Stonewater Golf Club is a semi-private regulation

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course and facility built in 1996 in Highland Heights,

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. Designed by Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry, the course covers . Sixteen of the eighteen holes have

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s which necessitated 23 wooden

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s. The course is also well wooded, with seventy sand

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s. Its

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is 71. The course is designed around the residential neighborhood of ''Aberdeen''.

Nationwide Tour

The course has a three-year contract (2005-2007) with the

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, in which the golf course holds a stop of the tour during the summer.

Titles

* 2005 - ''

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Open''. Was not aired on TV. * 2006 - ''

Legend Financial Group Classic The Legend Financial Group Classic presented by Cynergies Solutions was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played from 2005 to 2007 at Stonewater Golf Course in Highland Heights, Ohio, U.S. The 2007 purse was $525,000, with $94,500 ...

''. Aired August 31 - September 3 on

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. * 2007 - ''Legend Financial Group Classic''. To be aired July 5–8 on The Golf Channel.

References

Official Site

Entry for Stonewater on Golflink

Correct Nationwide Tour event name is Legend Financial Group Classic as of July 2006
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