Course
Opened – 1990
Course Designer – Hubert Chesneau with Robert Van Hagge as a consultant.
Special Features - Stadium style course with lots of elevated viewing positions. Water is very much a feature especially over the closing holes which are something of an amphitheatre with water coming in to play on 13, 15, 16 and 18, as well as 1 and 2.
General Playability - Always a good test, dry weather means the fairways will play quite firm and “running”.
Undulating/ flat - Quite a lot of undulation.
Tree lined/exposed - Mostly exposed.
Many / few water hazards - Many, see special features below.
Changes to the course - None
Other - Prosper Golf Club – Composite Course: Holes 1-17 Old Course + Hole 18 New Course
Greens
Type of grass - Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 3.5 mm
Speed/stimp reading – 9’10” Monday aiming to achieve 10’0’’ for the week.
Any specific comments - Greens are heavily contoured.
Fairways
Type of grass – Poa Pratensis & Lolium
Height of cut – 14mm
General width and contouring – Average width.
Any specific comments - Some fairways are quite wet due to extreme rainfall affecting the area in June and beginning of July.
Tees
Type of grass – Poa Pratensis & Lolium
Height of cut - 11 mm
Any specific comments - No
Collars
Type of grass - Poa Pratensis & Lolium
Height of cut – 11 mm
Any specific comments - No
Rough
Type of grass – Poa Pratensis & Lolium
Semi-rough - Height of cut – 32mm
Intermediate Height of cut – 64mm
Rough - Height of cut – 96mm/ Last topped Monday inside the ropes.
Any specific comments – The rough is quite consistent and punishing.
Weather
In advance – Extreme rainfall end of June beginning of July up to 250mm. On top of that there was 25mm of rain last Saturday.
Forecast for tournament – Mainly sunny and dry with a chance of rain Sunday evening.
Other Features
There are two courses at Prosper GC, both designed by M.A. Jiménez. For the event we will play holes 1-17 of the Old Course and Hole 18 of the New Course. Very picturesque course with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
