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 25 metres wide
Any specific comments - good condition

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Kikuyu / Bent
Height of cut - 8mm

Rough
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - semi 25mm, intermediate 50mm, rough 150mm

Weather
Weather in advance - very hot and dry
Forecast for tournament - showers and thunderstorms forecast / early morning fog

Course
Opened - 6th November 2004
Course designer - Matkovich & Hayes
Special features - dam / river across the 1st and 9th holes
General playability - challenging test
Undulating / flat - front nine undulating, back nine generally flat
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Many / few water hazards - few on front nine, and many on back

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