Greens
Type of grass - Bent Grass A4
Height of cut - 3.5mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'
Any specific comments - nice contouring with quite a lot of gentle slopes

Fairways
Type of grass - Poa Annua
Height of cut - 14mm
General width and contouring - generous width

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Poa Annua
Height of cut - 12mm
Any specific comments - some tees are very small

Rough
Type of grass - Poa Annua
Height of cut - semi 30mm, intermediate 60mm, rough 100mm
Any specific comments - nicely graded

Weather
Weather in advance - very dry in April and May, with no rain for 10 weeks
Forecast for tournament - rain forecasted on Thursday, and maybe Friday, but good over the weekend

Course
Opened - 1960
Course designer - Hawtree
Special features - course finishing with two par 5s
General playability - accuracy will be rewarded from the tee due to quite firm greens
Undulating / flat - quite undulating
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined course
Many / few water hazards - a few ditches
Changes to the course - all greens were redesigned and rebuilt in 2006 by Martin Hawtree

Other features
Very traditional course with a lot of small bunkers well placed, especially around the greens