| Venue | Promoter | ||||||||||||||||
| Doha Golf Club West Bay PO Box 13530 Doha State of Qatar Tel: +974 496 0777 Fax: +974 483 4790 Location: 5 miles north west of Doha Nearest Airport: Doha (30 mins) Golf Course Website: www.dohagolfclub.com Tournament Website: www.qatar-masters.com | Chris Myers Event Manager Doha Golf Club Qatar Masters Office c/o Doha Golf Club PO Box 13530 Doha, Qatar Tel: +974 4483 2338 Fax: +974 4483 4790 Mob: +974 555 30965 Email: gm@dohagolfclub.com |
GREENS
Type of grass - Bermuda 328 over seeded with Poa Trivialis
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed/stimpmeter reading - 10’ 6"
Any specific comments - Speed maybe controlled to allow for the forecast high winds on Thursday and Sunday on these very exposed greens
FAIRWAYS
Type of grass - Bermuda 419 over seeded with Rye blend
Height of cut - 10 mm
General width and contouring - Average with a fair number of dog legsAny specific comments - none
TEES / COLLARS
Type of grass - Bermuda 419 over seeded with Rye blend
Height of cut - 6 mm
Any specific comments - no
ROUGH
Type of grass - Bermuda 419 over seeded with Rye blend
Height of cut - semi: 2m wide at 25mm
- intermediate: 2m wide at 50mm
- rough: Maintained rough at 90mm
Any specific comments - Very consistent and thick this year
WEATHER
Weather in advance - Mild and Calm
Forecast for tournament - Mild/cool and very windy on several days
COURSE
Opened -1994
Course designer - Peter Harradine
Special features - Water is a big factor on a lot of holes. Par 3’s are very strong.
General playability - Course does not play that long unless wind blows which it is forecast to do this week.
Undulating / flat - Average, some undulation.
Tree lined / exposed - Exposed
Many / few water hazards - Water comes into play on 3, 8, 9, 13, 15 and 18
Changes to the course - none
OTHER FEATURES
Any other features of the course or the event that may be of interest to web readers - Natural rock is a main feature on the back nine.
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 591 | 540 | 10 | 5 | 548 | 501 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 433 | 396 | 11 | 4 | 474 | 433 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 235 | 215 | 12 | 4 | 429 | 392 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 413 | 378 | 13 | 3 | 203 | 186 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 452 | 413 | 14 | 4 | 410 | 375 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 488 | 446 | 15 | 4 | 470 | 430 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 391 | 358 | 16 | 4 | 307 | 281 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 185 | 169 | 17 | 3 | 155 | 142 | |||||
| 9 | 5 | 639 | 584 | 18 | 5 | 589 | 539 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3827 | 3499 | In | 36 | 3585 | 3279 | |||||
| 72 | 7412 | 6778 |
| Pos | ![]() | Player name | ![]() | Nat | ![]() | Hole | ![]() | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() | BJÖRN, Thomas | ![]() | DEN | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -14 | ||
| 2 | ![]() | QUIROS, Alvaro | ![]() | ESP | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -10 | ||
| T3 | ![]() | CABRERA-BELLO, Rafa | ![]() | ESP | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -9 | ||
| T3 | ![]() | BRIER, Markus | ![]() | AUT | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -9 | ||
| 5 | ![]() | HOWELL, David | ![]() | ENG | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -8 | ||
| T6 | ![]() | HANSEN, Soren | ![]() | DEN | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | -6 |