Rhode Island Golf Association

89th Open Championship Fact Sheet

Aug. 2–3, 2021

Green Valley Country Club

 

Par/Yardage – Par 71, 6,830 yards.

 

Architect/Founded – Manuel Raposa, 1957.

 

2019 champion – Rob Labritz shot 7-under-par to win by three shots over Jason Thresher at Green Valley. The event was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Format – 36 holes of stroke play.

 

Tee Times – 7:30 a.m. both Monday and Tuesday.

 

Field – The field will consist of 44 amateurs and 59 professionals.

 

Purse – $21,000 with the low professional getting $5,000.

 

The start – The Rhode Island Open Championship began in 1929. That year, Fred Bentley won with a score of 305.

 

The Upper Echelon – Dana Quigley has won a total of six Rhode Island Open Championships (1973, 1981, 1992-93, 1995-96). Donald Hoenig is next in line with four (1951, 1954-55, 1961).

 

The Amateurs – The last amateur to win the Rhode Island Open was Marc St. Martin in 1990.

 

Past Champions – Past Open champions in the field include 2013 champion Shawn Warren of Falmouth Country Club (Maine).

 

Course hole-by-hole­ – 

Holes 1–9

No. 1, 370-yard, par 4; No. 2, 461-yard, par 4; No. 3, 397-yard, par 4; No. 4, 550-yard, par 5; No. 5, 190-yard, par 3; No. 6, 404-yard, par 4; No. 7, 360-yard, par 4; No. 8, 210-yard, par 3; No. 9, 433-yard, par 4. Totals: 3,375 yards/par 35. 

 

Holes 10-18

No. 10, 613-yard, par 5; No. 11, 229-yard, par 3; No. 12, 147-yard, par 3; No. 13, 342-yard, par 4; No. 14, 451-yard, par 4; No. 15, 340-yard, par 4; No. 16, 407-yard, par 4; No. 17, 548-yard, par 5; No. 18, 378-yard, par 4. Totals: 3,455 yards/par 36.

 

Green Valley Contact Information- Club Phone: 401-847-9543.  

Address: 371 Union Avenue Portsmouth, RI 02871.

 

All media inquiries – Contact Dalton Balthaser, Manager of Communications, at 401-272-1350 (office) or dbalthaser@rigalinks.org (email).