Venue							Promoter
ENGLISH CHALLENGE Stoke by Nayland Golf, Hotel & Spa Keepers Lane Leavenheath Colchester Essex , CO6 4PZ England Tel: + 44 (0)1206 265812 Fax: + 44 (0)1206 265840 Website: www.stokebynayland.com Location: East England, approx. 1hr 50 mins from London Nearest Airport: London Stansted 1hr, London Luton 1hr 50mins, London Heathrow and London Gatwick 1hr 50mins Entries Close: Thursday 12th July							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    Website: www.europeantour.com

Greens
Type of grass - Bent / Poa
Height of cut - 4mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'6"
Any specific comments - good, rolling true and fairly receptive

Fairways
Type of grass - Bent / Fescue
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - 30 to 40yds
Any specific comments - firm, fast running

Tees / collars
Type of grass - tees: Rye, collars: Bent / Fescue
Height of cut - 10mm

Rough
Type of grass -Bent / Fescue
Height of cut - semi 25mm, intermediate 76mm, rough unmaintained

Weather
Weather in advance - wet
Forecast for tournament - sunny with showers and thunderstorms

Course
Opened - 1972
Course designer - Bill Peake (with Mr H Swann)
Special features - built on beautiful rolling Suffolk countryside
General playability - undulating in parts
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - well tree lined throughout
Many / few water hazards - few, on holes 2, 10, 16 and 18

Other features
- The 10th is the signature hole with an isolated fairway flanked by water.
- Course is located in the heart of Constable country, an area of Suffolk favoured by John Constable (renaissance artist and painter of The Hay Wain.