Tournament Fact Sheet

Sony Open Waialae Country Club • , • Jan. 14-17, 2021

Golf Course Superintendent Tournament Set-up Dave Nakama, CGCS Par: 35-35--70 Phone: 808-223-9311 Yardage: 7,044 (unofficial) Email: [email protected] Years as GCSAA Member: 16 Course Statistics Years at Waialae Country Club: 20 Average Green Size: 7,100 sq. ft. Years as a Superintendent: 18 Acres of Fairway: 50 Previous Courses: Koolau Acres of Rough: 100 Education: University of Hawaii Number of Sand Bunkers: 83 Number of Water Hazards: 4 Professional Tournaments Hosted: 20 Number of Holes Water is in Play: 5 Soil Conditions: Various Other Key Golf Personnel Water Sources: Well Marvin Teruya, Assistant Superintendent Drainage Conditions: Fair/good Brett Mau, Equipment Manager Turfgrass Course Architect Greens: Bermudagrass .120” Architect (year): Seth Raynor (1927) Tees: Bermudagrass .350” Renovation Architects over the years: Robert Trent Jones, Fairways: Bermudagrass .400” Desmond Muirhead, Rick Smith, Tom Doak Rough: Bermudagrass 2.25”

Additional Notes • Waialae Country Club has been the only host of this event since its inception in 1965.

• The front and back nines are switched and par is changed from 72 to 70 for the tournament.

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