Venue | Promoter | ||||||
Ribagolfe Vargem Fresca EN 119 Infantado 2135-194 Samora Correia Portugal Tel: +351 263 930 040 Fax: +351 263 930 049 E-mail: geral@ribagolfe.pt Website: www.ribagolfe.pt Nearest Airport: Lisbon International Airport (30mins) | Mike Stewart European Tour Wentworth Drive Surrey GU25 4LX Tel: 01344 840400 Email: qs@europeantour.com |
Greens
Type of grass - Penn A4
Height of cut - 3.5mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'8"
Fairways
Type of grass - mix of Fescue, Poa, Rye
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - quite tight through some of the driving zones
Any specific comments - summer heat stress has affected overall quality such that preferred lies will be in operation all four days
Tees / collars
Type of grass - mix of Fescue, Poa, Rye
Height of cut - 11mm
Rough
Type of grass - mix of Fescue, Poa, Rye
Height of cut - one triplex width of 32mm, intermediate 45mm, rough 64mm
Any specific comments - fairly consistent but not that penal
Weather
Weather in advance - wet all week
Forecast for tournament - hot and dry, light winds
Course
Opened - 2004
Course designer - Peter Townsend
General playability - quite tight off the tee and some strong par threes
Undulating / flat - relatively flat
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Many / few water hazards - a few, on holes 7, 12, 14 and 15
Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
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1 | 4 | 446 | 408 | 10 | 4 | 463 | 423 | |||||
2 | 5 | 536 | 490 | 11 | 4 | 452 | 413 | |||||
3 | 4 | 405 | 370 | 12 | 5 | 539 | 493 | |||||
4 | 4 | 424 | 388 | 13 | 4 | 468 | 428 | |||||
5 | 3 | 214 | 196 | 14 | 4 | 341 | 312 | |||||
6 | 5 | 588 | 538 | 15 | 3 | 170 | 155 | |||||
7 | 4 | 459 | 420 | 16 | 5 | 544 | 497 | |||||
8 | 3 | 199 | 182 | 17 | 3 | 207 | 189 | |||||
9 | 4 | 422 | 386 | 18 | 4 | 458 | 419 | |||||
Out | 36 | 3693 | 3378 | In | 36 | 3642 | 3329 | |||||
72 | 7335 | 6707 |