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| Venue |
Promoter | ||||||
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Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course) Location: 20 miles south of the citycentre. |
Nick Tarratt Director - European Tour International Office in Dubai The European Tour International Office Jumeirah Golf Estates PO Box 262080 Emirates Road Dubai UAE Email: ntarratt@europeantour.com Mob: +97 150 624 3856 |
Greens
Type of grass - Tifeagle Bermuda grass
Height of cut - 2.5 mm
Speed/stimpmeter reading - 12’
Any specific comments - large undulating greens with many varied hole locations
Fairways
Type of grass - Bermuda grass Tifway 419, overseeded with Rye grass
Height of cut - 9.5mm
General width and contouring - generally quite wide
Tees/Collars
Type of grass - Bermuda grass Tifway 419, overseeded with Rye grass
Height of cut - 5mm
Rough
Type of grass - Bermuda grass Tifway 419, overseeded with Rye grass
Height of cut - semi 30mm, rough 64mm
Weather
Weather in advance - hot, sunny and dry
Forecast for tournament - hot, sunny and dry
Course
Opened - 2009 for the Dubai World Championship
Course designer - Greg Norman
Special features - the course is either grass or bark mulch, no sand visible on course except for the large white marble bunkers
General playability - the large fairway bunkers can confuse the eye on depth perception
Many / few water hazards - water hazards on 6, 14, 16, 17 and 18, with 17th having an island green
Changes to the course - the large fairway bunker on 18th has been reduced in size
Other features
Many of the green complexes have run-offs
| PIN POSITIONS - ROUND 4 | |||||
| DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 | |||||
| HOLE | Front | Side | HOLE | Front | Side |
| 1 | 40 | 5R | 10 | 41 | 5R |
| 2 | 20 | 6L | 11 | 14 | 7L |
| 3 | 9 | 4L | 12 | 8 | C |
| 4 | 15 | 7L | 13 | 10 | 7R |
| 5 | 25 | 4R | 14 | 27 | 5R |
| 6 | 15 | 5L | 15 | 17 | 7L |
| 7 | 14 | 8R | 16 | TR16 | 7R |
| 8 | 36 | 5L | 17 | 33 | 6L |
| 9 | 30 | 5R | 18 | TL 7 TR 33 | 9L 8L |
| ROUND 4 | |||||
| PIN POSITIONS ROUND 3 | |||||
| DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 | |||||
| HOLE | Front | Side | HOLE | Front | Side |
| 1 | 32 | 6L | 10 | 9 | 4L |
| 2 | 31 | C | 11 | 28 | 5R |
| 3 | 35 | 6R | 12 | 33 | 6L |
| 4 | 19 | 10L | 13 | 21 | 6L |
| 5 | 9 | 5R | 14 | 45 | 6R |
| 6 | 10 | 5R | 15 | 21 | 4R |
| 7 | 18 | 5L | 16 | TL16 | 4L |
| 8 | 21 | 3R | 17 | 19 | 5R |
| 9 | 35 | 7R | 18 | TR13 | 6L |
| PIN POSITIONS - ROUND 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HOLE | Front | Side | HOLE | Front | Side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | 7L | 10 | 23 | C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 13 | 9R | 11 | 30 | 7L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 19 | 8R | 12 | 43 | 7R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 28 | 6R | 13 | 7 | 5L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 24 | 7L | 14 | 24 | 6L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 26 | 12R | 15 | 41 | 5R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 16 | 12R | 16 | TR 7 | 10R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 23 | 5L | 17 | 39 | 7L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 43 | 8L | 18 | TL 14 TR 41 | 5L 5L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tee Positions | Tee Positions | |||||||
| Paced from cut grass at back of tee | Paced from cut grass at back of tee | |||||||
| HOLE | HOLE | HOLE | HOLE | |||||
| 1 | -5 | 10 | -5 | 1 | -6 | 10 | -5 | |
| 2* | -5 | 11 | -4 | 2* | -6 | 11 | -5 | |
| 3 | -5 | 12* | -4 | 3 | -6 | 12* | -5 | |
| 4 | -28 | 13 | -5 | 4 | -29 | 13 | -34 | |
| 5 | -5 | 14 | -10 | 5 | -6 | 14 | -8 | |
| 6 | -14 | 15 | -5 | 6 | -6 | 15 | -6 | |
| 7 | -4 | 16 | -9 | 7 | -6 | 16 | -8 | |
| 8 | -4 | 17 | -16 | 8 | -6 | 17 | -41 | |
| 9 | -10 | 18 | -7 | 9 | -42 | 18 | -96 | |
| ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | |||||||
Tee Positions | Tee Positions | |||||||
| HOLE | HOLE | HOLE | HOLE | |||||
| 1 | -6 | 10 | -7 | 1 | -8 | 10 | -7 | |
| 2* | -8 | 11 | -7 | 2* | -9 | 11 | -7 | |
| 3 | -7 | 12* | -5 | 3 | -8 | 12* | -8 | |
| 4 | -30 | 13 | -6 | 4 | -12 | 13 | -10 | |
| 5 | -7 | 14 | -7 | 5 | -8 | 14 | -9 | |
| 6 | -7 | 15 | -92 | 6 | -8 | 15 | -8 | |
| 7 | -6 | 16 | -10 | 7 | -8 | 16 | -10 | |
| 8 | -7 | 17 | -30 | 8 | -7 | 17 | -12 | |
| 9 | -8 | 18 | -98 | 9 | -11 | 18 | -100 | |
| ROUND 3 | ROUND 4 | |||||||
| * denotes Long Driving hole | ||||||||
| WEDNESDAY | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4 | ||||
| PAR 3 yds | 4th | 222 | 228 | 218 | 212 | |||
| PAR 3 yds | 6th | 169 | 200 | 173 | 177 | |||
| PAR 3 yds | 13th | 214 | 161 | 203 | 188 | |||
| PAR 4 yds | 15th | 281 | ||||||
| PAR 3 yds | 17th | 167 | 172 | 165 | 196 | |||
| STIMP | 12' | 12'2'' | 12'2'' | 12'2'' | 12'2'' | |||
Card of Course
Jumeirah Golf Estates
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 454 | 415 | 10 | 4 | 437 | 400 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 583 | 533 | 11 | 4 | 401 | 367 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 452 | 413 | 12 | 4 | 476 | 435 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 245 | 224 | 13 | 3 | 204 | 187 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 407 | 372 | 14 | 5 | 626 | 572 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 186 | 170 | 15 | 4 | 371 | 339 | |||||
| 7 | 5 | 572 | 523 | 16 | 4 | 486 | 444 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 461 | 422 | 17 | 3 | 195 | 178 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 499 | 456 | 18 | 5 | 620 | 567 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3859 | 3528 | In | 36 | 3816 | 3489 | |||||
| 72 | 7675 | 7017 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | QUIROS, Alvaro | | ESP | | 18 | | -19 | ||
| 2 | | LAWRIE, Paul | | SCO | | 18 | | -17 | ||
| 3 | | DONALD, Luke | | ENG | | 18 | | -16 | ||
| 4 | | HANSON, Peter | | SWE | | 18 | | -14 | ||
| 5 | | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | | RSA | | 18 | | -13 | ||
| T6 | | MOLINARI, Francesco | | ITA | | 18 | | -12 |