Venue							Promoter
THE BARCLAYS KENYA OPEN Muthaiga GC P.O. Box 41651 Nairobi 00100 Kenya Tel: + 254 20 3761280 Fax:  + 254 20 761268 Email: muthaigagolf@wanachi.com Location: 5km from Nairobi Nearest Airport: Nairobi Entries Close: Thursday 17th March							Patrick Obath Eduardo & Associates 4th Floor Laiboni Centre Lenana Road PO Box 1535 – 00606 Nairobi Kenya Tel: + 254 (0)20 493 8525 Tel: + 254 (0) 20 804 6027 Mob: + 254 (0) 722 513 548 Email: pobath@gmail.com

Greens
Type of grass - Bent
Height of cut - 2.85mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'6"
Any specific comments - nice contouring with quite a lot of gentle slopes

Fairways
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - varied, up to 25m wide
Any specific comments - good condition

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Kikuyu / Bent
Height of cut - 10mm

Rough
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - 30mm, intermediate 70mm, rough 150mm

Weather
Weather in advance - heavy rains
Forecast for tournament - showers and thunderstorms forecast

Course
Opened - 6th November 2004
Course designer - Matkovich & Hayes
Special features - dam / river across the 1st / 9th holes
General playability - challenging test
Undulating / flat - front 9 undulating, back 9 generally flat
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Many / few water hazards - few on front 9, many on back 9
Changes to the course - using the old 'pre 2004' 2nd green which has been reconstructed

Other features
Plenty of bird life, especially Egyptian geese in the water ponds
Traditional African golf course with indigenous trees around the greens