Course
Opened - 1985
Course Designer – Trent jones Snf
Special Features – Marble white sand bunker.
General Playability
Undulating/Flat – Desceptively undulating greens
Treelined/exposed – All tree lined with cork trees Water Hazards –
Changes to the Course –
Greens
Type of grass – Creeping bent grass ‘G2’
Height of cut – 3mm
Speed /stimpmeter reading – 12’
Any specific comments – small undulating greens
Fairways
Type of grass – Bermuda tifway 419
Height of cut – 7mm
General width and contouring –
Tees
Type of grass – Bermuda tifway 419
Height of cut - 7mm
Collars
Type of grass – Bent, Fescue, poa
Height of cut – 7mm
Rough
Type of grass – Tall fescue
Semi-rough - Height of cut – 25mm (Bermuda)
Intermediate – Height of cut –
Rough - Height of cut – 65mm
Any specific comments - The fescue rough is new this year, previously has been rye grass
Weather
In advance – due to be Windy
Forecast for tournament –
Other Features
The new fescue rough especially around the greens will make chipping very difficult to the fast undulating greens.
