Willis Case Jr.In 1929, Denver built a nine-hole course called Berkeley Park Golf Course. Five years later, it purchased an adjacent course and combined the two to create Willis Case Golf Course. The name was an homage to Willis Case Jr., a wealthy stockbroker who'd been killed by his girlfriend in a murder-suicide.
Double teeing refers to when a golf course will send groups simultaneously off the 1st and 10th tees for the first two hours of the day.
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TWO-TEE START (TANDEM START) This is when a tournament begins with competitors starting their rounds on the tenth hole as well as the first hole. It is used to squeeze competitors onto the course when there is concern about fitting in a large field with a limited amount of daylight.
SPLIT TEES. A Canadian name for "tandem start" or "two-tee start". A way of reducing the amount of time it takes for your daytime event to complete. You split your field in half and while one half begins their rounds from Hole 1, the other half begins their rounds from Hole 10.