Tournament Fact Sheet KPMG Women’s PGA Championship June 9-12, 2016 • Sammamish, WA

Golf Course Superintendent Tom Huesgen,CGCS Tournament Set-up Phone: 425-868-1600 : 71 [email protected] Yardage: 6,624 yds GCSAA Membership: 23 yrs Age: 46 Years at course: 2.5 Native hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Course Statistics Course Personnel Average size: 1,875 sq. ft. Tom Huesgen,CGCS, superintendent Tournament stimpmeter: 11.5 ft. Jim Pike director of golf Average green size: 6,000 sq. ft. Marcus Harness, assistant superintendent Acres of fairway: 19 Brian O’Laughlin, assistant superintendent Acres of rough: 45 Glen Charleston, equipment manager Soil conditions: Sand Tom Hall, green committee chairman Source of water: Well Mike Montgomery, PGA professioinal Drainage conditions: Good Yom Senegor, president Sand bunkers: 59 Interseting Notes Water hazards: 5 Previous events hosted by facility: 1998 PGA Championship, Turfgrass 2002 NEC World Golf Championship, 2010 U.S. : Perennial ryegrass/Poa annua 0.375" Course architect/date: Ted Robinson, 1969 Fairways: Perennial ryegrass/Poa annua 0.375" Greens: Poa annua 0.110" Rough: Perennial ryegrass/Poa annua 1.25 - 3.5"

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