent : Tifway 419 bermudagrass Abayomi Garcia, Head Equipment Technician overseeded with ryegrass .425” Craig Rack, Project Manager / Irrigation Technician Fairways: Tifway 419 bermudagrass overseeded with ryegrass .425” Number of Employees: 26 Rough: Tifway 419 bermudagrass 2” Number of Tournament Volunteers: 12 Additional Notes Course Architect • Course is a Certified Audubon Sanctuary. Architect (year): Tom Fazio (1992) Renovation Architect (year): Tom Fazio (2014) • Gaby Lopez won the 2020 event on the seventh playoff hole, which took place on

Monday morning.

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