| Venue | Promoter | ||||
| Pula Golf Club Predio de Pula 07550 Son Servera Mallorca Spain Tel: +34 971 817034 Fax: +34 971 817035 Location: 70km north east of Palma Nearest Airport: Palma (1 hour 15 mins) Golf Course Website: www.pulagolf.com | Javier Gervás Director General Match Golf C/ Doctor Fleming 31. 2º Izq 28036 Madrid Spain Tel: +34 91 562 9308 Fax: +34 91 562 1281 Email: jgervas@matchgolf.es Course Website: www.pulagolf.com Website: www.matchgolf.es |
GREENS
Type of grass - Penncross & Poa annua
Height of cut - 3,10mm
Speed/stimpmeter reading - Monday 10.0
Any specific comments Good uniform grass cover and consistency.
FAIRWAYS
Type of grass - Bermuda overseeded with Ryegrass
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - quite contoured & fairly wide
Any specific comments - Fairways are reasonably generous, however there are many out of bounds close to playing areas therefore hitting straight off the tee will be very important.
TEES / COLLARS / APPROACHES
Type of grass - Bermuda overseeded with Ryegrass
Height of cut - 10mm
Any specific comments -
ROUGH
Type of grass - Bermuda overseeded with Ryegrass
Height of cut – semi
- rough - 32mm, 1.80m wide/ cut daily
- 64mm, 2.50m wide/ cut daily
Any specific comments - The rough was last topped on Monday at 64mm and will be left alone for the rest of the week.
WEATHER
Weather in advance - Heavy rain beginning of last week.
Forecast for tournament - Chance of showers & thunderstorms Friday morning then sunny, breezy and cooler weekend
COURSE
Opened - 1996
Course designer - see below
Special features - many out of bounds close to playing areas
General playability - see fairways above
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - fairly exposed
Many / few water hazards - water hazards in play on holes 4,5,6,8,9,11,14 & 16.
Changes to the course - see below
OTHER FEATURES
Any other features of the course or the event that may be of interest to web readers - The course has been re-designed by José María Olazábal during a four year period. The sequence of course changes was as follows:
FOR THE 2004 MALLORCA CLASSIC THE FOLLOWING WAS CHANGED:
New greens on the 1st, 16th, 17th & 18th holes.
FOR THE 2005 MALLORCA CLASSIC THE FOLLOWING WAS CHANGED:
Hole 10 - landing area has been flattened. Mounding left & right
- new green
- mounding & new bunkers short left of green
Hole 11 - mounding left & right of landing area
- the green has been extended
- mounding around the green
Hole 12 - new green
Hole 13 - new green
Hole 15 - new green
Hole 17 - new landing area / out of bounds fence moved 15 yards to
the right.
New bunkers left & right & mounding both sides
Hole 2 - completely new hole
Hole 3 - new tee
- new fairway bunker & mounding both sides of fairway
- new green
FOR THE 2006 MALLORCA CLASSIC THE FOLLOWING HAS CHANGED:
- 2ND green: Top tier extended
- 3rd green: Middle tier leveled and back tier extended back and to the right.
- 4th hole: New hole with two fairway bunkers to the right. Ditch to the left has been widened and brought closer to the landing area. New green that has been lowered and moved to the left and back from its original position. New front right bunker.
- 5th hole: New hole with landing area extended and lake extended towards 6th tee (carry is 302 yards) Tee has moved back 15 meters.
- 6th hole: New green complex
- 7th hole: New hole that has been extended by 80 meters. The hole is now pretty much straight. Two new fairway bunkers to the left and a new green complex.
- 8th hole: New hole that didn’t exist last year. Par 3 of 201 meters with a greenside lake to the left.
- 9th hole: Old 8th hole: The landing area has been extended onto the lake to the right. New fairway bunker to the left. Lake to the left has been filled as it is now the location of the new 7th green and the mounds that separate it from the 9th fairway. The green has been moved back and to the right so that it is visible even from the left of the fairway (not the case in the past)
- 10th hole: All 3 tiers of the green have been leveled.
- 12th hole: This was a 3 tier green last year. The top tier has been removed so that it is level with the left tier.
- 13th hole: The bottom tier has been leveled and the back tier extended towards the left and to the back.
FOR THE 2007 MALLORCA CLASSIC THE FOLLOWING HAS CHANGED
- The 1st & 10th tees have been made bigger.
- 6th Tee has been extended.
- 6th Hole: landing area has been leveled and a new fairway bunker introduced to the left.
- 6th Hole: The second shot landing are has been leveled with mounding introduced both rides.
FOR THE 2010 IBERDROLA OPEN CALA MILLOR MALLORCA THE FOLLOWING HAS CHANGED:
- The 3rd fairway has been leveled.
- The 17th hole is completely new: the green has been moved back and to the right. It is now much lower than before and almost level with the fairway. The fairway has been re-shaped and 6 new bunkers have been introduced.
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 427 | 390 | 10 | 5 | 571 | 522 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 176 | 161 | 11 | 4 | 307 | 281 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 413 | 378 | 12 | 4 | 471 | 431 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 397 | 363 | 13 | 3 | 178 | 163 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 355 | 325 | 14 | 4 | 394 | 361 | |||||
| 6 | 5 | 547 | 500 | 15 | 4 | 445 | 407 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 434 | 397 | 16 | 4 | 442 | 404 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 220 | 201 | 17 | 4 | 443 | 405 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 492 | 450 | 18 | 3 | 203 | 186 | |||||
| Out | 35 | 3461 | 3165 | In | 35 | 3454 | 3160 | |||||
| 70 | 6915 | 6325 |
| Pos | ![]() | Player Name | ![]() | Nat | ![]() | Hole | ![]() | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | ![]() | CAÑIZARES, Alejandro | ![]() | ESP | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -6 | ||
| T1 | ![]() | HANSON, Peter | ![]() | SWE | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -6 | ||
| 3 | ![]() | KINGSTON, James | ![]() | RSA | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -2 | ||
| 4 | ![]() | CÉVAËR, Christian | ![]() | FRA | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -1 | ||
| T5 | ![]() | WOOD, Chris | ![]() | ENG | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | Par | ||
| T5 | ![]() | HEND, Scott | ![]() | AUS | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | Par |