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Frys.com Open leaving Scottsdale in 2010
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Crowds watch Nick O'Hern, Ryan Moore and Rickie Fowler during the final day of play at the Frys.com Open at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009.
Thomas Boggan, Tribune
The PGA Tour's Frys.com Open is leaving the Valley in 2010 after a three-year run at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale.
The PGA announced Wednesday that the tournament will move to CordeValle in San Martin, Calif., in October 2010.
"While we're saddened that the Frys.com Open is leaving Scottsdale, we're quite pleased with what the tournament was able to accomplish in its three years here at Grayhawk," said Grayhawk Golf Club's Del Cochran.
The CordeValle golf course is located 30 minutes south of title sponsor Fry's Electronics' world headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and stretches across 7,169 yards of Northern California's hillsides, canyons and broad meadows.
"We are very excited about moving the Frys.com Open to California and CordeValle," said Kathy Kolder, executive vice president and a founder of Fry's Electronics. "Grayhawk Golf Club was such a great host site, and the fans in the Valley were tremendous supporters for the Frys.com Open the last three years. We can't thank them enough."
Troy Matteson won this year's event on Oct. 25 on the second hole of a three-way playoff, outlasting Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark after shooting back-to-back 61s to reach the playoff. Cameron Beckman (2008) and Mike Weir (2007) were the other winners in Scottsdale.
"We've developed some close personal relationships with the Fry's family," said Gregg Tryhus, president of Grayhawk Development. "We're grateful they trusted us with their event for three years, and we're confident they will have many more successful events."
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