Venue							Promoter
Royal Park Golf & Country Club S.r.l Rotta Cerbiatta 24 10070 Fiano (Turin) Italy Tel: +39 011 923 5500 Fax: +39 011 923 5669 Location: 20km NW of Turin on Via Lanzo Nearest Airport: 12km (20 mins) to Turin Caseile Airport Golf Course Website: www.royalparkgolf.it							Donato Di Ponziano President, Organising Committee Organising Committee BMW Italian Open C/O Federazione Italiana Golf 74 Viale Tiziano 00196 Roma Italy Tel: +39 (0) 6 3231 825/36 858 799 Fax: +39 (0) 6 368 58025 Email: openditalia@federgolf.it Jamie Birkmyre Director of Championship Management The European Tour Wentworth Drive Virginia Water Surrey  GU25 4LX England Tel: + 44 (0) 1344 840400 Fax: +44 (0) 1344 840500 Email: jbirkmyre@europeantour.com Tournament Website: www.bmwitalianopen.it

Greens
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 2.8mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'1"
Any specific comments - undulating but fair

Fairways
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - fairly wide, 30 to 35 yards on average
Any specific comments - very wet due to rain in previous days

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 10mm

Rough
Type of grass - Rye grass / Poa
Height of cut - semi 32mm, intermediate 64mm, rough 100mm
Any specific comments - the rough is very consistent and penal

Weather
Opened - 1971
Course designer - Robert Trent Jones Senior
Special features - None
General playability - good well balanced course providing a good test for players
Undulating / flat - a bit undulating
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined, with very tall trees on all holes
Many / few water hazards - One small river, some lakes and plenty of ditches coming into play on 12 holes
Changes to the course - run offs added on greens 1, 4 and 18

Other features
Great view of the Alps from several holes