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Course
Opened –  1994 (Skins match: Nicklaus, Ballesteros, Jacklin)
Course Designer – Jack Nicklaus (The Heritage Course)
Special Features -
General Playability - Course on high ground so subject to windy conditions
Undulating/ flat - Course Built on a very large open area. Fairly undulating.
Tree lined/exposed - Generally open. Tall Fescue grass betweem fairways.
Many / few water hazards - 4 large lakes on course
Changes to the course - A number of fairways narrowed

Greens
Type of grass - Bent / Poa
Height of cut - 2.8 mm
Speed/stimp reading – 11'
Any specific comments - Fairly generous but a lot of movement in many of them.

Fairways
Type of grass – Rye / Bent / Fescue
Height of cut – 11mm
General width and contouring – Average width but a lot of movement through the drive zone means that they play narrower.
Any specific comments - None

Tees
Type of grass –  Rye / Bent
Height of cut -  9mm
Any specific comments - No

Collars
Type of grass - Rye / Bent
Height of cut – 9mm
Any specific comments - No

Rough
Type of grass – Fescue / Rye / Poa Pratensis
Semi-rough - Height of cut – 35mm
Intermediate Height of cut – N/A
Rough - Height of cut – 75mm
Any specific comments –

Weather
In advance – Sunny spells, light showers, very windy
Forecast for tournament – Mixed forecast. Some sun, clouds and scattered showers

Other Features
The course is over 500' above sea level, the highest point in Kent. The other course (The International) in the complex was designed by Ron Kirby and opened in 1993. The complex is adjacent to the famous Brands Hatch motor racing circuit.

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