Greens
Type of grass - Platinum Paspalum
Height of cut - 2.4mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 11'6"
Any specific comments - firm and generally quite small, were relaid from their original surface of Bermuda Tiff Eagle with the current Paspalum five months ago

Fairways
Type of grass - Salem Paspalum
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - average width
Any specific comments - fairly receptive

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Salem Paspalum
Height of cut - 8mm

Rough
Type of grass - Zoysia / Bermuda 419
Height of cut - semi 1.8m wide at 25mm, rough maintained at 60-70mm
Any specific comments - not that penal

Weather
Weather in advance - warm with some rain
Forecast for tournament - warm / mild with some rain

Course
Opened - October 2003
Course designer - Schmidt / Curley / Olazabal
Special features - a lot of tee shots are elevated positions, dense vegitation and tree beyond the maintained rough
General playability - reasonably long at 7,300 yards, although elevation on tee shots does reduce their length
Undulating / flat - some notable changes in elevation on a number of holes
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Many / few water hazards - just a few but most notable on the feature holes, such as 15 and 18
Changes to the course - none since the World Cup was held here in 2009

Other features
- The course is one of 12 on the Mission Hills Donguang and adjoining Shenzhen property
- Some of the views from higher points of the property are quite spectacular