GREENS
Type of grass - Creeping bent/poa
Height of cut - 2.75 mm
Speed/stimpmeter reading - 9.0 Monday
FAIRWAYS
Type of grass - Rye, bent, fescue, poa
Height of cut - 12 mm
General width and contouring -
TEES / COLLARS
Type of grass - Rye, bent, fescue, poa
Height of cut - 9 mm
ROUGH
Type of grass - Fescue, smooth stalked meadow
Height of cut - semi - 25 mm
- intermediate - 50 mm
- rough - 100 mm
WEATHER
Weather in advance - Mixed
Forecast for tournament - Rain on Monday and Wednesday, dry for the remainder of the week
COURSE
Opened - 2007 (original Wentwood Hills course opened in 1999)
Course designer - Holes 1-5 and 16-18 are completely new (designed by Ross McMurray from European Golf Design). The remaining holes, which formed part of the Wentwood Hills course, were originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, with some minor modification by EGD.
Undulating / flat - Generally quite flat with change of allevation on holes 15-18.
Tree lined / exposed - Open to the elements
Many / few water hazards - There are water hazards on 10 of the holes
OTHER FEATURES
The course sits in the USK Valley and borders to the river USK.
