Inside the course: Elmhurst Country Club

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Aug. 20, 2008

This is the first year Elmhurst Country Club, located in Moscow, Pa., will host the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic. Learn more about this new venue.

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Fast facts

Original architect	Donald Ross (1929)
Course superintendent	Raymond P. Waddell III
Number of Nationwide Tour events as host venue	1 (including 2008)
Yardage history	6,781 (2008)
Par value	70
Grass	Bentgrass, perennial ryegrass (Tees, fairways); Bentgrass, Poa annua (Greens); Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, fine fescue (Rough)
Tournament Stimpmeter	11 feet
Sand bunkers	48
Water hazards	3
Course tour	Click here

Course origins

In the last two months, since landing the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Elmhurst Country Club has added two new tee complexes on No. 15 and 16. Elmhurst had already added fertilizer to the rough this year and lowered cutting heights on fairways, approaches and tees prior to receiving the Nationwide Tour event, which worked out well with the Tour's expectations for hosting this event.

The greens are very undulating, so there is not a need for high green speeds, in fact they will actually be slightly slower than normal member play for this tournament.

No. 18 is a great finishing hole and there will be great spectator interest there. It is an uphill, long par 4. No. 15 will be exciting as well, as it is a 210-yard, uphill par 3. Weather has been favorable, with a little bit of rain each day in the two weeks leading up to the tournament, helping the rough stay lush, whereas it is usually brown this time of year. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

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