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WESTERN
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AMATEUR
AMATEUR
July 27–august 1, 2020
CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB
Carmel, INdIaNa
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COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM
118th Western Amateur Championship
July 27–August 1, 2020
WELCOME TO THE 118TH WESTERN AMATEUR 2
Western Golf Association 2
Crooked Stick Golf Club 3
From the Crooked Stick Golf Club President 4
INTRODUCTION 5
Crooked Stick primed for Western Amateur 5
Tournament Format and Schedule 6
Western Golf Association 7
The Evans Scholars Foundation 7
CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB
President WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY 8
Don Dunbar 2019 Western Amateur Recap 8
Vice President George R. Thorne Trophy 9
Jeff Greenberg Past Winners of the Western Amateur 10
Tournament Co-Chairs HISTORY OF CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB 12
Julie Siegler and Nick Deets
History of Crooked Stick Golf Club 12
Secretary Tribute to Pete and Alice Dye 14
Chris Wirthwein
THE EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION 16
Director of Golf and Club Operations
Tony Pancake Brothers Learn Life-Changing Lessons at Crooked Stick 16
Crooked Stick Evans Scholars 17
Golf Course Superintendent
Jake Gargasz Evans Scholars Program Overview 18
Grill and Locker Room Manager ABOUT THE COURSE 20
Rick Holaway Course Map 22
Office Manager Hole Photos and Strategy of Play Comments 23
Sandy Judd
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 56
Clubhouse Manager WGA Championship Officials 56
Kevin O’Laughlin
Crooked Stick Golf Club Board of Directors 56
Crooked Stick Golf Club Volunteers 56
WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION
Chairman of the Board
Kevin Buggy
Vice Chairman
Joseph M. Desch
WGA Tournament Chairman
Jason Kinander
President & CEO
John Kaczkowski
Senior Vice President, Tournaments
Vince Pellegrino
Director, Tournament Operations
Patrick Timson
Director, Amateur Competitions
Steve Prioletti
Design & Production
Innovative Design & Graphics
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WELCOME FROM THE
WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION
We’re also thrilled to welcome back Indiana’s
enthusiastic golf fans, who so loyally supported the
BMW Championship as spectators and volunteers.
Thank you for your role in helping us make this
a memorable and successful week.
In addition to their commitment to championship
golf, Crooked Stick’s members have ardently
supported the tradition of caddying and the Evans
Scholars Foundation’s caddie scholarship program.
Since the club’s founding in 1964, 24 Crooked Stick
Kevin Buggy John Kaczkowski
Chairman of the Board President & CEO caddies have been awarded Evans Scholarships,
Western Golf Association Western Golf Association including current Evans Scholar Joe Conway, a
rising sophomore at Purdue University.
Since 1899, the Western Golf Association has been We wish all of our competitors well in their quest
proud to conduct the Western Amateur, a world-class for greatness this week, and we offer a very heartfelt
international championship as prestigious and thank you to Crooked Stick’s members and staff for
challenging as any in the game of golf. hosting this 118th playing of the Western Amateur.
This week, we welcome our 2020 Western Amateur
contestants to famed Crooked Stick Golf Club, an Best Wishes,
enthusiastic supporter of championship golf at all
Kevin Buggy
levels. In addition to partnering with the Western
Chairman of the Board
Golf Association to host the 2012 and 2016 BMW
Western Golf Association
Championships, the club has hosted the 1991 PGA
Championship, six USGA national championships
John Kaczkowski
and the 2005 Solheim Cup.
President & CEO
We’re certain that the club’s challenging Pete Dye Western Golf Association
design will prove to be as stern a test for our talented
amateur players as it did for the many PGA TOUR
stars who competed at Crooked Stick in the BMW
Championship, the penultimate event in the PGA
TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs. The challenge and
quality of Crooked Stick’s formidable layout
produced two prominent BMW Championship
winners — Rory McIlroy in 2012 and Dustin
Johnson in 2016.
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WELCOME TO CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB AND THE
118TH WESTERN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
On behalf of the members and staff of Crooked Stick
Golf Club, it is our privilege to welcome you to our
Club for the 2020 Western Amateur Championship.
We are excited to host the best amateur golfers in
the world for a great week of championship golf.
Crooked Stick was founded over 50 years ago by
Pete and Alice Dye with the dream of building a
world-class golf club that could attract and host
major championship events. Their dream has been
realized through decades of hard work by everyone
Julie Siegler Nick Deets
associated with Crooked Stick and the entire Indiana Tournament Co-Chair Tournament Co-Chair
golf community. Crooked Stick Golf Club Crooked Stick Golf Club
In addition to partnering with the Western Golf
Association to host the 2012 and 2016 BMW
college each year. It develops campus leaders in
Championships, Crooked Stick has hosted the
academics and extra-curricular activities with a
1991 PGA Championship, six USGA national
graduation rate over 95%. We cannot think of a
championships, and the 2005 Solheim Cup.
better cause to support than educating young men
Although we truly appreciate the opportunity to and women who love and appreciate golf and its
host major golf championships, Crooked Stick is ensuing life lessons. If you would like to learn more
first and foremost a true golf club. It is a philosophy, about the program and how you can help, please
dedicated to the pure enjoyment of the game on a visit www.wgaesf.org.
daily basis. We are focused on having a great golf Thank you to the Western Golf Association, our
course with only the amenities necessary for a members, volunteers, and spectators who make this
memorable golf experience with good friends. event possible! We hope you enjoy a special week
Our unique philosophy includes giving back to our at the Stick.
community and the game of golf. We do this by
giving unparalleled support to the Indiana Golf
Julie Siegler
Foundation, helping fund the educational needs of
Tournament Co-Chair
our dedicated staff and their families, and providing
Crooked Stick Golf Club
complimentary access to our facilities to wonderful
young men and women with great talent who don’t
Nick Deets
have the resources/facilities to maximize their
Tournament Co-Chair
potential through our Junior Development and
Crooked Stick Golf Club
Tour Hopeful Programs.
Importantly, we also provide substantial support
to the Evans Scholar Foundation. This program
provides over 1,000 full tuition and housing scholar-
ships that allow deserving young caddies to attend
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WELCOME FROM THE
CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB PRESIDENT
On behalf of our members Special thanks to our volunteers and staff led by
and staff, it’s my pleasure Co-Chairs Nick Deets and Julie Siegler, who have
to welcome you to the worked hard to plan, organize and support the WGA
2020 Western Amateur in the operation of the tournament. Also thank
Championship. A special you to the WGA for their continued partnership
welcome to the 156 contest- in both conducting championship events here at
ants who will be competing on Crooked Stick and the Evans Scholars Foundation.
our Pete Dye golf course this Twenty-three Crooked Stick caddies have graduated
week. We look forward to as Evans Scholars, and one current caddie is enrolled
seeing some exciting golf! as an Evans Scholar at Purdue University.
Don Dunbar
President Hosting championship golf Lastly, I want to thank our Crooked Stick member-
Crooked Stick Golf Club tournaments for the best ship who generously agreed seven years ago to give up
players from around the world their golf course for a week in the middle of the golf
has been part of our history since the early 1980s. season. It’s that commitment to the “good of the
Crooked Stick has hosted six USGA Championships, game” that makes Crooked Stick a special club!
the 1991 PGA Championship, the 2005 Solheim Please take a few minutes to read the following pages
Cup and partnered with the Western Golf regarding the incredible list of Western Amateur past
Association to host the 2012 and 2016 BMW champions and the story of Pete and Alice Dye and
Championships. The 2020 Western Amateur is a the first 56 years of our club. Have a great week and
great opportunity for us to continue our relationship again, welcome to Crooked Stick Golf Club!
with the WGA and to help promote the game by
supporting amateur golf.
Sincerely,
We are proud of our golf course thanks to Club
Founder Pete Dye, who not only built the golf course Don Dunbar
but was also our first club president. Pete and his wife President
Alice made their home on the 18th hole here at Crooked Stick Golf Club
Crooked Stick, and carrying on their legacy will
forever be part of the mission of Crooked Stick.
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CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB
PRIMED FOR 2020 WESTERN AMATEUR
Rory McIlroy won the 2012 BMW Lauri Merten. It has consistently been
Championship at Crooked Stick, and ranked as one of the top 100 courses
Dustin Johnson claimed the title when in the United States by Golf Digest,
the event returned for an encore in 2016. Golf Magazine and Golfweek.
The two BMW Championships “The Western Amateur Championship
raised nearly $6 million for the is not only one of the most prestigious
WGA-supported Evans Scholars amateur events in the world, it can be
Foundation. All proceeds from the a life-changing experience for the
2020 Western Amateur also will young men who are teeing it up here
benefit the Foundation, which funds at Crooked Stick,” said Don Dunbar,
full tuition and housing college Crooked Stick president. “It’s also an
scholarships for caddies. opportunity for our membership to
interact closely with the future stars
“Crooked Stick’s members and staff
of the game and develop lifelong
have been excellent partners with us,
friendships. We’re looking forward to
both for our championships and
a great week for our membership as
through their support of our mission
we host the finest amateur golfers in
to send caddies to college on Evans
Crooked Stick Clubhouse Scholarships,” said Vince Pellegrino, the world on our Pete Dye golf course.”
WGA senior vice president of Crooked Stick has been a steadfast
One of the world’s oldest amateur golf tournaments. “Crooked Stick has partner of the Evans Scholars
championships is being held in central already produced two worthy winners Foundation for over 30 years.
Indiana for the first time as Crooked of our BMW Championship, so we’re Established in 1930 by famed golfer
Stick Golf Club in Carmel hosts the really looking forward to see how our Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. and the
118th Western Amateur this Monday elite field of amateur golfers fare on WGA, the Foundation has awarded full
through Saturday. this challenging layout.” tuition and housing scholarships to
more than 11,000 caddies, including
First held in 1899, the Western Built in 1964 by famed course architect
1,010 caddies currently in school.
Amateur features one of the deepest and club co-founder Pete Dye, Crooked
Twenty-four of those recipients caddied
and strongest fields in amateur golf as Stick has hosted numerous national
at Crooked Stick, including current
well as the game’s most grueling format. competitions, including the 1991 PGA
Evans Scholar Joe Conway, a freshman
It is the world’s third oldest amateur Championship won by John Daly and
at Purdue University.
championship behind the British the 1993 U.S. Women’s Open won by
Amateur (1885) and the U.S. Amateur
(1895), and attracts top-ranked golfers
from around the world. Past Western
Amateur champions include Jack
Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson,
Ben Crenshaw, Justin Leonard, Curtis
Strange and Chick Evans.
In its storied history, the Western
Amateur has never been played at
Crooked Stick. It has been contested
in the state of Indiana only two times,
when South Bend Country Club
played host in 1938 and 1951.
Crooked Stick has twice hosted the
WGA-conducted BMW Championship,
the penultimate event in the PGA
TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs. Crooked Stick Golf Club
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TOURNAMENT FORMAT AND SCHEDULE
WeStern AMAteur
CHAMPionSHiP forMAt
A combination of stroke play and match
play competition, the Western Amateur
can be the most demanding event in
professional or amateur golf.
Competition includes two 18-hole stroke
play rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday
followed by a cut to the players with the
low 44 scores and ties. Those who make
the cut then play 36 holes of stroke play
on Thursday, with the low 16 advancing
to match play on Friday.
Qualifying for the Western Amateur’s
“Sweet 16” match play competition is
one of the treasured accomplishments
each year among the world’s top-ranked
amateurs. The first two rounds of
18-hole match play on Friday narrow
the field to four semifinalists, who
compete in a pair of 18-hole matches
on Saturday morning. Winners of the
two morning matches then play in the
Daniel Wetterich and Garrett Rank during match play at the 2019 Western Amateur
18-hole championship match Saturday
afternoon.
SWEET SIXTEEN 2020 WESTERN AMATEUR
HIGHLIGHTS SCHEDULE
The Western Amateur’s Sweet Sixteen MondAY, JulY 27
have turned out to be quite an elite Player Registration/
group. Over the years, Sweet Sixteen Practice Rounds
members have accomplished the
following: tueSdAY, JulY 28
First Round, Stroke Play
• 27 major championships since 2000
• 18 PGA TOUR Player of the Year WedneSdAY, JulY 29
Awards since 1990 Second Round, Stroke Play
(cut to low 44 and ties)
• 19 wins during the
2018 PGA TOUR season
tHurSdAY, JulY 30
• 7 FedExCup titles Third Round and Final Round of
Stroke Play (cut to low 16)
• 7 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year
Awards since 1990 fridAY, JulY 31
• 11 participants in the First Two Rounds of Match Play
2017 Presidents Cup
SAturdAY, AuGuSt 1
• 8 of the top 20 on the PGA TOUR Semifinal and Championship Rounds
career money list of Match Play
Garrett Rank
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WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION
Championships since 1899, Scholarships since 1930
About tHe WeStern Golf About tHe evAnS SCHolArS
ASSoCiAtion foundAtion
The Western Golf Association conducts Established by famed amateur golfer
six national golf championships and Charles Chick Evans Jr. and the
supports the nationally acclaimed Evans Western Golf Association, the Evans
Scholars Foundation. Headquartered in Scholars Foundation provides full
Glenview, Illinois, the organization was housing and tuition scholarships to
founded in 1899 by 11 Chicago-area high-achieving caddies across the
golf clubs to promote their interests country. Currently, a record 1,010
in golf. In addition to the BMW caddies are enrolled in 18 universities
Championship on the PGA TOUR and across the nation as Evans Scholars.
the Evans Scholars Invitational on the
The Program, which is supported by the
Korn Ferry Tour, the WGA conducts
Western Golf Association, is funded by
four prestigious amateur championships,
contributions from more than 33,000
the Western Amateur, the Western
Par Club members, including Evans
Junior, and the Women’s Western
Scholars Alumni, as well as proceeds
Golf Association’s Amateur and
from the BMW Championship. Since
Junior championships.
the Program’s inception in 1930, more
Upcoming events are the BMW than 11,050 caddies nationwide have
Championship, set for Aug. 25–30 graduated as Evans Scholars.
at Olympia Fields Country Club in
For more information,
Olympia Fields, Illinois, and the Evans
visit www.wgaesf.org.
Scholars Invitational, scheduled for
Sept. 9–13 at Chicago Highlands Club
Daniel Wetterich, the runner up at the 2019 Western Amateur
in Westchester, Illinois. The Western
Junior and Women’s Western Junior
were canceled this year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The new home of the Western Golf Association and the Evans Scholars Foundation
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2019 WESTERN AMATEUR RECAP
Garrett Rank beats the odds to win; NHL referee becomes the second Canadian to claim title
The win gave Rank an exemption into
this year’s Evans Scholars Invitational,
set for Sept. 9–13 at Chicago Highlands
in Westchester, Illinois.
After playing in the Canadian Mid-
Amateur Championship on Aug. 20–23,
2019, Rank reported to NHL training
camp Sept. 9. Even following his
Western Amateur win, which is among
the most prestigious tournaments in the
world, Rank isn’t compelled to turn golf
into a full-time job.
“I have no regrets about not being
professional,” he said. “I have no doubt
I could be a great pro and could do well
in the game of golf. I know how the ups
and downs of golf work and have seen a
lot of great players not make it. I love
Garrett Rank and Daniel Wetterich shake hands on the 18th hole at Point O’ Woods Golf and Country Club.
my job. I have one of the coolest jobs
Garrett Rank, a 31-year-old NHL He had trailed in all four of his matches. in the world.”
referee, earned the George R. Thorne The final round was back and forth,
Rank is the second Canadian champion;
Trophy with a 3 and 2 victory over with Rank carding six birdies and
Jim Nelford won the Western Amateur
Daniel Wetterich, of Cincinnati, Ohio, winning seven holes. Wetterich made
in 1977, also at The Point.
Aug. 3, 2019, at Point O’ Woods four birdies and won four holes. The
Golf and Country Club. two didn’t tie a hole until No. 8.
“The front was back and forth, and
He is the first mid-amateur to win the
it was fun,” said Wetterich, an Ohio
Western Amateur since Danny Green
State graduate. “He just made a lot
at Point O’ Woods in 1997. The
of putts, and he wouldn’t give me any
tournament returned to The Point in
wiggle room.”
Benton Harbor, Michigan, for the first
time since 2008. “This is the end of A native of Elmira, Ontario, Rank
a dream week,” Rank said following played golf and hockey growing up and
his win. earned scholarships in both sports to
University of Waterloo in Ontario. After
being diagnosed with testicular cancer
in his second year of college, he quit
hockey and focused on golf. In 2012,
Rank was the runner-up at the U.S.
Mid-Amateur at Conway Farms Golf
Club in Lake Forest, Illinois.
“I’ve had a lot of close calls in big
events,” Rank said. “To finally break
through is huge. I’m a big believer in
the more you put yourself under
pressure, you learn something
every time. I relied on that.”
Garrett Rank manuevering through a bunker Garrett Rank with his trophies
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WESTERN AMATEUR’S
GEORGE R. THORNE TROPHY
A detailed shot of the previous champions engraved names on the George R. Thorne Trophy.
George R. Thorne
The George R. Thorne trophy is and the WGA’s second president in
presented each year to the Western 1900–1901. Mr. Thorne, president
Amateur champion. On the base of the of Montgomery Ward and Company,
trophy are plates with the names of all founded Midlothian Country Club
previous champions, and the newest in 1898. A year later the club became
champion’s name is added after the one of the original 11 member clubs
championship is concluded. The trophy of the WGA.
is permanently displayed at WGA
Mr. Thorne was so delighted by the
headquarters in Glenview, Illinois.
success of the first Western Amateur,
The champion receives a second trophy
he donated $500 to buy the Western
for his permanent possession.
Amateur trophy that today still carries
The trophy honors George R. Thorne, his name.
the WGA’s first treasurer in 1899
WinnerS, 2019–1899 2013 3 & 2 2005 3 & 2
Jordan Niebrugge Sean Dale Jamie Lovemark Chris Wilson
Year Score
Winner Runner-up 2012 1 up 2004 19 holes
Chris Williams Jordan Russell Ryan Moore James Nitties
2019 3 & 2 2011 1 up 2003 3 & 2
Garrett Rank Daniel Wetterich Ethan Tracy C. T. Pan Chris Botsford J. J. Jakovac
2018 1 up 2010 2 & 1 2002 6 & 5
Cole Hammer Davis Riley David Chung Gregor Main John Klauk Adam Rubinson
2017 22 holes 2009 3 & 2 2001 6 & 4
Norman Xiong Doc Redman John Hahn Zach Barlow Bubba Dickerson Trip Kuehne
2016 3 & 1 2008 4 & 2 2000 2 & 1
Dylan Meyer Sam Horsfield Danny Lee Erik Flores Michael Kirk Ben Curtis
2015 20 holes 2007 1 up 1999 2 & 1
Dawson Armstrong Aaron Wise Jhared Hack Alex Prugh Steve Scott Andy Miller
2014 2 up 2006 2 & 1 1998 1 up
Beau Hossler Xander Schauffele Bronson La’Cassie Pablo Martin Michael Henderson Shawn Koch
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PAST WINNER HIGHLIGHTS
notAbleS of Golf HiStorY
Since its founding in 1899, the Western
Amateur has tested the legends of the
game and served as a proving ground
for the future stars of golf. Twenty-three
past Western Amateur champions — Ryan Moore Justin Leonard
including icons like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger (2004) (1992–93)
Woods and Phil Mickelson — have won
major championships.
Since the Western Amateur adopted
the format featuring 16 match play
qualifiers in 1956, 32 players advancing
to the Sweet Sixteen have won 79
major professional championships.
Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson
(1994) (1991)
1981 2 & 1 1964 3 & 2
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Frank Fuhrer Curt Byrum Steve Oppermann Ed Updegraff
1997 19 holes 1980 4 & 3 1963 5 & 4
Danny Green Andy Miller Hal Sutton David Ogrin Tom Weiskopf Labron Harris, Jr.
1996 2 & 1 1979 1 up 1962 1 up
Joel Kribel Brett Partidge Hal Sutton Mike Gove Art Hudnutt Melvin Stevens
1995 2 & 1 1978 2 up 1961 4 & 3
Patrick Lee Robert Floyd Bobby Clampett Mark Wiebe Jack Nicklaus James “Billy” Key
1994 2 & 1 1977 2 & 1 1960 Default
Tiger Woods Chris Riley Jim Nelford Rafael Alarcon Tommy Aaron Bob Cochran
1993 6 & 4 1976 3 & 1 1959 7 & 5
Justin Leonard Danny Green John Stark Mick Soli Ed Updegraff Charles Hunter, Jr.
1992 2 up 1975 1 up 1958 3 & 2
Justin Leonard David Howser Andy Bean Randy Simmons James “Billy” Key Mason Rudolph
1991 2 & 1 1974 20 holes 1957 9 & 8
Phil Mickelson Justin Leonard Curtis Strange Jay Haas Ed Updegraff Joe Campbell
1990 4 & 2 1973 4 & 3 1956 6 & 4
Craig Kanada Greg Griffin Ben Crenshaw Jimmy Ellis Mason Rudolph Jack Parnell
1989 2 & 1 1972 1 up 1955 37 holes
David Sutherland Tony Mollica Gary Sanders Gil Morgan Eddie Merrins Hillman Robbins
1988 1 up 1971 1 up 1954 37 holes
Chris DiMarco Bill Lundeen Andy North Barney Thompson Bruce Cudd Philip Getchell
1987 3 & 2 1970 4 & 2 1953 8 & 6
Hugh Royer III Craig Perks Lanny Wadkins Charlie Borner Dale Morey Richard Norton
1986 3 & 1 1969 3 & 1 1952 3 & 2
Greg Parker Robert Huxtable Steve Melnyk Howard Twitty Frank Stranahan Harvie Ward
1985 1 up 1968 3 & 1 1951 7 & 6
Scott Verplank Dave Peege Rik Massengale Kemp Richardson Frank Stranahan James Blair III
1984 3 & 2 1967 3 & 1 1950 7 & 6
John Inman Rocco Mediate Bob Smith Marty Fleckman Charles Coe Robert Goldwater
1983 2 up 1966 1 up 1949 5 & 4
Billy Tuten Kent Kluba Jim Wiechers Ron Cerrudo Frank Stranahan Walter Cisco
1982 5 & 3 1965 19 holes 1948 3 & 1
Rick Fehr Tommy Moore Bob Smith George Boutell Skee Riegel James T. McHale
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Scott Verplank Ben Crenshaw Tom Weiskopf
(1985) (1973) (1963)
Hal Sutton Andy North Jack Nicklaus
(1979–80) (1971) (1961)
1947 1 up 1929 37 holes 1913 4 & 3
Bud Ward Frank Stranahan Don Moe Gilbert Carter Warren Wood E. P. Allis
1946 1 up 1928 4 & 3 1912 1 up
Frank Stranahan Bud Ward Frank Dolp Gus Novotny Chick Evans Warren Wood
1943–45 1927 2 & 1 1911 8 & 7
No tournament due to World War II Bon Stein Eddie Held Albert Seckel Robert Gardner
1942 7 & 6 1926 6 & 5 1910 2 & 1
Pat Abbott B. McCormick Frank Dolp Bon Stein Mason Phelps Chick Evans
1941 3 & 2 1925 3 & 2 1909 1 up
Bud Ward Harry Todd Keefe Carter Russell Martin Chick Evans Albert Seckel
1940 3 & 1 1924 1 up 1908 6 & 5
Bud Ward George Victor Harrison R. Johnston Albert Seckel Mason Phelps H. W. Allen
1939 2 & 1 1923 6 & 4 1907 5 & 4
Harry Todd Larry Moller Chick Evans W. H. Gardner H. Chandler Egan Herbert Jones
1938 1 up 1922 5 & 4 1906 37 holes
Bob Babbish M. McCarthy Chick Evans George Von Elm Daniel Sawyer Warren Wood
1937 1 up 1921 3 & 2 1905 3 & 2
Wilford Wehrle Chuck Kocsis Chick Evans Rudy Knepper H. Chandler Egan Walter Egan
1936 2 & 1 1920 5 & 4 1904 6 & 5
Paul Leslie Bob Frazer Chick Evans Clarence Wolff H. Chandler Egan Daniel Sawyer
1935 5 & 3 1919 2 & 1 1903 1 up
Charles Yates Rodney Bliss Harry Legg R. Bockenkamp Walter Egan H. Chandler Egan
1934 4 & 3 1918 1902 37 holes
Zell Eaton Spec Goldman No tournament due to World War I H. Chandler Egan Walter Egan
1933 3 & 2 1917 1 up 1901 6 & 5
Jack Westland Rodney Bliss Francis Ouimet Ken Edwards Phelps Hoyt Bruce Smith
1932 5 & 4 1916 7 & 6 1900 1 up
Gus Moreland Ira Couch Heinrich Schmidt Douglas Grant William Waller William Holabird, Jr.
1931 9 & 7 1915 7 & 6 1899 6 & 5
Don Moe M. McNaughton Chick Evans J. D. Standish, Jr. David Forgan Walter Egan
1930 4 & 2 1914 11 & 9
John Lehman Ira Couch Chick Evans J. D. Standish, Jr.
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HISTORY OF CROOKED STICK GOLF CLUB
A look at Pete and Alice Dye’s “firstborn”
“Crooked Stick was a dream. There was
nothing here. But Pete envisioned the
whole fabulous thing,” said Alice Dye.
That vision became Crooked Stick —
and it spawned a love for the place that
would invigorate the Dyes for the rest
of their lives.
And just how did their love for “The
Stick” turn out? Consider the results.
A perennial “U.S. Top 100” course,
Crooked Stick reached that summit in
1971, just four years after conclusion of
construction. In all, it has been awarded
Top 100 distinction in seven different
decades — a distinction held by the
likes of Pine Valley, Augusta National,
Seminole, Shinnecock Hills and a
handful of others.
The club and its membership have
hosted six USGA National
1956 — The flat midwestern farmland that would give rise to the Dyes’ dream in 1964
Championships, the 1991 PGA
“I don’t think I’d ever be in the golf From scouting and acquiring the land, Championship (won by John Daly), the
business if it hadn’t been for to hawking the idea to potential 2005 Solheim Cup matches, the WGA’s
Crooked Stick…” members, and digging in the dirt to 2012 and 2016 BMW Championships
— Pete Dye bring the course to life out of shapeless, (won by Rory McIlroy and Dustin
flat midwestern farmland, Pete and Johnson), the Pete and Alice Dye
No history of the Crooked Stick Golf Alice Dye put more than half a century National Junior Invitational and now
Club can be complete without a full of their care and genius into what they the prestigious Western Amateur.
accounting of the genius of Paul “Pete” often referred to as their “firstborn”
Dye, Jr. and Alice O’Neal Dye — and championship design. About Crooked Stick, Pete Dye in his
vice versa. Crooked Stick began as the usual unpretentious style said this in
upstart couple’s idea — a championship
golf course and a club just for golf, just
for golfers. Yet what it turned out to be
was a proverbial “big bang” — the birth
of a new era in American golf course
design. For a golfing world eager to
discover what might lie beyond the
game’s “Golden Age” — their answer
came in the form of Pete and Alice
Dye’s Crooked Stick Golf Club.
With barely 10 course designs under
their belt and fresh off a tour of the
great courses of Scotland, the fledgling
designers returned home to Indianapolis
intent on building “the finest golf
course in this area.” And with that,
they began.
Roughhewn early years — Hole No. 18 in 1971
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And how did the Dyes feel about
Crooked Stick? Alice, perhaps, summed
it up best in these words which she
spoke to fellow members at the close
of the club’s 2009 annual meeting:
“About 15 years ago, Golf magazine
celebrated the ‘100 Heroes of Golf’ at a
black-tie dinner in New York. Everyone
was there: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus,
Patty Berg, Johnny Miller, Lee Trevino,
Kathy Whitworth and Ben Hogan.
“Pete was included, and all the
‘100 Heroes’ were seated up on stage.
Below, the room was packed with
families and admirers.
Mid-1980s — Pete (left) brings to life a new vision for No. 18
“Ben Hogan was the first to speak and
2002, “As far as the strategy and “There’s a buzz on the PGA TOUR
he stood there in front of the other
appearance, if I sat here for 100 years, about returning here (for the BMW
Heroes, and facing the vast audience
I’d probably do a lot worse…and Championship).”
he said, ‘I love golf!’
couldn’t do any better.” Speaking about — Justin Rose, 2012
the club at his World Golf Hall of Fame “Here in our home on Crooked Stick,
induction ceremony in 2008, Pete “Pete Dye did a great job with that golf Pete and I wake up to see the mowers,
added, “The club has surpassed course.” sand rakes and crews preparing the
anything I’ve ever worked on.” — Nancy Lopez, 2014 course. Our dining room table is
covered with Crooked Stick maps
Through the years, others have also “Crooked Stick…I miss you and love you.” and budgets.
expressed their feelings about the — John Daly, 2014
Dye’s masterpiece. “In the evening, we see many of you
“Great golf course. I got to meet Pete Dye finishing the 18th hole. At night when
“I have raved about this course to all my
(there) for the first time, which is we go to bed and it’s all dark outside,
golfing friends…one of the toughest and
pretty cool.” we see the lights of the clubhouse.
fairest tests of golf I have played.”
— Rory McIlroy, 2014
— Johnny Revolta, 19-time “Pete and I love Crooked Stick.”
TOUR winner and major
champion, 1969
“Mr. Dye, I love the course…
that it’s long, too!”
— John Daly, 1991 PGA Champ
“This is the toughest course I’ve ever seen.”
— Jack Nicklaus, 1991
“He (Pete) wanted to rattle a few brains
with this course.”
— Ian Baker Finch, 1991 (British)
Open Champion
“It’s a wonderful course. The greens
are just pristine.”
— Phil Mickelson, 2012
Crooked Stick today — Hole No. 16 in foreground and No. 18 at top left
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PETE AND ALICE DYE —
AMERICA’S FIRST COUPLE OF GOLF
Golf has been played for more than
500 years. Yet with hundreds of millions
of devotees who have enjoyed the game
through the centuries, golf has never
known a “power couple” as influential
and important as Pete and Alice Dye.
First as competitive players, then as
renowned course designers, the Dyes
have made an indelibly positive impact
on the game.
Paul (Pete) Dye was born in Urbana,
Ohio, just west of Columbus in 1925.
Alice O’Neal was born in 1927, to a
prominent family in Indianapolis.
Alice became a golf champion early in
life. In her career she won nine Indiana
State Championships, 11 Indianapolis
city championships, three Florida State
crowns, the Women’s North and South,
the Eastern, the Doherty Cup, and
earned a berth on the victorious 1950s — champion golfers
1970 Curtis Cup Team. Later, Alice
Pete, too, achieved playing success. Supporting the decision and partnering
won two USGA Senior and two
He won the 1942 Ohio High School with him in the venture, Alice
Canadian Senior championships, five
Championship, captained the Rollins accompanied Pete on a visit to golf
Women’s Western Seniors and a gold
College golf team, won the 1958 course architect Bill Diddel at
medal at the Senior Olympics.
Indiana Amateur, played his way into Woodland Country Club in Carmel,
five U.S. Amateurs, a U.S. Open, Ind. Diddel told the couple to give up
(finishing ahead of both Arnold on their idea of a career designing golf
Palmer and Jack Nicklaus) and most courses. “He told us it was too up and
importantly from an architectural down…too iffy,” said Pete.
perspective, played in the 1963
Undaunted, they pursued their vision
British Amateur.
embarking upon their new career
Pete Dye and Alice O’Neal met while with a nine-hole layout just south of
at Rollins College. They were married Indianapolis called El Dorado, (now
in 1950 and returned to Indianapolis. Dye’s Walk Country Club). Soon after,
There, they entered the business world, they built their first 18-holer, Heather
both achieving sales success at The Hills (in Indianapolis), now named
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Maple Creek Country Club.
Company. But it was their membership
Pete qualified for and competed in the
at the Country Club of Indianapolis,
1963 British Amateur, which became a
particularly Pete’s eight-year stint as
defining moment of his design career as
green chairman and subsequent
the Dyes spent several weeks afterward
agronomy courses he took at Purdue
touring the great Scottish courses. Pete
University that drew them into the golf
became captivated by what he saw —
business. Before long, Pete decided to
small greens, pot bunkers, short,
devote his time to designing and
potentially drivable par-4 holes,
building golf courses.
1991 — Pete and Alice welcome the PGA Championship undulating fairways, and wooden
to Crooked Stick
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bulkheads. These were among the Seth Raynor, Alister MacKenzie and Pete’s honors include his World Golf
features he later integrated into his own C.B. McDonald, among others. Hall of Fame election in 2008, as he
work. Thus inspired, Pete and Alice Dye became only the fifth architect to be
Just as impressive is the list of
methodically and undauntedly created a inducted. In 1995, the ASGCA
apprentices, associates and assistants
roll call of the game’s most talked-about, presented Pete with its highest honor,
who learned from “the master” and
prominent, and popular courses. the Donald Ross Award, the same award
went on to prominence — Jack
Crooked Stick. Harbour Town. The they bestowed upon Alice in 2017.
Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tom Doak,
Ocean Course at Kiawah. The Stadium
Bill Coore, Bobby Weed, Tim Liddy As a couple, Pete and Alice stayed active
Course at TPC Sawgrass. Whistling
and Rod Whitman, and the Dye’s two as golfers and in the golf design business
Straits. Blackwolf Run. Teeth of the
sons, Perry and P.B., to name a few. well into their 90s. Alice O’Neal Dye
Dog. Oak Tree. PGA West. The list died in February of 2019 at the age of
goes on and on, with Dye-designed Alice became deeply involved in the 91; in January of 2020, Paul (Pete) Dye,
courses hosting the Ryder Cup, the game as a member of the USGA Jr. passed away at age 94.
PGA Championship, the Senior and Women’s Committee, the LPGA
Women’s U.S. Opens, the U.S. Amateur, Advisory Council and the USGA With their passing, it seems certain golf
NCAA Championship, and prestigious Women’s Handicap Committee. She will never again see a husband-and-wife
regular events on the annual PGA became the first woman member and team like Pete and Alice Dye. their
TOUR schedule. President of the American Society of 60-plus year collaboration is a testament
Golf Course Architects (ASGCA). Alice to their dedication to each other and
The Golf Digest 2019-20 ranking of
was enshrined in the Indiana Golf Hall their love of the game. Their story is
top 100 U.S. golf courses includes nine
of Fame and in 2004 received the PGA as unique as the dozens of magnificent
Dye designs — a dazzling achievement,
of America’s First Lady of Golf Award. designs they created and bestowed upon
considering the other design titans on
grateful golfers the world over.
the list who tallied fewer: Donald Ross,
2014 — Crooked Stick’s 50th Anniversary celebration and a bronze unveiling
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COHOAT BROTHERS LEARNED
LIFE-CHANGING LESSONS AT CROOKED STICK
Both Matt and Jeff spent many years at
Crooked Stick, whether it was caddying,
working in the shop or serving as caddie
manager.
For the Cohoat family, the Evans
Scholarship was life-changing. “It was
a huge boost to our family in terms of
pride and being grateful,” Matt said.
“Across the whole board, it was a
beautiful thing for our family to feel
and experience.”
From the caddie program at Crooked
Stick, the brothers learned values that
they have carried with them on their
paths to success in their lives today.
When asked what caddying taught them,
Jeff stressed the people skills he acquired
on the course. “Most importantly, how
to deal with a wide variety of people,”
he explained. “Whether it was
Matt and Jeff Cohoat professionals, or others with a variety
evAnS SCHolArS AluMni After Jeff witnessed the success his of backgrounds and personalities, it
Credit tHeir SuCCeSS to Golf, brother had in earning the Evans was in my best interest to learn how
CAddYinG Scholarship, he made it a goal to earn to interact with all of them.”
one as well.
By Madison Banas Both Matt and Jeff have gone on to
“Once Matt was on that path, it was promote the Evans Scholars Foundation
The Cohoat brothers will tell you that
never an option that I wasn’t going to while building their professional careers.
once you get into golf, the game has a
try and go for it,” Jeff said. “It was good Matt, chief financial officer at Becknell
funny way of bringing people together
motivation to stay up late studying or Industrial, volunteers as a Western Golf
and setting up a life of success.
to wake up at four in the morning to Association Director. He landed his
Matt and Jeff Cohoat grew up together get to the course to make sure that I current job due to a golf connection
under the same roof in a family of was checking off every box, ensuring I with his boss. Matt also had a hand in
modest means. They attended the local would be eligible for the scholarship.” founding Cohoat and O’Neal Golf
Catholic high school, where they both
spent time on the golf team. And both
later graduated from Purdue University
as Evans Scholars after caddying at
Crooked Stick Golf Club.
Matt was introduced to the caddie
program at Crooked Stick through
a high school teacher who had
attended one of his golf matches. He
subsequently met a member at Crooked
Stick who was an avid golfer and
supporter of the Evans Scholarship.
The member asked him a few questions
and said, “Son, grab that bag, we’re
going to get you an Evans Scholarship.” Crooked Stick clubhouse from the 8th hole
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Management and Administrative
Services, where Jeff serves in a CROOKED STICK PROMOTES SUCCESS
leadership role. FOR CADDIES SEEKING EVANS SCHOLARSHIPS
Jeff is a man of many hats at Cohoat Since the first Evans Scholarship was Jeffrey Cohoat
and O’Neal Golf Management. “My awarded to a Crooked Stick caddie in Purdue University 1987
title is Vice President of Sales, but my 1981, Crooked Stick Golf Club has sent Steven Glogoza
role is whatever needs to be done,” 24 Evans Scholars to college, including Purdue University 1988
Jeff said. “I am a consultant, while freshman Evans Scholar Joseph Conway, Steven Schankerman
I am also a problem solver.” who is attending Purdue University. Indiana University 1991
The club has fostered a rewarding caddie Anthony Markus
The brothers have also established a
program to ensure their caddies know Indiana University 1994
program to raise awareness of the Evans
about the Evans Scholars Foundation. Lance Padgett
Scholarship among caddies at public
Indiana University 1994
courses in the greater Indianapolis area. Joseph Conway
Jason Rudd
“Jeff has been very instrumental in Purdue University Indiana University 1994
helping these kids get to where the
Class of 2023 Shaman Anderson
loops are,” Matt said. “We wanted to Indiana University 1995
give them the opportunity to caddie by
Stephen Bishop
setting up a program that offers them Purdue University 1995
transportation, training and loops.”
Michael Cummings
Indiana University 1995
When the Cohoat brothers reflect on
their days at Crooked Stick, many Michael Edwards
special memories come to mind. Matt Actively educating their caddies about Indiana University 1996
expressed how the membership at the the Evans Scholars Foundation is what Brice Grinstead
club had always been very supportive allows Crooked Stick to guide its top Purdue University 1996
of the caddies. “If I was standing there caddies on the path to an Evans Ryan Bramblett
in the late afternoon, a member I had Scholarship. Indiana University 1997
normally caddied for would play an Jared Grinstead
“We are really trying to help these kids
extra 18 holes in two hours just to Purdue University 1999
progress to the point where they can
make sure that I got an extra loop.” William Conway
receive an Evans Scholarship,” said Tony
Purdue University 2006
Jeff had an opportunity to caddie for Pancake, Director of Golf and Club
Nora Thordarson
Gary Nicklaus in the U.S. Junior Operations. “The caddies that we think
Purdue University 2007
Championship when it was hosted would show potential eligibility for the
Michael Conway
at Crooked Stick in 1982. [Evans Scholarship] program, we make
Purdue University 2011
sure that they know about the program
“The Evans Scholar family and the Adam Swartz
and help them with the application
opportunities it provides for families end Indiana University 2014
process to make sure they have the
up being pretty cool,” Matt said. “Once Paul Conway
loops and all of the things that they
you experience the Evans Scholarship, Indiana University 2015
need to be successful.”
it becomes a part of your fabric in an Paige Fairfield
incredible, exceptional, wonderful way; Indiana University 2016
Name
personally, professionally, and socially… University Grad Year Jackson Schuette
it’s a family.” Purdue University 2016
AluMni
Jeff agrees, noting, “It’s life-changing, John Conway
Douglas Greer Indiana University 2018
and it’s a passion for us. The reward is
Indiana University 1981
doing what we are doing now to see
Matthew Cohoat SCHolAr
kids benefit and have an impact on
Purdue University 1982 Joseph Conway
their lives.” Purdue University 2023
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Evans Scholars Foundattion
2020 Program Overviewm Overview
Sending caddies to college
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The Evans Scholars Foundation awards full tuition and housing college
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scholarships to high-achieving caddies with limited financial means. by Unive
Established in 1930 by the Western Golf Association and celebrated amateur
golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr., the Foundation oversees the nation’s largest University Scholars Alumni
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scholarship program for caddies. Evans Scholars are enrolled at 18 leading
Colorado 60 491
universities nationwide, where they live together in community.
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Illinois 1 1,319
285 1,010 11,050
Indiana 59 658
New awards Evans Scholars in Alumni of the Evans
for 2020-21 school nationwide Scholars Program Kansas 43 144
Marquette 59 804
A life-changing mission Miami 67 503
Michigan 51 828
With more families struggling to pay for college and a record number of
caddies applying for the Evans Scholarship each year, the Evans Scholars Michigan State 78 897
Program is expanding from coast to coast. Tooday, the Foundation is supported Minnesota 55 707
by more than 33,000 Par Club donors and proceeds from the WGA-run BMW Missouri 35 497
Championship, a PGA TOUR FedExCup playoff event.
Northwestern 45 737
$120,000 $25 Million $410 Million Notre Dame* 25 22
Estimated value of an Annual Evans Scholars All-time Evans Scholars
Evans Scholarship Program costs Program costs Ohio State 74 868
Oregon 36 223
Scholars excel, Penn State 39 66
Alumni give back
Purdue 46 491
Evans Scholars are tomorrow’s leaders. After graduation, they join a vibrant
W ashington 31 236
network of Alumni who have forged successful careers in every industry
imaginable and remain committed to supporting the Foundation and the next Wisconsin 69 1,025
generation of caddies.
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additional universities.
Our remaining Alumni graduated from additional universities.
3.3 95% $17 Million *Scholars live together in a designated residence hall.
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HOLE-BY-HOLE PREVIEW
CROOKED STICK
GOLF CLUB
Crooked Stick Golf Club, host venue of the 2020 Western Amateur,
was built in 1964, designed by famed course architect Pete Dye.
Consistently ranked as a top-100 course in the United States by
prominent golf media, this par-72, 7,516-yard layout has hosted
numerous golf championships over the past 30 years, including the
2012 BMW Championship, won by Rory McIlroy, and the 2016
BMW Championship, won by Dustin Johnson. Crooked Stick also
played host to the 1991 PGA Championship won by John Daly,
as well as the 1993 U.S. Women’s Open, the 2005 Solheim Cup
and the 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship won by Fred Funk.
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118 th
6
Hole Par Yardage
1 4 358
5 7
2 4 442
4
3 3 200
4 4 469
5 5 621
6 3 201
7 4 454 3
8 4 456
9 5 530
10 4 457
2 8
11 5 556 1
12 4 424
9
13 3 182
14 4 483
15 5 523
16 4 489
Burning Tree Lane
17 3 214
18 4 457
Total 72 7516
18
12
Thunderbird Drive 11 Crooked Stick Lane
Restrooms 10
Concessions
17
Clubhouse
16
Player Parking
14 13
15
General Parking
10800 Thunderbird Drive
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YARDS 358 — PAR 4
On this fair opening hole, favor the left side
of the fairway to avoid the tall trees on the
right. A long iron or fairway wood from the HOLE 1
tee will leave you with a short iron to this
small green well protected by bunkers
front left and back right.
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YARDS 442 — PAR 4
On this sharp dogleg, your drive should
favor the right side to avoid the large fairway
bunker on the left. A mid- to short-iron
approach to this well-protected green can
lead to birdie, but missing the green leaves
a tough up-and-down.
HOLE 2
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YARDS 200 — PAR 3
Hole location determines how to play this
par 3. When the flagstick is back, club
selection is extremely important. However,
you can be more aggressive with a front or
middle hole location. If you miss the green
and find yourself in the pot bunker on the
left, you’re facing a sure bogey.
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YARDS 469 — PAR 4
This monster par 4 is not only long,
but also plays into the prevailing wind. HOLE 4
Your approach must carry on to the
green, so take plenty of club.
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YARDS 621 — PAR 5
Typically a three-shot hole, the first par 5
is the toughest. After driver off the tee,
pay attention to the fairway bunkers
that come into play on your second.
Your short-iron approach to this reasonably
flat green must avoid the deep bunker on
the front and left sides of the green.
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YARDS 201 — PAR 3
On this par 3, our Signature Hole, there
is no place to bail out. The intimidating HOLE 6
tee shot must carry the penalty area that
guards the front and right sides of the
green. A pot bunker and wooden pilings
protect the green’s left side.
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HOLE 7
YARDS 454 — PAR 4
Make sure you find the fairway from the tee.
Three fairway bunkers await any tee shot
that misses to the right while large trees
prevent an easy approach into the green
from tee shots missing left. Play your
approach to the center of this subtle,
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YARDS 456 — PAR 4
This par 4 is one of the greatest holes at
The water on the left is in play on both the HOLE 8
Crooked Stick, stretching over 400 yards.
drive and approach. The tee shot bailout
area on the right comes in handy, but makes
the approach even more demanding.
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YARDS 530 — PAR 5
This par 5 is a great risk-reward hole.
A drive that avoids the creek and bunker
on the left gives long hitters the chance to
reach in two. The real difficulty is avoiding
the deep bunkers right and left that guard
this very undulating green.
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YARDS 457 — PAR 4
The lake on the right side makes the tee
shot on this long par 4 even more difficult.
Mounding and new pot bunkers collect any HOLE 10
tee shots that chase through the fairway on
the left side. A mid-iron approach must be
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You can bail out to the left of the green,
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HOLE 11
YARDS 556 — PAR 5
On this par 5, beware of driving through
the dogleg as the fairway kicks to the right
at the corner. Favor the left side of the
fairway on your second shot. The green
slopes severely from back left to front right,
so play your approach a bit left of center.
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YARDS 424 — PAR 4
There is much more room on the left side
of the tee shot landing area than you can
see. If you miss right, you’ll end up in a HOLE 12
massive valley. Keep your approach shot
below the hole. There is a bail out area
to the right of the green.
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HOLE 13
YARDS 182 — PAR 3
This picturesque par 3 plays slightly
downhill to a very severe green. Club
selection is everything. The back of the
green slopes away from the tee, so when
the flagstick is in back, aim for the
middle of the green and let the slope
funnel the ball to the hole.
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YARDS 483 — PAR 4
This long, sharp dogleg left par 4
is another risk-reward hole. A tee shot
down the center of the fairway leaves an HOLE 14
extremely long second, but a strong
drive that carries the creek on the left
leaves you with a short-iron approach.
The choice is yours.
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