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EVENT INFO
| Venue | Promoter | ||||
Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | Amy Watkins Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Ltd 10th Floor Brunel House 2 Fitzalan Road Cardiff CF24 0UY Wales amy.watkins@rydercupwales2010.com |
COURSE INFO
Greens
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 4.75mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 7.5mm
Fairways
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - 35m
Rough
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - semi 38mm, intermediate 89mm, rough uncut
Weather
Weather in advance - dry
Forecast for tournament - predominantly dry and breezy
Course
Opened - 1891
Course designer - Ramsay Hunter
Special features - view of sea on every hole
General playability - traditional links
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - exposed
Many / few water hazards - only one water hazard with the beach being out of bounds
Changes to the course - new tees contrsucted on 4th and 18th holes
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 4.75mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 7.5mm
Fairways
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - 35m
Rough
Type of grass - Fescue, Bent, Poa
Height of cut - semi 38mm, intermediate 89mm, rough uncut
Weather
Weather in advance - dry
Forecast for tournament - predominantly dry and breezy
Course
Opened - 1891
Course designer - Ramsay Hunter
Special features - view of sea on every hole
General playability - traditional links
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - exposed
Many / few water hazards - only one water hazard with the beach being out of bounds
Changes to the course - new tees contrsucted on 4th and 18th holes
Card Of Course
Royal Porthcawl G.C.
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 374 | 342 | 10 | 4 | 340 | 311 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 451 | 412 | 11 | 3 | 184 | 168 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 421 | 385 | 12 | 5 | 549 | 502 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 200 | 183 | 13 | 4 | 435 | 398 | |||||
| 5 | 5 | 515 | 471 | 14 | 3 | 150 | 137 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 394 | 360 | 15 | 4 | 442 | 404 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 122 | 112 | 16 | 4 | 430 | 393 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 475 | 434 | 17 | 5 | 504 | 461 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 400 | 366 | 18 | 4 | 410 | 375 | |||||
| Out | 36 | 3352 | 3065 | In | 36 | 3444 | 3149 | |||||
| 72 | 6796 | 6214 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | BLAND, John | | RSA | | 18 | | -8 | ||
| T2 | | FRANCO, Angel | | PAR | | 18 | | -7 | ||
| T2 | | WILLIAMS, Chris | | RSA | | 18 | | -7 | ||
| 4 | | BRAND JNR, Gordon | | SCO | | 18 | | -5 | ||
| T5 | | FOWLER, Peter | | AUS | | 18 | | -4 | ||
| T5 | | BOYD, Bob | | USA | | 18 | | -4 |