Greens
Type of grass - Colonial Bent
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'

Fairways
Type of grass - Bent, Fescue, Poa mix
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - 25 to 35 metres

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Bent, Fescue, Poa mix
Height of cut - 9mm

Rough
Type of grass - mainly Rye, Fescue mix
Height of cut - semi 30mm, rough 60mm

Weather
Weather in advance - much colder than normal
Forecast for tournament - cloudy and cool with a chance of showers

Course
Opened - 1926
Course designer - Harry Colt, alterations made by Ernie Els in 2006 and 2009-10
General playability - reasonably flat course, though the swirling wind makes it difficult for club selection
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Changes to the course - (1) all green complexes totally remodelled in 2009-10 (2) greens have all new contours and bunkering is either new or deepened (3) greens 8 and 16 were rebuilt in 2011 (4) fairway bunker on the left hand side of six and run off area on 17 have been removed since last year's event