Tournament Fact Sheet Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands • Cromwell, Conn. • June 25-28, 2020 Director of Golf Course Maintenance Tournament Set-up Jeff Reich Par: 70 Phone: 860-635-2954 Yardage: 6,841 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TPCRHagronomy Course Statistics Average Green Size: 5,000 sq. ft. Years as GCSAA Member: 21 Average Tee Size: 1,200 sq. ft. Years at Course: 5 Acres of Fairway: 26 Years as a Superintendent: 9 Acres of Rough: 60 Previous Courses: TPC Rivers Bend (superintendent), Number of Sand Bunkers: 69 TPC Sawgrass (asst), TPC Treviso Bay (asst) Number of Water Hazards: 4 Hometown: Woodbury, Minn. How many holes is water in play: 5 Education: University of Minnesota Soil Conditions: Sandy loam Water Sources: River Number of Employees: 25 Drainage Conditions: Well-drained Number of Tournament Volunteers: 25 Turfgrass Other Key Golf Personnel Greens: Bentgrass / Poa annua .110” Noel Hall, Senior Assistant Superintendent Tees: Bentgrass / Poa annua .390” Jason Cannata, Assistant Superintendent Fairways: Bentgrass / Poa annua .390” Pedro Cruz, Equipment Manager Rough: Kentucky bluegrass / fescue 3.5” David Corrado, General Manager/Director of Golf Additional Notes Course Architect • Student interns from University of Architect (year): Pete Dye (1982) Connecticut agronomy will be volunteering Renovation Architect (year):j Bobby Weed (1989) at the tournament. Course Owner: PGA Tour • The turf took awhile to wake up this summer after a very cool spring. • The course was voted PGA Tour’s Players Choicee Award in 2017 and 2018. • The course earned TPC Platinum Tournament Fact Sheets for the PGA, LPGA, Champions Conditioning awards in 2017-18-19. and Korn Ferry Tours can be found all year at: https://www.gcsaa.org/media/tournament-fact-sheets • The course is Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program certified. Mike Strauss • Media Relations Manager • (O) 785-312-5164 • (C) 785-865-8444 • [email protected] • www.gcsaa.org Since 1926 the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (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 representation to 18,200-plus members in more than 75 countries. GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. .