Venue					Promoter
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla Autovía Sevilla-Utrera, Km. 3,2 Alcala de Guadaira 41500 Seville Spain Tel: +34 954 12 43 01 Fax: +34 954 12 42 29 Location: On the outskirts of Seville 2 km from the SE-30 ring road Nearest Airport: 12km (15 mins) from Seville International airport Golf Course Website: www.sevillagolf.com Tournament Website: www.opendegolf.es					Jorge Sagardoy Fidalgo Director General Real Federación Española de Golf C/ Provisional Arroyo del Fresno Dos, 5 28035 Madrid Spain Tel.+34 (9)1 555 26 82 Fax. +34 (9)1 556 32 90 Email: jsagardoy@rfegolf.es

Greens
Type of grass - Poa Bent (Penn Cross)
Height of cut - 3.1mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 11'6" (Tuesday morning), aiming for 12' by Thursday

Fairways
Type of grass - Bermuda 419 over seeded with Rye grass
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - 25 to 30 yards on average
Any specific comments - not much bounce on fairways due to rain prior to tournament week

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Bermuda 419 over seeded with Rye grass
Height of cut - 10mm

Rough
Type of grass - Bermuda 419 over seeded with Rye grass
Height of cut - semi 35mm, intermediate 70mm, rough 100mm
Any specific comments - the rough is very consistent and penal

Weather
Weather in advance - wettest winter on record with rainfall over 900mm (5-6 times annual rainfall) in 2 ½ months
Forecast for tournament - sunny and very warm with a slight chance of showers on Saturday morning

Course
Opened - 1992
Course designer - Jose Maria Olazabal
Special features - good well ballanced course providing a good test for players
Undulating / flat - quite flat
Tree lined / exposed - palm trees and fir trees in abundance
Many / few water hazards - water hazards in play on holes 3, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16 and 18
Changes to the course - the course was toughened for 2004 World Cup but no changes since then

Other features
The rough is very thick, therefore accuracy off the tee will be very important