1533 Chalkstone Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island 02909
Phone: (401) 521-8460
Pro Shop: (401) 521-8462
Fax:
Website: www.triggs.us
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While every effort has
been made to assure accuracy, we advise you to check all information
with the pro shop before booking your tee-time or driving to the
course. The course information below HAS NOT been reviewed and updated by the club.
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Golf Club Information
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| Year Built: | 1932 | ||
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Course Architect:
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Donald Ross
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| General Manager: |
Karl Augenstein
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Director of Golf:
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Head Golf Professional:
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Mike Ryan
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Assistant Golf Professional:
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-
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Golf Pro On Site:
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Yes
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Club Historian:
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-
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Caddie Master:
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-
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Course Superintendent:
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Joseph Hoyle
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Assistant Superintendent::
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Course Mascot:
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-
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Classification:
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Public
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If private, do you accept reciprocity?
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N/A
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Guest Policy:
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N/A
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Playing Season:
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Year Around
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Dress Code:
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Proper Golf Attire Required
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Metal Spikes:
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Not Permitted
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Fivesomes:
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Not Permitted
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Course Record and Year:
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Course Record Held by:
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Posted in Club House or Pro Shop:
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Location:
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The Pro Shop
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| Fully Stocked Golf Pro Shop: | Yes |
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Golf Pro Shop Online:
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No |
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Pro Shop Hours:
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Sunrise to sunset daily
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Tee Times Accepted:
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Yes |
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Earliest Tee Time Available:
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6:30 AM
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| Tee Times Taken in Advance: |
Yes
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Days in Advance:
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2 Weeks
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Tee Times Taken Online:
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No |
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Additional Pro Shop Information:
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Weekend tee times by lottery |
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The Course (Sets of Tees and Yardage)
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| 18 Hole Regulation Course | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tees | Yardage | Rating | Slope | Par | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue | 6522 | 72.9 | 128 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 6302 | 71.9 | 124 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red | 5392 | - | - | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Greens Type: | Bent Grass |
| Greens measured w/ stimpmeter: | - |
| Stimpmeter posted daily in pro shop: | - |
| Reading available upon request: | - |
| Fairway Type: | Poa Anna Grass |
| Tee Box Type: | Poa Anna Grass |
| Average width of fairways: | - to - +/- yards |
| Style of course: | - |
| Design style: | - |
| Signature hole: | - |
| Number of sand hazards in play: | 101 to 110 +/- |
| Number of water hazards in play: | Yes |
| How many holes: | 2 |
| Yardage measurements to center of green: | Yes |
| Yardage markers (200, 150, 100): | Yes |
| Marked in center of fairway: | Yes |
| Posts: | - |
| In ground indicator: | Yes |
| Marked on edge of fairway: | - |
| Cart path: | - |
| Sprinkler heads: | Yes |
| Flag Definition: | - |
| Number of rounds played annually: | - +/- (Estimated) |
| Greens aerated schedule: | Varies |
| Overseeding schedule: | No overseeding schedule |
| Additional course information: | - |
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Greens Fee
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| ($ = 0 - $50, $$ = $51 - $80, $$$ = $81 - $100, $$$$ = $101 - $150, $$$$$ = $151+) | ||
| Weekday: | 9 Holes | $ |
| Weekday: | 18 Holes | $ |
| Weekend: | 9 Holes | $ |
| Weekend: | 18 Holes | $ |
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Training Facilities and Services:
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| Membership Types and included services: | Contact the pro shop |
| Golf Carts (Gas or Electric): | Gas carts |
| Golf cart rental Fees | $10 to $15 per round |
| Pull cart rentals: | $5 per round |
| Walking the course: | Permitted |
| GPS equipped carts: | No |
| Skycaddie compatible: | - |
| Caddies available: | No |
| Fore-caddies available: | No |
| Yardage books available: | No |
| Driving Range: | No |
| Grass practice area: | N/A |
| Synthetic practice area: | N/A |
| Putting green: | Yes |
| Chipping green: | Yes |
| Sand trap practice area: | - |
| On-site teaching facilities: | - |
| Club fitting: | - |
| Club repair: | - |
| Rental clubs available: | Yes |
| Right handed clubs: | Yes |
| Left handed clubs: | Yes |
| Locker room for members: | |
| Men's locker room: | - |
| Women's locker room: | - |
| Locker room for guests: | - |
| Fee: | - |
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Brief Description of the Golf Course and/or Club
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This hilly course plays longer than the
yardage indicates, and locals say that the main hazards are behind the
greens. Water hazards come into play on two holes. All the fairways are
lined with trees and a multiple cut of rough, and the greens are
slightly sloped. "Golf Digest" rated this course as the 5th "Best Public
Course" in the state for 1996. This championship course hosted the U.S.
Open during the 1930s.
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History of the Golf Facility
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When the course was
constructed in 1931, it was in the rural Mount Pleasant area of
northwest Providence. The site was the old Obadiah Brown Yorkshire
cattle farm. Old articles describe holes edged by corn fields. Today,
Triggs is land locked, surrounded by an elementary school, a high
school, Rhode Island College and middle class homes.
