Greens
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 2.25mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 11' (Monday)
Fairways
Type of grass - Poa / Rye
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - 25 to 30m
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Poa / Bent
Height of cut - 10mm
Rough
Type of grass - Rye / Poa
Height of cut - semi 32mm, intermediate 64mm, rough 90mm
Weather
Weather in advance - drier than average spring this year
Forecast for tournament - Showers and isolated thunderstorms, humid until Thursday. Cooler from Friday still with scattered showers developing. Clearing by Sunday when high pressure will arrive to become mostly sunny.
Course
Opened - 1989
Course designer - Kurt Rossknecht
General plability - traditionally low scoring course
Undulating / flat - flat course with no hills or undulations
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Many / few water hazards - water hazards on 10 holes
Changes to the course - new bunker added to the right of the landing area at 15th and 4th hole lengthened by 48yds / 44m