Africa Open
East London Golf Club
PO Box 8039
Nahoon
5210
South Africa
Tel: +27 43 735 1356
Fax: +27 43 735 1390

Location: Eastern Cape
Nearest Airport: East London (25 mins)

Golf Course Website: www.elgc.co.za

Tournament Website:
www.africaopengolf.com

Greens
Type of grass - Sea Dwarf Seashore Paspalum
Height of cut - 2.8mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - greens quite small and flat

Fairways
Type of grass - Cynodon / Kikuyu
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - average width

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Cynodon / Kikuyu / Paspalum
Height of cut - 7mm

Rough
Type of grass - natural indigenous grasses
Height of cut - semi 22mm, rough 100mm

Weather
Weather in advance - dry and warm
Forecast for tournament - overcast with light rain for Thursday and Friday and moderate winds

Course
Opened - 1893
Course designer - Colonel S V Hotchkin
General playability - windy as the course is by the coast
Tree lined / exposed - a lot of holes are tree lined so accuracy will be rewarded and features a unique natural course layout which meanders through coastal dunes and indigenous bush
Many / few water hazards - None

Other features
Spectacular viewing over Indian Ocean