December 4, 2006

JACKSON, MI — The Grande Golf Club is the choice venue for the 2007 Carl Spackler Open Championship. The design has record-size greens, bunkers and fairways. The Captains Club announced on Sunday the monsterous practice facility is not record-size, but compares only to The Colonial in Williamsburg.

"The practice facility is huge," says Mike Trojanowski, loser of the 2001 Carl Spackler Outfit. "I can promise the largest putting green, largest practice bunkers and clearly the truest roll of any chipping green in our history."

The Colonial Golf Club in Williamsburg provides 3 regulation size practice holes in addition to a super practice range and green for practice.

The practice green at the Grande measures 200 feet from side to side with the very unique flat roll. "I plan to challenge anyone to get the ball across the green with a putter," says Trojanowski. "There is enough space for the entire field."

The multiple practice bunkers are soft with white sand. The large bunkers surround the chipping green. "The practice bunkers are important to everyone in my opinion," says Trojanowski with a scare. "They are replicas of the on-course experience. Very large, deep and ragged."

The facility has two practice putting greens. The smaller green is just off the first tee.

"The Skills Challenge should be really fun this year," says Troj. "There are plenty of very quick breaking putts and bunkers could be used as a potential change of format."

The practice range is wide providing 40 spaces for hitting driver and irons. The range has many greens with flags for dialing in shots.

The 2007 Carl Spackler Open Championship registration has a postmarked deadline of December 28. The tournament cap of 78 golfers is still in effect.