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| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
Finca Cortesin Golf Club | Ross Hallett IMG IMG Golf Operations McCormack House Hogarth Business Park Burlington Lane Chiswick, W4 2TH England Tel: +44 (0) 20 8233 5300 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8233 5301 or 5268 Email: ross.hallett@imgworld.com Volvo Event Management - Golf ARCE 1 405 08 Gothenburg Telephone + 46 31 665383 Fax + 46 31 665390 E-mail: info@volvoeventmanagement.com Website: www.volvoworldmatchplaychampionship.com |
Green
Type of grass - Creeping Bentgrass L93
Height of cut - 2.4mm
Speed / stimpmeter - 11'5"
Any specific comments - fast, undulating greens with demanding pin positions
Fairways
Type of grass - Bermuda 419
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - generous fairways lined with gorse and a lot of fairway bunkers
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Bermuda 419
Height of cut -9mm
Rough
Type of grass - Bermuda 419
Height of cut - semi 20mm, rough 71mm
Weather
Weather in advance - breeze and warm
Forecast for tournament - breezy, chances of rain from Thursday
Course
Opened - 2006
Course designer - Cabell B Robinson
General plability - difficulty dependent on the wind, three par 4s could be reachable from the tee with northerly wind
Tree lined / exposed - exposed course, south/easterly winds expected
Many / few water hazards - forward tees used on hole 9 to allow better viewing for spectators
Other features
Great course. Small, cosy clubhouse overlooking the Mediterranean. Fantastic hotel on site. Every hole has almost 8 teeing grounds.
Type of grass - Creeping Bentgrass L93
Height of cut - 2.4mm
Speed / stimpmeter - 11'5"
Any specific comments - fast, undulating greens with demanding pin positions
Fairways
Type of grass - Bermuda 419
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - generous fairways lined with gorse and a lot of fairway bunkers
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Bermuda 419
Height of cut -9mm
Rough
Type of grass - Bermuda 419
Height of cut - semi 20mm, rough 71mm
Weather
Weather in advance - breeze and warm
Forecast for tournament - breezy, chances of rain from Thursday
Course
Opened - 2006
Course designer - Cabell B Robinson
General plability - difficulty dependent on the wind, three par 4s could be reachable from the tee with northerly wind
Tree lined / exposed - exposed course, south/easterly winds expected
Many / few water hazards - forward tees used on hole 9 to allow better viewing for spectators
Other features
Great course. Small, cosy clubhouse overlooking the Mediterranean. Fantastic hotel on site. Every hole has almost 8 teeing grounds.
Card of Course
Finca Cortesin
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 471 | 431 | 10 | 3 | 188 | 172 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 215 | 197 | 11 | 5 | 627 | 573 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 541 | 495 | 12 | 3 | 224 | 205 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 334 | 305 | 13 | 4 | 413 | 378 | |||||
| 5 | 5 | 575 | 526 | 14 | 4 | 353 | 323 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 195 | 178 | 15 | 4 | 525 | 480 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 494 | 452 | 16 | 4 | 464 | 424 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 574 | 525 | 17 | 3 | 177 | 162 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 352 | 322 | 18 | 5 | 568 | 519 | |||||
| Out | 37 | 3751 | 3431 | In | 35 | 3539 | 3236 | |||||
| 72 | 7290 | 6667 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - |  | BADDELEY, Aaron | | AUS | | | - | |||
| - | | VEGAS, Jhonattan | | VEN | | | - | |||
| - | | DONALD, Luke | | ENG | | | - | |||
| - | | JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel | | ESP | | | - | |||
| - | | OOSTHUIZEN, Louis | | RSA | | | - | |||
| - | | MCDOWELL, Graeme | | NIR | | | - |