Venue							Promoter
East London GC Buffalo City Metro Municipality Eastern Cape South Africa Tel: +27 (0)43 735 1356 Fax: +27 (0)43 735 1390 Location: Eastern Cape Nearest Airport: East London (25 mins) Golf Course Website: www.elgc.co.za Tournament Website: www.africaopengolf.com							Mrs Mbali Ngqula Dlamini Weil Communications Unit 21A The Woodlands Western Service Rd Woodmead, Sandton 2196 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.africaopengolf.com

Greens
Type of grass - Sea Dwarf Seashore Paspalum
Height of cut - 3.4mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'4" to reach 9'8" - 10' for tournament days
Any specific comments - greens quite small, slightly undulating

Fairways
Type of grass - Cynodon / Kikuyu
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - average width

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Cynodon / Kikuyu / Paspalum
Height of cut - 9mm

Rough
Type of grass - Natural Indigenous Grasses
Height of cut - rough 75mm (up to 80mm for tournament)
Any specific comments - dense and penal

Weather
Weather in advance - no rain and very hot for last 6-7 weeks
Forecast for tournament - partly cloudy with occasional rain

Course
Opened - 1893
Course designer - Colonel SV Hotchkin
General playability - windy as the course is by the coast
Tree lined / exposed - a lot of the holes ar etreelined so accuracy will be rewarded, features a unique course layout which meanders through coastal dunes and indigenous bush
Many / few water hazards - none

Other features
Spectacular viewing over Indian Ocean