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VENUE INFO
| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| CHALLENGE DE MADRID El Encín Golf Hotel Carretera Nacional 11 Salida 32 Km 35.600 28805 Alacalá de Henares Madrid Spain Tel: + 34 91 830 7069 Fax: + 34 91 830 7071 Email: encin@encingolf.com Website: www.encingolf.com Location: 35 km East of Madrid Nearest Airport: Madrid Barajas 25 mins Entries Close: Wednesday 10th April |
MatchGolf Doctor Fleming 31, 2º Izq. 28036 Madrid Spain Tel: + 34 91 5629308 Fax: + 34 915621281 Contact: Javier Gervás – Director General REQUESTS FOR INVITATIONS: Real Federacion Espanola de Golf C/ Arroyo del Monte, 5 28035 Madrid Spain Tel: + 34 91 555 26 82 Fax: + 34 91 556 32 90 Email: pbernardez@rfegolf.es Contact: Pablo Bernardez – Professional Technical Committee Website: www.rfegolf.es |
COURSE INFO
Greens
Type of grass - T1 Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'5"
Any specific comments - very undulating
Fairways
Type of grass - Ryegrass
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - generally wide
Any specific comments - a lot of fairway bunkers
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Ryegrass (tees), Bentgrass (collars)
Height of cut - 10mm
Rough
Type of grass - Tall Fescue
Height of cut - semi 30mm, rough 70mm
Weather
Weather in advance - sunny and warm
Forecast for tournament - mostly sunny with chance of showers over the weekend
Course
Opened - 2011
Course designer - Von Hagge, Smelek & Baril
Special features - a lot of bunkering
General playability - good green reading will be a key factor
Undulating / flat - very flat course with very undulating greens
Tree lined / exposed - very exposed
Many / few water hazards - two big water hazards only coming into play on holes 16, 17 and 18
Other features
A lot of waste areas, especially on the front nine but clearly different from bunkers
Card Of Course
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| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 525 | 480 | 10 | 4 | 429 | 392 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 457 | 418 | 11 | 5 | 542 | 496 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 204 | 187 | 12 | 3 | 226 | 207 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 583 | 533 | 13 | 4 | 418 | 382 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 210 | 192 | 14 | 4 | 491 | 449 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 434 | 397 | 15 | 4 | 458 | 419 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 479 | 438 | 16 | 3 | 186 | 170 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 411 | 376 | 17 | 4 | 474 | 433 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 457 | 418 | 18 | 5 | 577 | 528 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3760 | 3439 | In | 36 | 3801 | 3476 | |||||
| 72 | 7561 | 6915 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | CALMELS, François | | FRA | | 18 | | -17 | ||
| 2 | | PULKKANEN, Tapio | | FIN | | 18 | | -10 | ||
| 3 | | NØRRET, Thomas | | DEN | | 18 | | -9 | ||
| T4 | | WALKER, Sam | | ENG | | 18 | | -8 | ||
| T4 | | DUBOIS, Edouard | | FRA | | 18 | | -8 | ||
| T4 | | DANTORP, Jens | | SWE | | 18 | | -8 |