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Wales is an exceptional golf destination for many reasons. Take
Royal St David's, which features in the Golf Digest Top 100 Courses. Or the
dramatic clifftop Cardigan with its giant views. Or Cradoc, where at the
ninth, you get a game-stopping panorama of the Brecon Beacons. Be in no
doubt, as a visiting golfer you are spoiled for choice. There are nearly 200
courses to choose from in this relatively compact country!
Wherever you play, you will discover 'golf as it should be'. In other words,
unhurried golf in inspired surroundings, at realistic cost with easy access
to tee times. This is about getting back to the spirit of golf: challenge
and conviviality; achievement and entertainment.
And after the last shot is played, you'll want to make the most of in the
19th hole experience. Be our guest. Indulge yourself with superb cuisine and
relaxing spa treatments, a theatre visit or a serious shopping raid. You've
got all of Wales to savour, whether that means the sheltering coves of
Pembrokeshire, the drama of a Snowdonian ridge or the dazzle of Cardiff's
waterside is entirely up to you. |
Celtic Manor Resort Golf Courses
 As
Ryder Cup venue 2010 and home of The Celtic Manor Wales Open, The Celtic
Manor Resort offers world-class golf courses and the ultimate in facilities.
These include the Roman Road championship course, two new 18-hole courses –
the Ryder Cup Course and The Montgomerie - set to open in summer 2007, a
world-class golf academy featuring a floodlit driving range, practice range,
golf shop and teaching bays and a luxurious golf clubhouse, The Lodge, with
its own bar, restaurant, health club and spa.
Roman Road
Roman Road, the first of the Resort’s courses, opened in 1995 and was
ranked ‘the top inland course in Wales’ by Golf Monthly Magazine.
Overlooking the Severn Estuary with views across to Somerset and Devon, it
was designed by Robert Trent Jones Snr and is named after the many Roman
roads that criss-cross it, the design shaped to avoid disrupting any
remains.
In 1997, £300,000 was invested in under-soil drainage. It has around 15
miles of perforated pipes laid under the fairways to take water away and
provide superb conditions all year round.
The Roman Road course was the host venue in 2005 and 2006 for both The
Celtic Manor Wales Open and the star-studded All*Star Cup, which over the
two years of the event has featured celebrities such as Catherine Zeta
Jones, Michael Douglas, Ronan Keating, Chris Evans, Jodie Kidd, Bruce
Forsyth, William Baldwin, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, James Nesbitt and Jane
Seymour.
The Ryder Cup Course
The new Ryder Cup Course, replacing Wentwood Hills,will be opening late
summer 2007. The course has been designed to start and finish in the valley,
with the hillsides providing a panoramic amphitheatre from which to view the
entire course – and there will be ample space for up to 50,000 spectators to
follow each match, with the redesigned course having only one spectator
crossing.
The new course will feature nine holes from the original Wentwood Hills
and nine spectacular new holes in the valley of the River Usk. The finished
7,459 yard, par 71 course will present players with a challenge of 70
bunkers and four lakes, and will feature six signature holes.
The Montgomerie
The new par 69 Montgomerie course will open in the summer of 2007. The
former Coldra Woods Academy course has been redesigned by Ryder Cup star,
Colin Montgomerie and will also include some of the holes from the former
Wentwood Hills championship course, which hosted five Celtic Manor Wales
Open tournaments between 2000 and 2004. |
