About the PGA Tour Frys.com Open:
The Frys.com Open is part of the PGA Tour's Fall Series, which completes the end-of-the-year schedule following the end of the FedEx Cup playoffs. Title sponsor Frys Electronics is a regional retailer of electronics and appliances.
2012 Frys.com Open
• When: Oct. 11-14
• Where: CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California
• When: Oct. 11-14
• Where: CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California
2011 Frys.com Open
Bryce Molder outlasted Briny Baird in a 6-hole playoff to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. Molder and Baird finished regulation tied at 267 (Molder shooting a final-round 64 to achieve the tie). Molder finally won the playoff with a birdie on the sixth extra hole.
Frys.com Open Records:
- 72 holes - 262: Troy Matteson (2009), Rickie Fowler (2009), Jamie Lovemark (2009), Cameron Beckman (2008), Kevin Sutherland (2008)
- 18 holes - 61: Mike Weir (2009), Troy Matteson (2009), Kevin Stadler (2008), Mark Hensby (2007)
Frys.com Open Golf Courses:
The Frys.com Open is currently played at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif. CordeValle is a private club. The course is a par-72 for members but sets up as a par-71 for PGA Tour players. In its first three years, the tournament was played at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Tournament Trivia and Notes:
- In 2006 and 2007, the PGA Tour's Las Vegas tournament was called the Frys.com Open. So in 2007, this event's inaugural year, the tour had both a Frys.com Open (in Las Vegas) plus this tournament, then called the Fry's Electronics Open. In 2008, the Las Vegas tournament was renamed to Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, and this tournament switched to the Frys.com Open name.
- The tourney was played in Arizona in its first three years of existence, but moved to California beginning in 2010.
- At the 2009 Frys.com Open, Troy Matteson set a PGA Tour record with back-to-back rounds of 61. The record was for fewest strokes in consecutive rounds.
- Despite that, Matteson needed a playoff to get the victory. The other members of the playoff were Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler. Fowler was not yet a PGA Tour member, but the money he earned here helped him earn PGA Tour status.
- In 2010, Rocco Mediate recorded an ace in the first round, then went on to win. In fact, Mediate holed out for eagle in all four rounds. The first-round ace was also technically an eagle; in the second round, he holed out from 160 yards on a par-3; in the third round, he holed out from 111 yards on a par-5; and in the final round Mediate holed out from 116 yards on a par-4.
Frys.com Open Winners
(p-won playoff)
2011 - Bryce Molder-p, 267
2010 - Rocco Mediate, 269
2009 - Troy Matteson-p, 262
2008 - Cameron Beckman-p, 262
Fry's Electronics Open
2007 - Mike Weir, 266
