Venue							Promoter
The Gleneagles Hotel Auchterrarder Perthshire PH3 1NF Scotland Tel: +44 1764 662 231 Fax: +44 1764 662 134 Location: 16 miles south west of Perth on A9 Nearest Airport: Edinburgh (1 hour)							Graeme Marchbank Gleneagles Hotel Auchterarder Perthshire PH3 1NF Scotland Tel: +44 (0) 1764 694 491 Fax: +44 (0) 1764 663075 Email: graeme.r.marchbank@diageo.com Course Website: www.gleneagles.com Tournament Website: www.johnniewalkerchampionship.com

Greens
Type of grass - Bent, Poa Annua
Height of cut - 3mm (option 2.5mm)
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 11' beginning of the week
Any specific comments - built to USGA specification

Fairways
Type of grass - Bent, Fescue
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - 20 to 25m wide

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Bent, Poa, Fescue
Height of cut - 8mm (tees), 7mm (collars)

Rough
Type of grass - Bent, Fescue
Height of cut - semi 25mm, intermediate 75mm, rough not mown

Weather
Weather in advance - very wet
Forecast for tournament - cloudy with showers

Course
Opened - 1993
Course designer - Jack Nicklaus
General playability - the course is in very good condition
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - both tree lined and exposed areas
Many / few water hazards - quite a few
Changes to the course - front end of 7th green has been recontoured

Other features
- Very scenic golf course with panoramic views of the Ochill hills & Glendevon to the West and the Grampian mountains to the North.
- The name of the course changed from the Monarchs Course to the PGA Centenary course in 2001.
- This is the course which will host the 2014 Ryder Cup