Inside the course: Midland Country Club

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Sep. 30, 2008

The Nationwide Tour will play the WNB Golf Classic at Midland CC. Learn more about this venue:

Fast facts

Original architect	Ralph Plummer (1951)
Course redesign	Ault, Clark & Assoc. (1988)
Course superintendent	Thomas "Fore" Brown IV
Number of Nationwide Tour events as host venue	7 (including 2008)
Course ranking	Ranked 20 (out of 34) in difficulty on the Nationwide Tour in 2007
Yardage history	7,354 (2002-2005)
	7,380 (2006-present)
Grass	bermudagrass(tees, fairways, rough); creeping bentgrass/Poa annua (greens)
Tournament Stimpmeter	11 ft
Sand bunkers	52
Water hazards	8
Course tour	Click here

Course record

Player
Jim McGovern
Brian Guetz

Year
2002
2007

Round
4th
1st

Finish
T35
T5

Holes-in-one

There have been 2 aces recorded at Midland CC during the WNB Golf Classic.

Player	Hole	Year
Kevin Dillen	No. 11	2002
Chris Baryla	No. 16	2007

2007 Rankings

Most Difficult Hole

	The par-4 431-yard 10th This long par 4 doglegs to the right and has a pond in play off the tee on the right side and it's difficult to try to cut the corner. It's also one of hardest drives for half the field because it's their opening tee shot. It has a fairly sloping green with a small pond on the left side. 2007: 0 eagles, 54 birdies, 254 pars, 89 bogeys, 18 double bogey, 7 others.
Easiest hole in 2007
	The par-5 536-yard fourth This is a straightway par-5 with a bunker on the right side off the tee. Most of the pros can carry that bunker now. They hit into a fairly open green -- most pros will be hitting probably 5 or 6 iron in there -- and it usually plays a little downwind so it's a really good chance for a birdie. 2007: 22 eagles, 230 birdies, 155 pars, 14 bogeys, 1 double bogeys and 0 others.

Midland CC			2007 rankings		Last 6 years
Hole	Par	Yards	Avg. Score	Rank	Avg. Score	Rank
1	4	426	4.021	11	4.081	7
2	5	579	5.012	14	4.880	16
3	3	204	3.126	3	3.152	3
4	5	536	4.389	18	4.531	18
5	4	436	4.073	6	4.083	6
6	4	458	4.045	8	4.036	11
7	4	419	3.983	16	4.036	12
8	3	224	3.171	2	3.192	1
9	4	438	3.988	15	4.049	9
10	4	431	4.22	1	4.164	2
11	3	185	3.083	5	3.055	8
12	5	552	4.555	17	4.611	17
13	4	435	4.04	10	4.101	5
14	4	411	4.017	13	4.040	10
15	5	601	5.073	6	5.021	14
16	3	189	3.045	8	3.021	13
17	4	386	4.019	12	3.941	15
18	4	470	4.109	4	4.116	4

NOTES: The front nine played to a 35.808 scoring average in 2007.
• The back nine had a 36.161 scoring average last year.

Course origins

Midland Country Club was originally designed as a 9-hole golf course with sand greens in downtown Midland. The club's current 18-hole championship test of golf was designed by Ralph Plummer in 1953. The contemporary changes by Ault, Clark and Associates in 1988 accentuate the traditional influences of the Plummer era, making the golf course a truly unique experience.

President George W. Bush and former president George H. W. Bush were both members of Midland Country Club when they lived in Midland, and have on occasion returned to play the course.

Other notable members include golf announcer and LPGA Hall of Fame member Judy Rankin and Don Evans, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

Tournament course history