Venue							Promoter
SCOTTISH HYDRO CHALLENGE Macdonald Spey Valley GC Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort Aviemore Inverness-shire Scotland PH22 1PN Tel: + 44 (0) 1479 811725 Website: www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/aviemore/golf Location: South East of Inverness Nearest Airport: Inverness (45 mins) Entries Close: Thursday 9th June							Alain de Soultrait Director European Challenge Tour Wentworth Drive Virginia Water Surrey GU25 4LX Tel: + 44 (0) 1344 840400 Fax: + 44 (0) 1344 840500 Email: adesoultrait@europeantour.com

Greens
Type of grass - predominantly Fescue and Bent
Height of cut - 3.5mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9.5
Any specific comments - speed of greens not too high because of wind

Fairways
Type of grass - Fescue and Dwarf Rye grass
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - average 30m at landing areas and rolling
Any specific comments - growth better than previous years due to a later date in schedule

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent and Dwarf Rye
Height of cut - collars 11mm, tees 9mm

Rough
Type of grass - predominantly Fescue
Height of cut - semi 30mm, intermediate 50mm, rough NA

Weather
Weather in advance - mixture of sun and showers which has encouraged good growth on fairways and greens, but temperatures have dropped dramatically in recent days
Forecast for tournament - temperatures between 11 and 14C with sunny intervals and chance of showers all week

Course
Opened - 2006
Course designer - Dave Thomas
Special features - heather very close to play on most holes
General plability - very important to find the fairways
Undulating / flat - gently undulating
Tree lined / exposed - holes are either tree lined or heather lined
Many / few water hazards - water hazards come into play on 14 and 15
Changes to the course - new 13th tee adding 8yds, but offers a different driving angle to the fairway

Other features
Beautiful views of the highlands and mountainous areas surrounding the course