Venue					Promoter
The Mirage City Golf Course Mirage City Ring Road New Cairo Egypt Tel +20 2 24115588 Fax +20 2 24112266 Entries Close: Wednesday 6th October					Gerard Bent, Golf Manager Egyptian Golf Federation (EGF) 6, Road 301  New Maadi Cairo Egypt Tel: + 20 10 005 0435 Email: gerardbent@egyptiangolffederation.org Website: www.egyptiangolffederation.org

Greens
Type of grass - Tidwarf / Bermuda
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"
Any specific comments - generally flat surfaces

Fairways
Type of grass - Tifway 419 Bermuda
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - 25m with gentle undulations

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Tifway 419 Bermuda
Height of cut - 8mm

Rough
Type of grass - Tifway 419 Bermuda
Height of cut - semi 25mm, rough 64mm
Any specific comments - not very penal

Weather
Weather in advance - hot, sunny and dry
Forecast for tournament - hot and breezy

Course
Opened - 1999
Course designer - Peter Harradine
Special features - unique desert style landscaping
General playability - fair but strong test
Undulating / flat - undulating
Many / few water hazards - water in play on 15 holes
Changes to the course - reversed the 9s around

Other features
Very few bunkers close to the greens and out of bounds close to play on  the majority of holes