Tournament Fact Sheet THE PLAYERS Championship TPC Sawgrass • THE PLAYERS Stadium Course May 11-14, 2017 • Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Director of Golf Course Operations Jeff Plotts Tournament Set-up Phone: 904-273-3246 Par: 72 Email: [email protected] Yardage: 7,245 GCSAA Membership: 23 yrs Years at course: 2 Tournament Scoring Record: 63 Fred Couples, 1992; Greg Norman, 1994; Golf Course Personnel Roberto Castro, 2013; Martin Kaymer, 2014; Clot Knost, 2016 Lucas Andrews, Golf course superintendent (Dye’s Valley Course) Spencer Cox, Assistant superintendent Kyle Worthy, Assistant superintendent Course Statistics Cal Roth, Sr., VP of Agronomy PGA TOUR Average tee size: 1,800 sq ft Mark Sanford, Equipment manager Tournament Stimpmeter: 13 ft. Todd Fonda, Horticulturist Average green size: 5,000 sq ft Bill Hughes, Manager Acres of fairway: 26 Matt Borocz, Director of golf Acres of rough: 120 Brian Riddle, PGA professional Total course acreage: 220 Soil conditions: sandy loam Golf Course Architect Source of water: reclaimed Course architect/date: Pete Dye, 1980 Drainage conditions: good Course work/date: Pete Dye / Steve Wenzloff, 2016 Sand bunkers: 75 Water hazards: 15 Turfgrass Tees: Celebration bermudagrass cut at .275" Fairways: Celebration bermudagrass cut at .350" Greens: Tifeagle cut at .100" Rough: 419 bermudagrass cut at 2.5" Craig Smith, Director of communications and media relations • (P) 785-832-4431 • (C) 785-691-9197 • [email protected] Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Since 1926, GCSAA has been the top professional association for the men and women who manage golf courses in the United States and worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the association provides education, information and representa- tion to nearly 18,000 members in more than 72 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf..