The TOUR held an event at Grayhawk Golf Club for the first time in 2007.
Oct. 21, 2008
The PGA TOUR will play the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Ariz., at Grayhawk Golf Club (Raptor Course). Learn more about this course:
| Fast facts |
| Original architect |
Tom Fazio (1995) |
| Course superintendent |
Ernie R. Pock |
| Number of PGA TOUR events as host venue |
2 (including 2008) |
| Course ranking |
Ranked 22 (out of 55) in difficulty on the PGA TOUR in 2007 |
| Par value |
70 |
| Yardage history |
7,125 (2007-present) |
| Grass |
Tifway 419 bermudagrass (tees, fairways, rough); Mini-Verde bermudagrass (greens) |
| Tournament Stimpmeter |
12 ft |
| Water hazards |
2 |
| Course tour |
Click here |
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| Course record |
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Player
Mark Hensby |
Year
2007 |
Round
2nd |
Finish
2nd |
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| Holes-in-one |
| There has been 1 ace recorded at Grayhawk GC. |
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| 2007 Rankings |
| Most Difficult Hole |
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The par-4 498-yard seventh
"Caddy Wampus" - The desert pinches in on the landing area; however, golfers who either thread the needle or bomb it over the trouble will have a long iron into a very receptive green. Laying up on both the tee shot and second shot takes the majority of the risk out of the equation, but the approach must be on the correct tier of the green for any shot at birdie.
2007: 0 eagles, 30 birdies, 237 pars, 117 bogeys, 21 double bogeys, 5 others |
| Easiest hole in 2007 |
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The par-4 332-yard 15th
"Wee One" - A true risk/reward hole, the fifteenth allows for both conservative and aggressive options. The green lies downhill from the tee and if the "big dog" busts out of the kennel, it will result in a short pitch, green-side bunker shot or perhaps a putt for eagle. A long-iron tee shot results in a wedge to the well protected green which has two distinctive levels.
2007: 5 eagles, 198 birdies, 181 pars, 21 bogeys, 4 double bogeys, 1 other |
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| Grayhawk GC |
2007 rankings |
| 1 |
4 |
413 |
4.105 |
9 |
| 2 |
4 |
395 |
3.78 |
15 |
| 3 |
4 |
460 |
4.154 |
7 |
| 4 |
5 |
562 |
4.712 |
16 |
| 5 |
3 |
203 |
3.198 |
4 |
| 6 |
4 |
345 |
4.037 |
11 |
| 7 |
4 |
498 |
4.354 |
1 |
| 8 |
3 |
174 |
2.9 |
13 |
| 9 |
4 |
464 |
4.093 |
10 |
| 10 |
4 |
390 |
3.968 |
12 |
| 11 |
5 |
572 |
4.661 |
17 |
| 12 |
4 |
468 |
4.117 |
8 |
| 13 |
3 |
230 |
3.178 |
5 |
| 14 |
4 |
429 |
3.839 |
14 |
| 15 |
4 |
332 |
3.571 |
18 |
| 16 |
3 |
211 |
3.212 |
3 |
| 17 |
4 |
464 |
4.156 |
6 |
| 18 |
4 |
515 |
4.261 |
2 |
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| Course origins |
Grayhawk Golf Club is built on a flat desert landscape and features a natural creek that has created 15-20 canyons throughout the layout of the course. The creek empties into a man-made lake between holes 10 and 18. The mountains create a vast backdrop for the scenic par-3 No. 8, which is known as "Aces and Eights" because of its propensity for being either a hit or miss hole.
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Golf course superintendent Ernie Pock is a second-generation superintendent at Grayhawk, having taken the reins from his father who was the construction superintendent for the golf course and the first golf course superintendent in 2000. Pock is a second cousin to GCSAA CEO Mark J. Woodward, CGCS.
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During the 2000 Williams Challenge at Grayhawk, Ernie Els brushed up against a tennis ball-sized cactus flower called a jumping cholla and required the assistance of paramedics to remove it.
-- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and PGATOUR.COM |
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| Tournament course history |
| Grayhawk GC |
Scottsdale, Ariz. |
2007-present |
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