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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