Venue

Promoter

Durban Country Club 101 Walter Gilbert Road Durban 4001 South Africa 031 313 1777 Tel. +27 31 313 1777 Tournament website: www.southafricanopen.com

Mrs Mbali Ngqula Tel: +27 11 804 1485 Fax: +27 11 804 3512 Mobile: +27 83 380 9406 Email: mbali@dwcs.co.za Tournament Website: southafricanopen.com Gary Todd Sunshine Tour PostNet Suite No 185 Private Bag X15 Somerset West 7129, Western Cape South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 850 6500 Fax: +27 (0) 21 852 8271 Email: gtodd@sunshinetour.com Website: www.sunshinetour.com

Greens
Type of grass - Bermuda (mini verde)
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter - 9' on Monday

Fairways
Type of grass - Bermuda
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - 25 to 35 metres wide but quite tight in landing areas where it is more like 12-15 metres

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Paspalam and Bermuda
Height of cut - 8mm

Rough
Type of grass - Bermuda and Buffalo
Height of cut - semi 35mm, intermediate 65mm, rough 95mm

Weather
Weather in advance - very dry generally however 15mm rain prior to the event
Forecast for tournament - chance of rain up until Wednesday, dry there after

Course
Opened - 1922
Course designer - George Waterman and Lawrie B Waters
General playability - regarded as one of the finest courses in South Africa
Undualting / flat - first 4 and last 2 holes are very undulating as they are built on sand dunes
Tree lined / exposed - many trees and shrubs on the course
Many / few water hazards - very few hazards
Changes to the course - par 3, 15th hole, was re-designed and re-located to prevent flooding problems

Other features
There are several monkeys to be found around the course