Venue | Promoter | ||||||
NORWEGIAN CHALLENGE Byneset Golf P.O. Box 27 N-7074 Spongdal Trondheim Norway Tel: + 47 7259 5151 / 52 Fax: + 47 7259 5150 Website: www.bynesetgolf.no Location: 20 minutes from central Trondheim Nearest Airport: Trondheim International Airport approx. 50 mins Entries Close: Thursday 26th July | | Øystein Tamburstuen Norwegian Golf Federation N-0840 Oslo Tel: + 47 2102 9150 Fax: + 47 2102 9151 Email: oystein.tamburstuen@golfforbundet.no REQUESTS FOR INVITATIONS Oyvind Rojahn National team manager Tel: +47 4765 0435 Email: oyvind.rojahn@golfforbundet.no |
Greens
Type of grass - mixture of Poa and Bent greass
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9' (moving to 10'6" for event)
Any specific comments - undulating greens
Fairways
Type of grass - Red Fescue and Agrostis
Height of cut - 13mm
General width and contouring - 25-30m, wider in places
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Red Fescue and Agrostis
Height of cut - 12mm
Rough
Type of grass - Red Fescue and some clover
Height of cut - semi 64mm, rough un-maintained
Weather
Weather in advance - unusually wet and cold summer
Forecast for tournament - cloudy and windy with some scattered showers
Course
Opened - nine holes opened 2001 and further nine in 2006
Course designer - Donald Steele
Special features - open landscape, undulating greens
General playability - will provide a good test for players, but playable to all
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - open landscape
Many / few water hazards - not many water hazards
Changes to the course - no recent changes
Other features
- Henrik Stenson opened the original course
- His early career coach Anders Jansson was the first professional here
Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
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1 | 5 | 492 | 450 | 10 | 4 | 388 | 355 | |||||
2 | 4 | 471 | 431 | 11 | 4 | 465 | 425 | |||||
3 | 4 | 366 | 335 | 12 | 4 | 398 | 364 | |||||
4 | 4 | 350 | 320 | 13 | 3 | 153 | 140 | |||||
5 | 3 | 186 | 170 | 14 | 5 | 604 | 552 | |||||
6 | 4 | 399 | 365 | 15 | 3 | 208 | 190 | |||||
7 | 5 | 509 | 465 | 16 | 4 | 348 | 318 | |||||
8 | 4 | 372 | 340 | 17 | 5 | 504 | 461 | |||||
9 | 3 | 197 | 180 | 18 | 4 | 444 | 406 | |||||
Out | 36 | 3342 | 3056 | In | 36 | 3512 | 3211 | |||||
72 | 6854 | 6267 |