Apr. 10, 2011
The TOUR heads to San Antonio,Texas, for the Valero Texas Open. Learn more about this week's host, TPC San Antonio.
| Fast facts |
| Director of Course Operations |
Thomas R. Lively |
| Original architect |
Pete Dye and Greg Norman (2009) |
| Par value |
72 |
| Number of TOUR events as host venue |
2 (including 2011) |
| Course ranking |
Ranked 17 out of 52 courses in 2010 |
| Yardage history |
7,522 (2010-present) |
| Grass |
Bermudagrass (tees, fairways, rough, greens) |
| Tournament Stimpmeter |
10.5 ft |
| Sand bunkers |
58 |
| Water hazards |
3 |
| Course tour |
Click here |
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| Course origins |
TPC San Antonio opened in January 2010 with 36 holes of golf designed by two of golf's most innovative architects: Pete Dye and Greg Norman. Situated on 2,800 acres at the base of Texas hill country, both the AT&T Canyons Course by Pete Dye and AT&T Oaks Course by Greg Norman were built with the infrastructure to be host venues for PGA TOUR tournaments.
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| TPC San Antonio is a private resort, only accessible to club members and guests of the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa. --Source: Golf Course Superintendents Assocation of America |
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| TPC San Antonio |
2010 rankings |
| 1 |
4 |
454 |
4.376 |
1 |
| 2 |
5 |
602 |
4.876 |
15 |
| 3 |
3 |
213 |
3.016 |
11 |
| 4 |
4 |
481 |
4.212 |
3 |
| 5 |
4 |
342 |
3.76 |
17 |
| 6 |
4 |
403 |
4.041 |
8 |
| 7 |
3 |
207 |
3.035 |
10 |
| 8 |
5 |
604 |
5.037 |
9 |
| 9 |
4 |
474 |
4.221 |
2 |
| 10 |
4 |
447 |
4.113 |
7 |
| 11 |
4 |
405 |
3.956 |
12 |
| 12 |
4 |
410 |
4.118 |
6 |
| 13 |
3 |
241 |
3.124 |
5 |
| 14 |
5 |
567 |
4.661 |
18 |
| 15 |
4 |
464 |
4.134 |
4 |
| 16 |
3 |
183 |
2.952 |
13 |
| 17 |
4 |
347 |
3.823 |
16 |
| 18 |
5 |
591 |
4.899 |
14 |
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| Tournament course history |
| TPC San Antonio |
San Antonio, Texas |
2010-present |
| LaCantera Golf Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1995-2009 |
| Oak Hills Country Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1977-'94, '61-'66 |
| Woodlake Golf Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1972-'76 |
| Pecan Valley Country Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1967-'70 |
| Fort Sam Houston Golf Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1960, '56, '51* |
| Brackenridge Park Golf Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1957-'59, '52-'55, '50-'51*, '29-'40, '22-'26 |
| Willow Springs Golf Club |
San Antonio, Texas |
1941-'49, '27-'28 |
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| This week's Kodak Challenge hole |
HOLE: The par-4, 347-yard 17th at TPC San Antonio
DESCRIPTION: Current PGA TOUR player Sergio Garcia lent his unique perspective in assisting celebrated golfer and renowned golf course architect Greg Norman with the design of the par-72, 7,522-yard AT&T Oaks Course. Similar to renown golf course designer Pete Dye, Norman's design philosophy is underscored by environmental sensitivity and a deep reverence for nature. Great care has been taken to incorporate the distinct nuances and indigenous flora of the natural Hill Country topography into the course design, to create a compelling, strategically diverse and strikingly beautiful course for golfers of all skill levels. (Click here for more) |
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