Greens
Type of grass - POA, overseed Bents and Fescue
Height of cut - 3.5mm
Speed / Stimpmeter reading - 10'3" (Tuesday), 11' by Friday

Fairways
Type of grass - Fescue, Poa, Rye
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - 30 yards
Any specific comments - Diamond cut

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Fescue, Poa, Rye
Height of cut - 8mm

Rough
Type of grass - N/A
Height of cut - semi 20mm
                         rough sparce only in certain areas

Weather
Weather in advance - Wet
Forecast for tournament - sunny, mainly dry, showers, variably cloudy

Course
Opened - 1976
Course designer - Charles Lawrie (Walker Cup Captain)
Special features - Scots Pines / Silver Birch
General playability - Difficult par 72
Undulating / flat - Undulating
Tree lined / exposed - Tree lined
Many / few water hazards - Few
Changes to the course - Bunkers remodelled on holes 2, 11, 14 and 15

Other features
Woburn Golf Club (Dukes Course) is a renowned tournament venue. The fairways are lined with Scots Pines and Silver Birch, making scoring difficult. The key to scoring is the front nine with 2 reachable par 5’s and generous fairways. The back nine however is a different story. 5 par 4’s over 400yds, narrow fairways and sloping greens, not to mention the 596 yard difference in overall yardage. Players will do well to shoot 37 (level par) over the closing nine.