Previous tournament preparation: 2010 LPGA Championship, Locust Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.; 1995- 2009 Wegmans Rochester LPGA, 1421 Research Park Drive • Lawrence, KS 66049-3859 • 800- Locust Hill Country Club, Rochester, 472-7878 • www.gcsaa.org N.Y.; 1994 New York State Ladies Amateur Championship, Center Pointe GCSAA Tournament Fact Sheet Country Club, Canandaigue, N.Y.; 1984 U.S. Senior Open Championship, Oak LPGA Tour Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.; 1977 Wegmans LPGA Championship New Hampshire Men's State Amateur presented by Wegmans Championship, Beaver Meadow Golf June 23 - 26, 2011 Course, Concord, N.H. Previous events hosted by facility: Locust Hill Country Club 2010 LPGA Championship; 1977-2009 Pittsford, N.Y. Wegmans LPGA (formerly the Rochester LPGA) Golf Course Management Information Course statistics GCSAA Class A Golf Course Superintendent: Average tee size: 3,500 sq. ft. Richard W. Slattery Tournament Stimpmeter: 12-13 ft. Availability to media: Average green size: 5,000 sq. ft. Contact Richard W. Slattery by phone Soil conditions: Clay soils 585-427-7060; fax 585-427-7346; email Rounds per year: 25,000 [email protected] Green construction soil mix: Education: Modified push-up, native soil A.S., Turfgrass Management, Acres of fairway: 20 Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the Source of water: Pond University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Acres of rough: 110 Mass., 1976; Agri-Business, Rutgers Drainage conditions: Fair University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1973 Sand bunkers: 54 Years as a GCSAA member: 26 Water hazards: 5 (four ponds, one creek) GCSAA affiliated chapter: Finger Lakes Golf Course Superintendents Association Course ratings Years at this course: 17 Previous positions: Yardage Par Rating Slope 1986-1994, Golf Course Superintendent, Center Pointe Country Club, Canandaigua, N.Y.; 1981-1985, Gold 5628 74 74.1 135 Assisant Superintendent, Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, N.Y.; 1979- 1981, Golf Course Superintendent, LPGA 6506 72 Torrey Pines Golf Resort, Rancestown, N.H.; 1974-1978, Assistant White 6379 72 72.0 134 Superintendent, Beaver Meadow Golf Course, Concord, N.H.; 1970-1973, Green 6615 72 72.8 138 Groundskeeper, Concord Country Club, Concord, N.H. Syngenta Professional products is proud to support GCSAA and the efforts of GCSAA golf course superintendents to produce the finest quality tournament playing conditions. Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and Joe Course characteristics Kirkwood in their efforts to sharpen their skills. Height of Primary Grasses In 1906, Dunn settled permanently in Lake Cut Placid, N.Y., as a golf professional at the Lake Tees Bentgrass 0.400" Placid Country Club. He wrote several instruction books on the golf swing, and Fairways Bentgrass 0.400" developed several golf courses in northern New Greens Bentgrass 0.085" York state, one of those being Locust Hill. Kentucky In the Scottish tradition, Locust Hill Country bluegrass; Rough 3" perennial ryegrass; Club names each hole on the golf course, along fine fescue with numbering each one. The holes, No. 1 - 18 respectively, are named; Tough Start, Ponds, Fade Away, Whistler, Hillside, Panorama, Windward, Summit, Illusion, Fresh Start, Wildlife on the course Crossover, Deception, High Risk, Ravine, Short Stop, Birdhouse, Bunkers, All Dunn. Beaver; Blue heron; Canada goose; Deer; Fish; Fox; Groundhog; Hawk; Mole; Muskrat; Rabbit; Raccoon; Red fox; Several different species of Course architect/date: Seymour Dunn, 1927 birds; Snakes; Squirrel; Turkey; Turtle; Woodpecker Other key course personnel Interesting and historical course- Andrew Eick, 1st Assistant Superintendent related facts Brent Lewis, 2nd Assistant Superintendent Dan Lloyd, Equipment Manager The 18th hole at Locust Hill is called "All Dunn" Rich Bournival, Equipment Manager to celebrate the legacy of the course architect, Tom Mannella Jr., Club President Seymour Dunn. This traditional course has John Gillett, Green Committee Chairman small greens and narrow fairways. Locust Hill Peter Rogers, Club Manager course architect, Seymour Dunn, a native of Steve Barber, PGA Professional Prestwick, Scotland, was a member of one of the most distinguished families of golf professionals and course designers to have ever influenced the game of golf. Seymour was Golf course management facts the second son of Tom Dunn, one of the most prolific designers of his era who held a strong For additional information please visit the belief that a cross hazard, or cross bunker, was GCSAA association news section or contact the the foundation of strategic design. Communications Department at 800-472-7878. In 1894, at age 12, Seymour journeyed to GCSAA is a leading golf organization and has America to apprentice with his older brother as its focus golf course management. Since John Duncan Dunn as an assistant at Ardsley- 1926, GCSAA has been the top professional on-Hudson. During the next 12 years, Seymour association for the men and women who concentrated his efforts on developing his manage golf courses in the United States and playing skills and learning the technical worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, characteristics of a proper golf swing. In his Kan., the association provides education, time, Seymour Dunn was recognized as one of information and representation to more than the finest teachers of golf fundamentals. He 19,000 members in more than 72 countries. was sought out by players such as Jim Barnes, GCSAA’s mission is to serve its members, advance their profession and enhance the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf. The association’s philanthropic organization, The Environmental Institute for Golf, works to strengthen the compatibility of golf with the natural environment through research grants, support for education programs and outreach efforts. Visit GCSAA at www.gcsaa.org. Syngenta Professional products is proud to support GCSAA and the efforts of GCSAA golf course superintendents to produce the finest quality tournament playing conditions. .