Inside the course: TPC San Francisco Bay

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Apr. 2, 2009

The Nationwide Tour heads to the West Coast this week for a new event in the 2009 season -- the Stonebrae Classic at TPC San Francisco Bay in Hayward, Calif. Learn more about this venue.

Fast facts

Course Superintendent	David R. Davies
Original architect	David McLay Kidd (2007)
Par value	72
Number of TOUR events as host venue	1 (including 2009)
Course ranking	n/a
Yardage history	7,200 (present)
Grass	Bentgrass, perennial ryegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, fescue (Tees, fairways, rough); Bentgrass (Greens)
Tournament Stimpmeter	11 ft
Sand bunkers	63
Water hazards	1
Course tour	Click here

Holes-in-one

There have been 0 aces recorded at TPC San Francisco Bay as this is a new event

Course origins

Named by Travel and Leisure Golf "One of the Best New Golf Courses for 2007," TPC San Francisco Bay's par-72, 7,200-yard layout was designed by world-renowned Scottish golf course architect David McLay Kidd to blend harmoniously with its unspoiled surroundings on Walpert Ridge more than 1,500 feet above the East Bay.

Designer of such notable courses as Bandon Dunes in Oregon and the Castle Course at St. Andrews, Kidd took full advantage of the topography's sweeping panoramic vistas, rolling grasslands, wind-twisted oaks and lichen-glazed outcroppings to create a stunning test of golf reminiscent of the grand links-style courses of Scotland. The course has an elevation change of 300 feet with links-style, rolling fairways and heavily contoured greens as it overlooks the San Francisco Bay area.

TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae includes 250 acres of re-established grasslands and wetlands, which support two species that are listed by the federal government as threatened: The California redlegged frog and the Alameda County whipsnake. --Source: Golf Course Superintendents Assocation of America

Tournament course history