Course
Opened – 1993
Course Designer – Arnold Palmer
Special Features -
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
Many / few water hazards - There are a lot of Water Hazards coming into play in 12 holes
Changes to the Course – None
Greens
Type of grass - PENCROSS with some POA
Height of cut - 2.5mm
Speed/stimp reading – 10.6
Any specific comments – Average in size
Fairways
Type of grass – Mix Fescue/ Poa
Height of cut – 12mm
General width and contouring – Average of 25 yards wide
Any specific comments - Tight fairways, majority of doglegs (right top left)
Tees
Type of grass – Pencross
Height of cut - 9mm
Collars
Type of grass - Pencross
Height of cut – 9mm
Rough
Type of grass – Mix Fescue / Poa
Semi-rough - Height of cut – 25mm
Intermediate – Height of cut – 40mm
Rough - Height of cut – 90mm
Any specific comments – Very consistent but not very punishing
Weather
In advance – Rain the previous week
Forecast for tournament – Fairly good weather up until the weekend where some rain expected with a chance of thunderstorms.
