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VENUE INFO
| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| CROWNE PLAZA COPENHAGEN CHALLENGE HOSTED BY ROYAL GOLF CLUB Royal Golf Club Center Boulevard 4 DK-2300 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: + 45 7240 6000 Fax: + 45 7240 6060 Email: ms@royalgolf.dk Golf Course Website: www.royalgolf.dk Location: Approx. 7km from Copenhagen Nearest Airport: Copenhagen Airport approx. 20 minutes Entries Close: Monday 8th October | Morten Sundberg - CEO Royal Golf Club Center Boulevard 4 DK-2300 Copenhagen Denmark Tel: + 45 7240 6000 Fax: + 45 7240 6060 Mobile: + 45 4086 4090 Email: ms@royalgolf.dk Website: www.royalgolf.dk |
COURSE INFO
Royal Golf Club is a first-class international heathland golf course. The course features a tremendous variety where careful and creative design has led to an exciting game for golfers of all levels.
The variety of tees ensure that all levels of golfers enjoy a suitably challenging experience. Many greens are guarded by water features, which reward the thoughtful and strategic player. Throughout the course, each element has been positioned carefully and is expertly detailed to make for a thrilling experience.
The magic of the 18 holes lies in the involved dialogue between the golfer and the landscape. A dialogue that provides the golfer with a different experience each time the course is played.
The Sundberg family enlisted Ron Kirby, former Head Senior Designer for Jack Nicklaus for a decade, to design the course. After considering the course routing, to adapt as many of the old trees as possible and the lowland native areas in a beautiful and natural way, the construction began in 2008. The final result was presented at the opening in 2010.
The variety of tees ensure that all levels of golfers enjoy a suitably challenging experience. Many greens are guarded by water features, which reward the thoughtful and strategic player. Throughout the course, each element has been positioned carefully and is expertly detailed to make for a thrilling experience.
The magic of the 18 holes lies in the involved dialogue between the golfer and the landscape. A dialogue that provides the golfer with a different experience each time the course is played.
The Sundberg family enlisted Ron Kirby, former Head Senior Designer for Jack Nicklaus for a decade, to design the course. After considering the course routing, to adapt as many of the old trees as possible and the lowland native areas in a beautiful and natural way, the construction began in 2008. The final result was presented at the opening in 2010.
Greens
Type of grass - Creeping Bent
Height of cut - 3.25mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'6"
Any specific comments - quite large and distinctly undulating
Fairways
Type of grass - Red Fescue
Height of cut - 15mm
General width and contouring - quite wide fairways with nice shaping
Any specific comments - cross cutting mowing pattern
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Red Fescue / Rye Grass
Height of cut - 10mm
Any specific comments - double cut, good quality teeing areas
Rough
Type of grass - Red Fescue / Aurora Gold
Height of cut - semi 32mm, rough 75mm
Any specific comments - restricted rough heights due to time of year
Weather
Weather in advance - very changeable, windy, regular showers with a warm spell two weeks ahead of the event
Forecast for tournament - variable WSW, SSW winds, occasionally breezy, occasional showers
Course
Opened - 2009
Course designer - Ron Kirby / Nicklaus Golf Design
Special features - large undulating greens, many water features
General playability - tough test requiring good iron play
Undulating / flat - very flat piece of land
Tree lined / exposed - set in extensive forests (holes 1-9), with some exposed areas on the last four holes
Many / few water hazards - many, virtually very hole has a water feature
Changes to the course - hole 18 is a par five for the members, but will play as a par four this week at 442 yards
Other features
- First time venue on The Challenge Tour
- 27 hole complex and driving range
- Great finish holes from holes 15-18
Card Of Course
Royal Golf Club
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 440 | 402 | 10 | 4 | 407 | 372 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 364 | 333 | 11 | 4 | 400 | 366 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 576 | 527 | 12 | 4 | 448 | 410 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 151 | 138 | 13 | 3 | 164 | 150 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 370 | 338 | 14 | 5 | 572 | 523 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 466 | 426 | 15 | 4 | 468 | 428 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 164 | 150 | 16 | 3 | 215 | 197 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 425 | 389 | 17 | 5 | 540 | 494 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 433 | 396 | 18 | 4 | 442 | 404 | |||||
| Out | 35 | 3389 | 3099 | In | 36 | 3656 | 3344 | |||||
| 71 | 7045 | 6443 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | BROBERG, Kristoffer | | SWE | | 18 | | -14 | ||
| 2 | | WAKEFIELD, Simon | | ENG | | 18 | | -11 | ||
| T3 | | KORHONEN, Mikko | | FIN | | 18 | | -5 | ||
| T3 | | BROOKS, Daniel | | ENG | | 18 | | -5 | ||
| T5 | | JEPPESEN, Steven | | SWE | | 18 | | -4 | ||
| T5 | | KAKKO, Roope | | FIN | | 18 | | -4 |