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| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| Verdura Golf & Spa Resort Sicily Italy Website: www.verduraresort.com/golf/sicilian-open-2012/ | Daniela Tonelli Head Office: via Tagliamento, 46 – 00198 Rome Italy Tel. +39 (06) 47.83.95.01 Fax +39 (06) 47.82.63.30 Operational office: via Assietta, 14 – 10128 Torino Italy Tel. +39 (011) 50.91.200 Fax. +39 (011) 50.91.240 Email: daniela.tonelli@jumbograndieventi.it Website: www.jumbograndieventi.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 |
Greens
Type of grass - A1 / A4 Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 3.5mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"
Any specific comments - gently undulating, large greens
Fairways
Type of grass - Rye grass / Poa Annua
Height of cut - 9mm
General width and contouring - 40 yards
Any specific comments - flat and wide
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Rye grass
Height of cut - 9mm
Rough
Type of grass - Tall Fescue / Rye grass
Height of cut - semi 25mm, intermediate 50mm, rough 75mm
Weather
Weather in advance - no problems other than low temperatures due to time of year
Forecast for tournament - sunny with a gentle breeze and temperatures in the high teens
Course
Opened - 2009
Course designer - Kyle Phillips
General playability - wide fairways with good opportunities for interesting hole locations
Undulating / flat - flat
Tree lined / exposed - exposed
Many / few water hazards - few
Changes to the course - composite course being played
Other features
Holes 8, 9 and 18 are adjacent to the sea
Card of Course
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 445 | 407 | 10 | 4 | 464 | 424 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 422 | 386 | 11 | 5 | 568 | 519 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 158 | 144 | 12 | 3 | 226 | 207 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 578 | 529 | 13 | 4 | 436 | 399 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 488 | 446 | 14 | 5 | 523 | 478 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 446 | 408 | 15 | 4 | 414 | 379 | |||||
| 7 | 5 | 567 | 518 | 16 | 3 | 150 | 137 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 178 | 163 | 17 | 4 | 403 | 369 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 434 | 397 | 18 | 4 | 475 | 434 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3716 | 3398 | In | 36 | 3659 | 3346 | |||||
| 72 | 7375 | 6744 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | | DEN | | 18 | | -15 | ||
| 2 | | WOOD, Chris | | ENG | | 18 | | -14 | ||
| T3 | | KJELDSEN, Søren | | DEN | | 18 | | -12 | ||
| T3 | | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | | BEL | | 18 | | -12 | ||
| 5 | | LARA, José Manuel | | ESP | | 18 | | -11 | ||
| T6 | | WALL, Anthony | | ENG | | 18 | | -10 |