Course
Opened - 1993
Course Designer – Arnold Palmer
Special Features - Long course with hard and fast greens
General Playability – a lot of dog – legs to the left
Undulating/Flat – Very flat course
Treelined/exposed – Exposed course with not many trees in play
Changes to the Course – None
Greens
Type of grass - PENCROSS
Height of cut - 2.7mm
Speed/stimp reading - Will be fast approx 11.5’ on the stimp.
Any specific comments - Tight fairways, majority of doglegs ( right top left)
Fairways
Type of grass – Mix Fescue/ Poa
Height of cut – 11mm
General width and contouring - Average of 25 yards wide
Any specific comments - Preferred lies in operation
Tees
Type of grass – Pencross
Height of cut - 7 mm
Collars
Type of grass - Pencross
Height of cut – 7 mm
Rough
Type of grass – Mix Fescue / Poa
Semi-rough - Height of cut – 35mm
Intermediate – Height of cut – 65mm
Rough - Height of cut – 110mm
Any specific comments – Very punishing if you get in the thick rough
Weather
In advance – Rain the previous week
Forecast for tournament – Good weather up until Friday when there will be some rain, also for the weekend.
Other Features
Accuracy from the tee will be very important. Players will have to put the ball in the fairway to get some control of the ball in hard greens
