Venue							Promoter
Real Club de Golf El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain							Jorge Sagardoy Fidalgo Director General Real Federación Española de Golf C/ Arroyo del Monte, 5 28035 Madrid Spain Tel.  +34 (9)1 376 9130 Fax. +34 (9)1 556 32 90 Email: jsagardoy@rfegolf.e.telefonica.net

Greens
Type of grass - A4 (Bent grass)
Height of cut - 3.25mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'8" Monday, aiming for 11' by Thursday
Any specific comments - large undulating greens surrounded by plenty of run-off areas

Fairways
Type of grass - Penncross
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - generous width and fairly flat

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Penncross (Bent grass)
Height of cut - 8mm
Any specific comments - forward tees will be used one day on the 3rd and 13th holes (both par 3s) with front hole locations

Rough
Type of grass - Tall Fescue and Kentuck Blue Grass
Height of cut - semi 38mm, rough 75mm (last topped Friday)

Weather
Weather in advance - 20mm of rain last week
Forecast for tournament - dry and breezy with a chance of showers Sunday

Course
Opened - October 2004
Course designer - Greg Norman
General playbility - tough golf course where accuracy on the approach shots will be paramount
Undulating / flat - mostly flat front 9, undulating back 9
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined holes: 3, 7 14, 15, 17 and 18; the rest quite exposed
Many / few water hazards - water hazards in play on holes 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 17 and 18

Other features
Playing the Violet Course which is a composite course with holes 10-18 of the Yellow Course (tournament holes 1-9) and holes 10-18 of the Pink course (tournament holes 10-18).
Real Club de Golf El Prat hosted European Challenge Tour events in 2005 and 2006.