6.13 US Open

Tournament Fact Sheet

U.S. Open Pebble Beach Golf Links • Pebble Beach, Calif. • June 13-16, 2019

Director of Golf Course Maintenance Tournament Set-up Chris Dalhamer, CGCS Par: 71 Email: [email protected] Yardage: 7,075 Certified Golf Course Superintendent (CGCS): Yes Stimpmeter: 12 Years as GCSAA Member: 24 Years as Superintendent at Pebble Beach: 19 Course Statistics Hometown: Pacific Grove, Calif. Average Green Size: 3,500 sq. ft. Average Tee Size: 2,000 sq. ft. Oversees Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, The Links at Acres of Fairway: 21 Spanish Bay and Del Monte golf courses. Acres of Rough: 65 Oversees a staff of 86 for all courses. Number of Sand Bunkers: 118 Tournament Volunteers: 85-100 Number of Water Hazards: 1 Soil Conditions: Sandy loam Other Key Golf Personnel Water Sources: 100% reclaimed Bubba Wright, Assistant Superintendent Drainage Conditions: Moderate Jack Holt, Assistant Superintendent Jon Rybicki, Equipment Manager Turfgrass John Sawin, Director of Golf Greens: Poa annua .110” Eric Lippert, PGA Professional Tees: Poa annua / ryegrass .350” David Stivers, President Fairways: Poa annua / ryegrass .425” Rough: Ryegrass 3-5” Course Architect Architect (year): Jack Neville and Douglass Grant (1919) Additional Notes Course Owner: Pebble Beach Company • Changes from February, 2019 AT&T Pro Am include changing par from 72 to 71, High Profile Events at Pebble Beach greens cut from .125” to .110” and rough grown from 2” to 3-5”. (Last 10 Months) U.S. Amateur, August ‘18 • Phil Mickelson won the 2019 AT&T here in PGA Tour Champions Pure Insurance Champ., Sept. ‘18 February with a 268 total (19-under par). Taylor Made Pebble Beach Invitational, Nov. ‘18 PGA Tour AT&T Pro-Am, Feb. ‘19 • Pebble Beach has previously hosted the U.S. Open, June ‘19 U.S. Open in 1972, ‘82, ‘92, 2000, and ’10, as well as the 1977 PGA Championship. GCSAA’s Golf Course Management (GCM) Magazine • Pebble Beach hosts nearly 65,000 rounds tournament preview: http://bit.ly/GCM-US-Open per year.

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