Venue					Promoter
Woburn Golf Club (Duke’s Course) Little Brickhill Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK17 9LJ              England Tel: +44 (0) 1908 370756 Fax: +44 (0) 1908 378436 Web: www.woburn.co.uk Location: ½ mile east of A5, 4 miles west of M1, Junction 13 Nearest airports: London Luton - LTN (20 minutes) London Heathrow – LHR (1 hour)					Louise Patterson European Senior Tour Wentworth Drive Virginia Water Surrey GU25 4LX England Tel: +44 (0) 1344 840400 Fax: +44 (0) 1344 845889 Email: lpatterson@europeantour.com

Greens
Type of grass - Poa, overseed Bents and Fescue
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'6" (Tuesday), 11' by Friday

Fairways
Type of grass - Fescue, Poa and Rye
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - 30 yards
Any specific comments - diamond cut

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Fescue, Poa and Rye
Height of cut - 7mm

Rough
Type of grass - N/A
Height of cut - semi 25mm, no intermediate, rough is sparce (only in certain areas)

Weather
Weather in advance - extremely wet (6" rainfall in 6 days on the week prior to the event)
Forecast for tournament - dry and sunny with a possibility of early mist at the weekend

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 re-modelled 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.