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| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| Binhai Lake GC Tianjin China Tournament Website: www.volvochinaopen.com | Chloe Chiu, Project Leader Office Hong Kong Volvo Event Management Hong Kong Rep. Office Mobile: +852 6208 3202 Email: chloe.chiu@volvo.com Headquarters Office in Sweden Volvo Event Management - Golf Dept 1680, ARCE SE 40805 Goteborg Sweden Tel: +46 31 665 380 |
Greens
Type of grass - A1 / A4 Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 3.25mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 8'6" (Monday)
Any specific comments - firm greens
Fairways
Type of grass - Seaside II (2) Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 9mm
General width and contouring - quite wide
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Seaside II Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 8mm
Rough
Type of grass / height of cut - semi: Seaside II CB / 20mm, maintained rough: Zoysia (dormant)
Any specific comments - consistent
Weather
Weather in advance - cold and dry, only two and a half weeks of growth due to the cold weather
Forecast for tournament - partly sunny, windy conditions expected
Course
Opened - September 2010
Course designer - Dye Design
Special features - a lot of wooden sleepers bordering the bunkers
General playability - course is playing long
Undulating / flat - flat
Tree lined / exposed - very exposed
Many / few water hazards - a lot of water hazards
Other features
This is the first time the Volvo China Open will be played at this course.
Card of Course
Binhai Lake GC
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 423 | 387 | 10 | 4 | 374 | 342 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 572 | 523 | 11 | 4 | 392 | 358 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 260 | 238 | 12 | 5 | 575 | 526 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 481 | 440 | 13 | 3 | 287 | 262 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 420 | 384 | 14 | 4 | 498 | 455 | |||||
| 6 | 5 | 593 | 542 | 15 | 4 | 390 | 357 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 374 | 342 | 16 | 3 | 199 | 182 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 246 | 225 | 17 | 4 | 469 | 429 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 484 | 443 | 18 | 5 | 630 | 576 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3853 | 3524 | In | 36 | 3814 | 3487 | |||||
| 72 | 7667 | 7011 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | GRACE, Branden | | RSA | | 18 | | -21 | ||
| 2 | | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | | BEL | | 18 | | -18 | ||
| 3 | | FINCH, Richard | | ENG | | 18 | | -17 | ||
| T4 | | DUBUISSON, Victor | | FRA | | 18 | | -16 | ||
| T4 | | COETZEE, George | | RSA | | 18 | | -16 | ||
| T6 | | GONZALEZ, Ricardo | | ARG | | 18 | | -15 |