Tournament Fact Sheet

Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands • Cromwell, Conn. • June 24-27, 2021

Director of Course Maintenance Tournament Set-up Jeffrey Reich, GCSAA Par: 35-35--70 Phone: 860-398-6712 Yardage: 6,841 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TPCRHAGR Course Statistics Average Green Size: 5,000 sq. ft. Years as GCSAA Member: 23 Acres of Fairway: 26 Years at TPC River Highlands: 6 Acres of Rough: 60 Years as a Superintendent: 8 Number of Sand Bunkers: 69 Previous Courses: TPC Rivers Bend (super), TPC Number of Water Hazards: 4 Sawgrass (asst), TPC Treviso Bay Number of Holes Water is in Play: 5 Hometown: Woodbury, Minn. Soil Conditions: Sandy loam Education: University of Minnesota Water Sources: River Drainage Conditions: Well-drained Professional Tournaments Hosted: Reich has been involved in hosting the Travelers (2016-21) and the Turfgrass Players Championship (2009-12). Greens: Bentgrass / Poa annua .110” Tees: Bentgrass / Poa annua .390” Other Key Golf Personnel Fairways: Bentgrass / Poa annua .390” Noel Hall, Senior Assistant Superintendent Rough: Kentucky bluegrass / fescue 3.5” Jason Cannata, Assistant Superintendent Robert Martyszczyk, Equipment Manager Additional Notes David Corrado, GM/Director of Golf • The turf took a while to wake up this Number of Employees: 30 summer after a very cool spring. Number of Tournament Volunteers: 36

Course Architect Architect (year): Pete Dye (1982) Renovation Architect (year): Bobby Weed (1989)

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