Rust-Oleum Championship
Course Insight
Ivanhoe Club was born in 1991 with 27 holes designed by Dick Nugent. In 2003, the members decided to take the course to the next level as a championship test, and also to differentiate the three nines, giving each its own personality. Architect Arthur Hills, who has overseen renovation work at such clubs as Oakmont, Oakland Hills, Inverness and Congressional, was hired for the job and produced the Forest, Prairie and Marsh nines. This is the first year the course has hosted the Rust-Oleum Championship, which was played in Ohio its first two years.
“It’s been a long time. I’ve been close a few times. I’ve always known I could do it, I’m just glad I could prove it to everyone else.”
- Shane Bertsch
How Shane Bertsch Won 2015
After grabbing a two-stroke lead during the final round, Shane Bertsch had to wait out a two-hour, 40-minute rain delay before claiming the Rust-Oleum Championship with pars on the final four holes. The 45-year-old Bertsch began the final round in a tie for second two strokes back, but asserted himself with four birdies in a five-hole stretch starting at the third and added another at the 13th. He finished with a bogey-free, 5-under 66 and an 18-under 266 total. That was one stroke better than Lucas Lee, who shot 63-65 in the last two rounds and birdied the last two holes but was hurt by a double bogey at the 14th.- The victory was the third in Bertsch’s Web.com Tour career, but his first in 10 years, 1 month. That’s the fifth longest gap between victories in Web.com Tour history; the record belongs to Omar Uresti at 12 years, 11 months.
