Inside the course: CordeValle Golf Club

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Oct. 3, 2011

The PGA TOUR heads to San Martin, Calif. for this year's Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club. Learn more about this course:

Fast facts

Original architect	Robert Trent Jones Jr. (1999)
Course remodel	Robert Trent Jones Jr. (2010)
Course superintendent	Thomas J. Gray
Course rank	Ranked 23rd (out of 52 courses) in 2010
Par value	71
Yardage history	7,368 yards
Grass	Perennial ryegrass (tees, fairways); Bentgrass (greens); Kentucky bluegrass (rough)
Tournament Stimpmeter	11 ft
Sand bunkers	63
Water hazards	2
Course tour	Click here

Course record

Player
Rocco Mediate
Dean Wilson

Year
2010
2010

Round
1st
2nd

Finish
WON
T13

Holes-in-one

Player	Hole	Year
Rocco Mediate	3	2010

TPC Summerlin			2010 rankings
Hole	Par	Yards	Avg. Score	Rank
1	4	422	3.916	14
2	4	434	4.002	9
3	3	230	3.097	6
4	4	418	4.136	3
5	4	454	4.099	5
6	4	480	4.29	1
7	3	166	2.965	10
8	4	478	4.079	7
9	5	555	4.896	16
10	4	425	3.948	12
11	3	236	3.186	2
12	5	605	4.943	13
13	4	407	3.903	15
14	4	497	4.109	4
15	5	568	4.686	18
16	3	210	3.067	8
17	4	358	3.723	17
18	4	425	3.965	10

Course origins

CordeValle Golf Club is 30 minutes south of San Jose, Calif. Featuring a 260-acre, 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., CordeValle was named No. 7 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 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 Greatest Public Golf Courses, No. 21 on the list of The 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America, and No. 14 of the World's Best Golf Hotels. San Francisco Business Times name CordeValle No. 5 of the Most Difficult Courses in the Greater Bay Area in 2009 (ranked by NCGA course rating).

Situated on 270 acres of gently rolling terrain in a pastoral California valley, the course utilizes the natural elevation changes of its peaks and canyons, enhanced by broad meadows, streams, striking sycamore and mature California oak trees. The course features multiple tees and approach angles for varying degrees of difficulty. Strategically placed bunkers with challenging bays, fingers and folds establish the character of the course. An elevation change of approximately 150 feet over the entire 18 holes makes it walkable for the golf purist and demands different strategies and club selections throughout.
-- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

Tournament course history

Course	Location	Years
Grayhawk Golf Club	Scottsdale, Ariz.	2007-2009
CordeValle Golf Club	San Martin, Calif.	2010-present

This week's Kodak Challenge hole

HOLE: The par-4, 325-yard 17th at CordeValle Golf Club
DESCRIPTION:The 17th at CordeValle is a short, drivable par-4 of 290 to 325 yards. The green is receptive to a long shot for the back of it is bowl shaped, causing balls to roll toward the center of the green. The picturesque hole is fronted by a lake short, right and by the magnificent Clos la Chance Winery in the back. (Click here for CordeValle tour)