GREENKEEPING the support of Jacobson and our local distributor , GC Duke , who is supporting us with equipment , we would not be able to accomplish what we need to ,” Ian explains .
“ Preparing for this championship has taken some time . We started this in 2018 to host it first in 2020 , and as everyone is aware , it got postponed twice . The build-out of the stands started in the winter , and we finished building out the grandstands on June 1st , with the tournament starting the week of June six , but it ’ s taken a good two years in prep work to achieve the standards we want to present for the tour .
“ The most important thing for us to get right is getting the surfaces to the firmness that we want to present the players . You know , green speeds are one thing , but having a firm green surface is another . Having true lies in the fairways with firm fairways for them to hit off of , I think , is our number one goal that we ’ re trying to achieve .
“ I think with the tight cut surfaces that we have , the floating head Eclipse 2 walk mowers that Jacobsen provides means we are able to dial the clip rates in . This allows us to get to the trueness of the greens we need .
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“ This is our national championship in Canada . It ’ s a big event , and without the support of Jacobson and our local distributor , GC Duke , who is supporting us with equipment , we would not be able to accomplish what we need to
“ Also , with our undulating fairways in the tight areas , the smaller LF1880s have allowed us to mow tighter and get to the surfaces where we can ’ t go with other mowers .
“ We ’ ll start mowing daily on greens leading into the championship , and we ’ ll start mowing fairways , tees , and approaches daily leading into the advanced week of the tournament .”
From June 6-9 , 2022 , the Toronto city center course hosted returning champion Rory McIlroy , world no . 1 , and Masters
champion Scottie Scheffler and three-time PGA Tour winner in 2022 , Sam Burns , as well as Matthew Fitzpatrick , Tyrell Hatton , Patrick Reed , and Justin Rose .
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