Course
Opened - 1993
Course Designer – Donald Steel / EGD re-designed greens of holes 1,4, 5 & 14.
Special Features –
General Playability – Tough course where finding fairway is very important Undulating/Flat – Quite flat
Treelined/exposed – Tree-lined
Water Hazards – Water Hazards in play on holes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9,12,16,17 & 18.
Changes to the Course - None
Greens
Type of grass - Poa Annua & Bent grass
Height of cut – 3mm
Speed/stimp reading – Tuesday morning: 11.0
Any specific comments – Two type of greens: USGA (1,4,5,14 & putting green) and soil greens (2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,15,16,17 & 18)
Fairways
Type of grass – Poa Annua & Rye grasses
Height of cut – 10mm
General width and contouring – Average width
Any specific comments: Fairways are quite dry for this time of year
Tees
Type of grass – Poa Annua & Rye grasses
Height of cut – 8mm
Collars
Type of grass - Poa Annua & Rye grasses
Height of cut – 8mm
Rough
Type of grass – Poa Annua & Rye grasses
Semi-rough - Height of cut – 25mm (1 band = 3 metres) there are 2 bands of semirough around the greens then 75mm rough. No intermediate around the greens. The rough is very consistent and penal
Intermediate – Height of cut – 50mm (1 band on fairways only)
Rough - Height of cut – 75mm (last topped on Sunday. It will be up to 90mm approximately by Thursday)
Weather
In advance – Dry but cold (frost on Tuesday morning)
Forecast for tournament – OK until Friday. There could be heavy rain from Friday.
Other Features
Hole 18: long par 3 over water. There will be a Jaguar 2.7 litre Diesel S-Type car for the 1st Professional to hole in one on the final round. Additionally, the player who gets nearest to the pin on the final round will also win a 2.7 litre Diesel S-type Jaguar car.
