Course statistics 1421 Research Park Drive • Lawrence, KS 66049-3859 • 800- Average tee size: 10,000 sq. ft. 472-7878 • www.gcsaa.org Tournament Stimpmeter: 11 ft. Average green size: 8,300 sq. ft. GCSAA Tournament Fact Sheet Soil condition: Clay PGA Tour Green construction soil mix: Frys.com Open USGA (sand 90%, peat 10%) October 3 - 9, 2011 Rounds per year: 23,000 Acres of fairway: 30 Source of water: Pond, well CordeValle Golf Club Acres of rough: 75 San Martin, Calif. Drainage conditions: Poor Sand bunkers: 63 Water hazards: 2 Golf Course Management Information Course ratings GCSAA Class A Golf Course Superintendent: Thomas J. Gray, CGCS The title "CGCS," after a superintendent's name, stands for Certified Yardage Par Rating Slope Golf Course Superintendent, which recognizes the achievement of high standards of professionalism through education and experience. Availability to media: Tournament 7367 71 75.6 147 Contact Thomas Gray by phone 408- 695-4500; cell 408-591-4958; fax 408- 673-7251; email [email protected] Black 7169 72 75.3 144 Education: B.S., Soil Science, Michigan State Green 6703 72 73.4 136 University, East Lansing, Mich., 1978 Years as a GCSAA member: 32 Silver 6096 72 70.5 127 Years GCSAA certified: 27 GCSAA affiliated chapter: Golf Course Superintendents Gold 5385 72 72.1 130 Association of Northern California Years at this course: 5 Course characteristics Number of maintenance employees: 36 Number of tournament volunteers: 25 Height of Previous positions: Primary Grasses Cut Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Perennial ryegrass; Tees 0.400" Fields, Ill.; Franklin Hills Country Club, Poa annua Franklin, Mich.; Oakland Hills Country Perennial ryegrass; Fairways 0.400" Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Poa annua Previous tournament preparation: Bentgrass; Poa Greens 0.100" 2011 PGA Cup, CordeValle Golf Club, annua San Martin, Calif.; 2010 Frys.com Open, Kentucky CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, Calif.; Rough bluegrass; 3" 1985 U.S. Open, Oakland Hills Country perennial ryegrass Club, Bloomfield, Mich.; 1981 U.S. Senior Open, Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield, Mich. Previous events hosted by facility: 2011 PGA Cup; 2010 Frys.com Open Syngenta Professional products is proud to support GCSAA and the efforts of GCSAA golf course superintendents to produce the finest quality tournament playing conditions. For the Frys.com Open, CordeValle Golf Club Environmental flips the No. 9 holes and plays No. 6 as a par 4, making the course par 71 for the week. management/features CordeValle also hosts the PGA Cup just before the Frys.com Open on October 3-9, 2011, and The land surrounding CordeValle Golf Club is the Gifford Collegiate October 31-November 2, part of a private preserve with over 1,000 2011. protected acres, unencumbered by residential or commercial development. CordeValle's GCSAA Certified Golf Course Superintendent Thomas Gray also serves on the USGA Green Section Committee and has held active positions within many other Wildlife on the course organizations, including president of the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation in 2000. An Bobcat; Coyote; Deer; Hawk; Mole; Muskrat; accomplished golfer, Gray serves as a ratings Pheasant; Quail; Rabbit; Snakes; Squirrel; panelist for Golf Digest as well. During his Turkey; Turtle; Woodpecker; Several different tenure at Franklin Hills Country Club in Franklin, species of birds Mich., he was often “recruited” by the Detroit Tigers to work on field conditions at Tiger Stadium. Interesting and historical course- related facts Course architect/date: CordeValle Golf Club is 30 minutes south of Robert Trent Jones Jr., 1999 San Jose, Calif. Featuring a 260-acre, 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Most recent redesign/renovation: Trent Jones Jr., CordeValle was named No. 7 Robert Trent Jones Jr., 2010 on the list of best courses you can play in California for 2010 in Golfweek. Golf.com named CordeValle No. 4 on the list of Other key course personnel California's Best Golf. In 2009, Golf Digest named the club No. 28 of the Best State Golf Course, No. 60 on the list of America's 100 Chris Von Rueden, Assistant Superintendent Greatest Public Golf Courses, No. 21 on the list Ken Converse, Assistant Superintendent of The 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America, Rob Sabbatini, Assistant Superintendent and No. 14 of the World's Best Golf Hotels. San Cliff Mota, Equipment Manager Francisco Business Times name CordeValle No Ray Otis, PGA Professional 5 of the Most Difficult Courses in the Greater Michael Marion, Director of Golf Bay Area in 2009 (ranked by NCGA course rating). Situated on 270 acres of gently rolling terrain in Golf course management facts a pastoral California valley, the course utilizes the natural elevation changes of its peaks and For additional information please visit the canyons, enhanced by broad meadows, GCSAA association news section or contact the streams, striking sycamore and mature Communications Department at 800-472-7878. California oak trees. The course features multiple tees and approach angles for varying GCSAA is a leading golf organization and has degrees of difficulty. Strategically placed as its focus golf course management. Since bunkers with challenging bays, fingers and folds 1926, GCSAA has been the top professional establish the character of the course. An association for the men and women who elevation change of approximately 150 feet manage golf courses in the United States and over the entire 18 holes makes it walkable for worldwide. From its headquarters in Lawrence, the golf purist and demands different strategies Kan., the association provides education, and club selections throughout. information and representation to more than 19,000 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. 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. .