Course
Built – 1990
Designer – Dave Thomas
Description – It is a flat course with only four ‘hilly’ holes and water hazards at five holes. There are a lot of cork trees on the course.
Grass
Type of grass - Penn cross Poa Annua
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed/stimp reading - 9 ft – 9.5 ft
Fairways
Type of grass – Rye grass / Bermuda
Height of cut – 10mm
General width and contouring – average width is 25 yds with a lot of fairway bunkers
Any specific comments - Fairway lined by cork trees
Tees/Collars
Type of grass – Ryegrass/Bermuda
Height of cut – 8 mm
Rough
Type of grass - Rye/Kikuya
Semi-rough - Height of cut - 20mm
Intermediate – Height of cut – 60mm
Rough - Height of cut – 80mm
Weather
In advance - Heavy rain week before tournament
Forecast for tournament – Reasonable, some rain
Other Features
Heavy rain on Thursday/Friday before the tournament, normally windy area making course very tough.
