Tournament Fact Sheet Waste Management Phoenix Open Feb. 1-4, 2018 • TPC Scottsdale • Scottsdale, Ariz. Director Golf Course Maintenance Operations Tournament Setup Charles “Roby” Robertson, CGCS Par: 71 Yardage: 7,261 yds Phone: 480-585-6734 Tournament Scoring Record Email: [email protected] 256, Phil Mickelson 2013 GCSAA Membership: 30 Years at course: 3 Mark Calcavecchia 2001 Hometown: Wellington, Kan. Course Statistics Golf Course Personnel Total course acreage: 175 Josh Minson, Assistant Superintendent Tournament stimpmeter: 12 ft. Heath Booker, Assistant Superintendent Average tee size: 1,000 sq. ft. Bryan Pierce, Assistant Superintendent Average green size: 7,100 sq. ft. Assistant Superintendent Julio Riojas, Acres of fairway: 30 Randy Waymire, Equipment Manager Acres of rough: 90 Brad Williams, Director of Golf Soil conditions: Sand Capped, Native caliche Don Baldesarre, PGA Professioinal Source of water: Recycled effluent PGA Tour/City of Scottsdale, Course Owner Drainage conditions: Good Golf Course Architect Sand bunkers: 68 Water hazards: 3 Course architect/date: Tom Weiskopf, 1986 Course Renovation Architect/date: Tom Weiskopf, 2014 Turfgrass Interesting Notes Tees: 328 Bermudagrass Overseeded with Perennial Ryegrass and Fine Fescue .325" • TPC Scottsdale is an Audubon Certified Cooperative Sanctuary. Fairways: 328 Bermudagrass Overseeded with • Currently working towards Golf Environmental Perennial Ryegrass and Fine Fescue . 400" Organization Certification. Greens: TifEagle Bermudagrass overseeded • Roby Robertson CGCS, Environmental Leader in Golf with Poa Trivialis Velvet Bentgrass and Perennial Chapter Award winner 2017. Ryegrass .100" • TPC Scottsdale is a flood control basin for the Central Rough: Bandera Bermudagrass overseeded with Arizona Project (CAP). The facility is 100% contained and Perennial Ryegrass and Fine Fescue 3" does not allow any run-off to neighboring properties. • Waste Management Phoenix Open is the largest attended PGA Tour event, hosting a record 655,000 Spectators in 2017. 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 representation 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..