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Inside the course: Sedgefield Country Club
August 12, 2012
PGA TOUR StaffFast facts Course Superintendent Keith C. Wood Original architect Donald Ross (1926) Course remodel Kris Spence (2007) Number of TOUR events as host venue 31 (including 2012) Course ranking Ranked 39th (out of 51 courses) in difficulty on the PGA TOUR in 2011 Yardage history 6,680 (1938-1969) 7,034 (1970-1972) 7,012 (1973-1974) 6,643 (1975-1976) 7,117 (2008-2009) 7,130 (2010-present) Grass Bermudagrass (tees, fairways, rough); Champions Bermudagrass (greens) Tournament Stimpmeter 12 feet Sand bunkers 48 Water hazards 12 creeks, 1 pond Course tour Click here Course record Player
Carl Pettersson
Arjun Atwal
Kevin NaYear
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T18Holes-in-one Player Hole Year Steve Elkington No. 3 2009 Brendan Gielow No. 3 2010 Derek Lamely No. 16 2011 Sedgefield 2011 rankings Last 3 years Hole Par Yards Avg. Score Rank Avg. Score Rank 1 4 418 4.013 9 4.017 7 2 4 442 4.015 8 3.965 9 3 3 174 2.921 12 2.895 13 4 4 428 4.055 6 3.992 8 5 5 529 4.341 18 4.379 18 6 4 423 3.978 10 3.953 10 7 3 223 3.066 5 3.040 6 8 4 374 3.836 16 3.806 16 9 4 416 3.952 11 3.914 11 10 4 440 4.039 7 4.072 4 11 4 486 4.214 2 4.133 3 12 3 235 3.109 3 3.070 5 13 4 405 3.873 15 3.898 12 14 4 501 4.081 4 4.142 2 15 5 545 4.435 17 4.416 17 16 3 165 2.893 13 2.885 14 17 4 406 3.877 14 3.877 15 18 4 507 4.274 1 4.239 1 Course origins On September 22, 2007, Sedgefield Country Club's famous Donald Ross golf course reopened following a major 10 month, $3 million restoration project, which transformed the golf course back to how Ross intended the course to play, while taking into consideration the changes in golf technology and turfgrass development over the last 50 years.
Sedgefield has played host to many major amateur events in the Carolinas, as well as hosting the Greater Greensboro Open for over 50 years. On May 8, 1953, the Atlantic Coast Conference was formed at Sedgefied Country Club.
The course does not play long off the tees, but must be played from the green back to the tee. Emphasis must be put on ball placement in the fairway in order to get the appropriate angle to the green. The greens at Sedgefield are very undulating and slope from back to front, with many falling off the edges into collection areas.
In February 2011 the Sedgefield membership voted to sell the club to McConnell Golf. Sedgefield became the seventh club and second Donald Ross course owned by the McConnell group. Since that time substantial improvements have been made to the clubhouse and the grounds surrounding the property. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of AmericaTournament course history Course Location Years Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro, N.C. 1938-1941*, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1961-1976, 2008-present Starmount Forest Country Club Greensboro, N.C. 1938-1942**, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958-1960 Forest Oaks CC Greensboro, N.C. 1977-2007 The TOUR heads to North Carolina for the final week of the regular season -- an all-important week for players hoping to make it into the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. Here's all you need to know about the host course -- Sedgefield CC.
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