Though pastureland in
the beginning, the course is now heavily treed, but unlike a lot of
wide-open Ross courses that became overtreed by willy-nilly plantings in
the 1960s, most of the mature trees at Triggs merely frame holes, and
for the most part they don't impact strategies. (A couple of big maples
on the inside corner of the dogleg-left 319-yard 16th do block shots
from a fairway bunker on the left, but I'd fill in the bunker before I'd
knock down the trees. And from the original diagram, it seems like
those trees were there.)
Bunker placement is also
intact. Several holes have bunkers well short of greens, "deceptive"
bunkers, some call them. In truth, they were originally positioned not
to complicate depth perception but rather to serve as legitimate hazards
to approach shots. In the days before automatic irrigation, greens (and
approaches into greens) were much drier and firmer. You literally had
to pitch the ball just over a bunker 40 yards short of a green to have
much chance of stopping it on the putting surface. Today, of course, the
same shot will probably stop 30 yards short of the green, so those
bunkers are anachronistic.
The most interest aspect
of Triggs Memorial is the fact that it still has no irrigation in the
rough, so to top a ball off a tee or hit one wildly left or right can
result in all sorts of unusual lies: in patchy sand, or on a rock
outcropping or in wispy fescue. Old knobs around many greens (presumably
containing rocks piled up during construction) are covered in tall
fescue, and tall fescue rings (yes, rings) many of the bunkers at
Triggs.
There are some greenside
bunkers that have been filled with sand so often over the years that
they're now elevated above the level of green, and the faces of the
bunkers on the downhill par-3 14th have been inappropriately grassed
over, but from the looks of the recently reconstructed bunkers on the
9th, the superintendent is slowly reclaiming the original size, shape,
depth and look of Donald's bunkers. If that continues, in a few more
years,Triggs Memorial will look and play as an even more authentic
Donald Ross jewel.
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Golf Digest Course Rankings: 2007 - 2008
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| America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses: | N/A |
| America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses: | N/A |
| Best in State, Rhode Island: | N/A |
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Past and Future Golf Tournaments held at Club:
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| Non-Club Competitions: | N/A |
| Local Golf Tournaments: | N/A |
| Regional Golf Tournaments: | N/A |
| State Golf Tournaments: | N/A |
| USGA Golf Tournaments: | N/A |
| PGA Pro or Amateur Events: | N/A |
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Prestigious Awards
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Golfweek Magazine’s America’s Best Public Access Course for Rhode Island - 2006
Golfweek Magazine’s America’s Best Public Access Course for Rhode Island - 2005
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Dining Facilities
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| Restaurant: | Yes |
| Serving breakfast: | - |
| Serving lunch: | Yes |
| Serving dinner: | - |
| Hours: | - |
| Open all year: | - |
| Closed any days: | - |
| Bar (Full service bar located on premises): | Yes |
| Snack bar on course: | Yes |
| Location: | - |
| Refreshment cart: | Yes |
| Liquor served: | Yes |
| Additional Information: | - |
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Additional Information
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| Course nickname: | - |
| Do any hole(s) have a nickname: | - |
| Golf community: | No |
| Home on the course: | Yes |
| Credit cards accepted: | Yes |
| Types: | Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover |
| Discount packages available: | Contact pro shop |
| Senior / Junior discounts available: | Yes / Yes |
| Women friendly: | - |
| Women's league | - |
| Junior Friendly: | - |
| Junior teaching program: | - |
| Additional on-site facilities: | - |
| Additional off-site facilities: | N/A |
| Home course for | |
| High School team: | - |
| College team: | - |
| Which schools: | - |
| Practice days and times: | - |
| Zagat rated: | No |
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Directions
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From Boston / Points North -
Route 95 South to 295 South (Woonsocket). Follow Route 295 South to
Exit 6 & 5 (combo exit) Route 6. Take Exit 5 - Route 6 East
(Providence). Follow Route 6 for 2 . 5 miles to Killingly St. exit,
take a left off the exit ramp. Travel 1 mile to end of Killingly &
turn right at traffic light. Travel . 4 miles over small bridge through
set of lights (you will see CVS on your left, Wendy's & Super Stop
& Shop will be on your right). Immediately after Wendy's take a
left (your landmark will be a double billboard), the golf course is . 6
miles up the hill on your left.
From Connecticut / Points South -
Route 95 North to 295 North. Follow Route 295 South to Exit 6 & 5
(combo exit) Route 6. Take Exit 5 - Route 6 East (Providence). Follow
Route 6 for 2. 5 miles to Killingly St. exit. Take a left off the exit
ramp, travel 1 mile to end of Killingly & turn right at traffic
light. Travel. 4 miles over small bridge through set of lights (you
will see CVS on your left, Wendy's & Super Stop & Shop will be
on your right). Immediately after Wendy's take a left (your landmark
will be a double billboard). The golf course is. 6 miles up the hill on
your left.
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