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EVENT INFO
| Venue | Promoter | ||||||
| Golf Club Bad Ragaz Hans Albrecht Strasse 7310 Bad Ragaz Switzerland Tel: +41 81 303 3717 Fax: +41 81 303 3727 Location: 60 miles southeast of Zurich Nearest airport: Zurich – ZRH (1 hour 30 minutes) Tournament pro-ams: Wednesday 04 & Thursday 05 July Entries close: 12:00 Noon Friday 08 June | Ralph Polligkeit Grand Resort Bad Ragaz 7310 Bad Ragaz Switzerland Tel: +41 81 303 3717 Fax: +41 81 303 3727 Email: ralph.polligkeit@resortragaz.ch Format 54 holes stroke play 72 Professionals Eligibility a) The winner of the last played Swiss PGA Senior Championship b) Balance of field from the 2012 European Senior Tour exemption categories (to include a maximum of 4 invited players) |
COURSE INFO
Greens
Type of grass - Poa / Agrostis
Height of cut - 2.75mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 9'
Any specific comments - mix of flat and undulating greens
Fairways
Type of grass - Poa / Lolium
Height of cut - 11mm
General width and contouring - average width, getting narrow in places
Any specific comments - fairways very good with good grass cover
Tees / collars
Type of grass - Poa / Lolium
Height of cut - 10mm
Any specific comments - collars in good condition, tees firm with good grass cover
Rough
Type of grass - Poa / Lolium
Height of cut - semi 30mm round fairways and 75mm around greens, rough 75mm
Any specific comments - consistent but not to challenging, trees are the biggest difficulty
Weather
Weather in advance - very hot and no rain the week before
Forecast for tournament - rain and possible thunderstorms
Course
Opened - 1958
Course designer - Peter Harradine Sr (original course opened in 1905)
General playability - good challenge for all abilities
Undulating / flat - very flat
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined with tall fir trees
Many / few water hazards - very few water hazards come into play
Other features
- Pleasant golf course to play in a magnificent environment
- Unusual Permanent Art Collection displayed on the golf course (sculptures, paintings, etc)
Card Of Course
Golf Club Bad Ragaz
| Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | Hole | Par | Yards | Metres | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 374 | 342 | 10 | 4 | 365 | 334 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 334 | 305 | 11 | 3 | 161 | 147 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 147 | 134 | 12 | 5 | 577 | 528 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 480 | 439 | 13 | 4 | 422 | 386 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 430 | 393 | 14 | 3 | 187 | 171 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 417 | 381 | 15 | 4 | 327 | 299 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 348 | 318 | 16 | 5 | 484 | 442 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 384 | 351 | 17 | 3 | 178 | 163 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 209 | 191 | 18 | 4 | 359 | 328 | |||||
| Out | 35 | 3123 | 2854 | In | 35 | 3060 | 2798 | |||||
| 70 | 6183 | 5652 |
Tournament Leaderboard
| Pos |  | Player name | | Nat | | Hole | | Par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | THELEN, Tim | | USA | | 18 | | -12 | ||
| 2 | | JAMES, Mark | | ENG | | 18 | | -10 | ||
| 3 | | WOOSNAM, Ian | | WAL | | 18 | | -9 | ||
| T4 | | MCALLISTER, Stephen | | SCO | | 18 | | -8 | ||
| T4 | | SMYTH, Des | | IRL | | 18 | | -8 | ||
| T4 | | FORSBRAND, Anders | | SWE | | 18 | | -8 |