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Venue Info
| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| Binhai Lake GC Tianjin China Tournament Website: www.volvochinaopen.com |
Jan Sidemo Volvo (China) Investment Co, Ltd No.2095, Jin Jing Road, Jin Qiao Industrial Park, Pudong New Dis 2 01206 Shanghai, China Tel mob: +86-14782973770 Tel Office: +86-21-31316960 email:jan.sidemo@volvo.com |
Course Info
Greens
Type of grass - A1 / A4 Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"
Any specific comments - firm
Fairways
Type of grass - Seaside II (2) Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 7mm
General width and contouring - quite wide
Any specific comments - tight and neat
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Seaside II Creeping Bentgrass
Height of cut - 8mm
Rough
Type of grass / height of cut - semi Seaside II Creeping Bentgrass (20mm), maintained rough Zoysia (dormant)
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 - Septemeber 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
Other features
This is the second time the Volvo China Open will be played at this course, also played here in 2012
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 | 202 | 185 | 12 | 5 | 575 | 526 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 432 | 395 | 13 | 3 | 206 | 188 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 420 | 384 | 14 | 4 | 498 | 455 | |||||
| 6 | 5 | 593 | 542 | 15 | 4 | 390 | 357 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 374 | 342 | 16 | 3 | 196 | 179 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 148 | 135 | 17 | 4 | 469 | 429 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 484 | 443 | 18 | 5 | 630 | 576 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3648 | 3336 | In | 36 | 3730 | 3410 | |||||
| 72 | 7378 | 6746 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | RUMFORD, Brett | | AUS | | 18 | | -16 | ||
| 2 | | ILONEN, Mikko | | FIN | | 18 | | -12 | ||
| 3 | | DUBUISSON, Victor | | FRA | | 18 | | -11 | ||
| 4 | | DERKSEN, Robert-Jan | | NED | | 18 | | -10 | ||
| T5 | | SANTOS, Ricardo | | POR | | 18 | | -9 | ||
| T5 | | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | | ESP | | 18 | | -9 |
