Venue							Promoter
Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate Centurion South Africa							Lindiwe Kwele Deputy City Manager Strategy Development and Implementation City of Tshwane PO Box 440 Pretoria 0001 South Africa Email: LindiweK@tshwane.gov.za Tel: +27 12 358 4755 Fax: +27 12 358 1112

Greens
Type of grass - A1 Bent grass
Height of cut - 3.2mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6" (Monday)

Fairways
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - generous fairways ranging from 20 metres to 60 metres wide in places
Any specific comments - the Kikuyu produces a lot of white seed heads

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - 8mm (tees), 6mm (collars)

Rough
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - semi 28mm, rough 100mm

Weather
Weather in advance - hot and sunny
Forecast for tournament - hot and sunny, with possible afternoon thunder showers

Course
Opened - 2006
Course designer - Ernie Els (the 2nd Ernie Els 'Signature' Course in SA)
Special features - 112 bunkers, wide fairways, Magaliesberg mountain range
Undulating/ flat - a few undulations
Tree lined / exposed - very few trees and quite exposed
Many / few water hazards - 8 lakes (hazards) on the course

Other features
- The course has been described as a fine example of the 'Highveld grassland' genre
- Built on land once lived on by Ernie Els' grandfather, Mr Ernie Vermaak