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Venue Info
| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| Serengeti GC Ekurhuleni South Africa | Mrs Mbali Ngqula Dlamini Weil Communications Unit 21A The Woodlands Western Service Rd Woodmead, Sandton South Africa Tel: +27 11 804 1485 Fax: +27 11 804 3512 Mobile: +27 83 380 9406 Email: mbali@dwcs.co.za Tournament Website: www.southafricanopen.com |
Course Info
Greens
Type of grass - Bent A1 / A4
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10' to 10'5"
Any specific comments - heavy undulations
Fairways
Type of grass - Perennial Rye, Kentucky Blue
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - 45 metres wide
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Bent T1 (tees), Rye (collars) plus Bent
Height of cut - 3.4mm (tees), 5mm (collars)
Rough
Type of grass - Rye / Fescue
Height of cut - semi 38mm, intermediate 64mm, rough 90 / 100mm
Any specific comments - considerably more rough than last year
Weather
Weather in advance - very mixed; sun, rain and hailstorms
Forecast for tournament - sunny with thunderstorms forecast Mon, Tues, Wed and again at the weekend, but clear skies Thu and Fri
Course
Opened - 2009
Course designer - Jack Nicklaus
Special features - island green (8th)
General playability - good
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - exposed new course with newly planted trees
Many / few water hazards - many (8)
Other features
Distressed bunker edges
Card of Course
Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 447 | 409 | 10 | 4 | 417 | 381 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 382 | 349 | 11 | 5 | 603 | 551 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 677 | 619 | 12 | 3 | 225 | 206 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 445 | 407 | 13 | 4 | 491 | 449 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 204 | 187 | 14 | 4 | 451 | 412 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 460 | 421 | 15 | 3 | 183 | 167 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 482 | 441 | 16 | 5 | 628 | 574 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 576 | 527 | 17 | 4 | 375 | 343 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 230 | 210 | 18 | 4 | 485 | 443 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3903 | 3570 | In | 36 | 3858 | 3526 | |||||
| 72 | 7761 | 7096 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | STENSON, Henrik | | SWE | | 18 | | -17 | ||
| 2 | | COETZEE, George | | RSA | | 18 | | -14 | ||
| T3 | | AIKEN, Thomas | | RSA | | 18 | | -13 | ||
| T3 | | KAYMER, Martin | | GER | | 18 | | -13 | ||
| 5 | | SCHWARTZEL, Charl | | RSA | | 18 | | -11 | ||
| T6 | | FLEETWOOD, Tommy | | ENG | | 18 | | -9 |