Colonial Changes, The Details

Stewart Cink gave the revamped Colonial a big thumb's up on Twitter ("I really like the "new" Colonial. Smart changes and not too drastic. Great condition too."), but I was hoping for more details and haven't seen any other reporting except for this GCSAA summary.

This week the PGA Tour returns to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas for the Crowne Plaza Invitational. GCSAA Certified Golf Course Superintendent Scott Ebers (pronounced E-brrs) completed a significant renovation last summer immediately following the 2008 tournament. Improvements include new tees, bunkers, and a new green at No. 13. Native stone walls were installed on two of the water features and trees were repositioned in a few strategic areas. The tournament yardage was increased to 7,204 yards.

Ebers caught a break from a wet and cloudy month, with warm, sunny weather last week and has the bentgrass greens rolling at 11.5 feet on the stimpmeter, and the bermudagrass rough at three inches tall.