Tour Report with PROTOCONCEPT - VOL.51

This week is the second of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events, the Nationwide Children’s
Hospital Championship.

The host course is the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus Ohio.

The Scarlet course is a 7,418-yard par 71 monster with 4 par 3’s all of them over 200 yards and 3 of them are over 220 yards. Tree lined with plenty of bunkers in play, this is a challenging test for these players.

A few of the more prominent players that attended OSU, and there are many, are Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf and Meg Mallon. All three are Major winners with Nicklaus and Mallon winning multiple Majors during their careers.

As I mentioned in my last report, the next few weeks will be all about taking orders for off
season testing.

Players are making adjustments to their current clubs based on course conditions and set up, but are not very interested in making changes at this point of the year. Each week is too important to try something new.

The Columbus area has had 15” of rain in the last 30 days, so the course is very soft and the rough is long. These conditions will add to an already tough golf course.

With more rain in the forecast, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this event shortened to 54 holes, which will have a positive or negative effect for players on the bubble.

Players that make it into next week’s event will have full playing privileges next year.

Up Next: LPGA Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Last US event until November. Korn
Ferry is off next week before the last two finals events.

Steve Loerzel
Director of Operations & Chief Performance Engineer