Venue					Promoter
Royal Park Golf & Country Club S.r.l Rotta Cerbiatta 24 10070 Fiano (Turin) Italy Tel: +39 011 923 5500 Fax: +39 011 923 5669 Location: 20km NW of Turin on Via Lanzo Nearest Airport: 12km (20 mins) to Turin Caseile Airport Golf Course Website: www.royalparkgolf.it Tournament Website: www.bmwitalianopen.com					Donato Di Ponziano President, Organising Committee Organising Committee BMW Italian Open C/O Federazione Italiana Golf 74 Viale Tiziano 00196 Roma Italy Tel: +39 (0) 6 3231 825/36 858 799 Fax: +39 (0) 6 368 58025 Email: openditalia@federgolf.it Tournament Website: www.bmwitalianopen.it Jamie Birkmyre Director of Championship Management The European Tour Wentworth Drive Virginia Water Surrey  GU25 4LX England Tel: + 44 (0) 1344 840400 Fax: +44 (0) 1344 840500 Email: jbirkmyre@europeantour.com

Greens
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"
Any specific comments - undulating but fair

Fairways
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - fairly wide at 30-35 yards on average

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 10mm

Rough
Type of grass - Rye Grass / Poa
Height of cut - semi 30mm, intermediate 64mm, rough 100mm
Any specific comments - the rough is very consistent and penal

Weather
Weather in advance - some rain the weekend before the event
Forecast for tournament - a lot of rain expected for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Course
Opened - 1971
Course designer - Rober Trent Jones Senior
Special features - None
General playability - good well balanced course providing a good test for players
Undulating / flat - a bit undulating
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined and there are very tall trees on all holes
Many / few water hazards - one small river, some lakes and plenty of ditches coming into play on 12 holes
Changes to the course - new tees on holes 2 and 18, a new fairway bunker on hole 5 and hole 18 changed to par 5 (par 72)

Other features
Great views of the Alps from several holes