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PGA Championship at Baltusrol by the numbers

July 29, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Wondering how many bunkers there are at Baltusrol? Curious about how many screws it took to put all of those grandstands up? We've broken down in numbers everything that's taken Baltusrol from a really, really nice club to a PGA Championship host.

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Total sheets of plywood: 9,375

Number of screws: 225,000

Height of the greens: 0.090”

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Greens mowers: 24

Volunteers: Over 3,500

Number of grandstand seats: 8,500

Number of bunkers: 138

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Dump truck loads of gravel: 1,000

Square feet of the merchandise tent: 39,000 sq ft