twenty ten
12th hole, The Twenty Ten Course
At first glance it’s impressively beautiful.
Even to the untrained eye, The Twenty Ten Course, at
The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport – built to stage
The Ryder Cup this Autumn – is a stunner.
On closer inspection, the details
are even more impressive.
• Around £16 million has been invested • Course plans changed a dozen times It was back in 2001 that the Ryder Cup
in building the new course, clubhouse as new archaeological finds were Committee made the historic announcement
and surrounding infrastructure for uncovered, including Roman pottery that The 38th Ryder Cup would be held at
The Ryder Cup kilns, villa foundations and graves The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport. A central
component of Wales’ successful bid was
• 7,493 yards off the back tees with • Overhead road crossings for dormice
The Celtic Manor Resort’s commitment to
a par of 71, it has 81 bunkers and and underground road crossings for toads
build a new golf course specifically to host
water hazards on half of the holes have been incorporated into the design
The Ryder Cup. The challenge was to develop
• 1.1 million tons of earth and • A 6-metre exclusion zone exists along 18 holes which would provide a supreme
rock were shifted during its two-year the banks of the River Usk to preserve test to the world’s best golfers in match play
long construction otter holts conditions, while ensuring that the course
offered better viewing for spectators than
• Over 15 miles of drainage were laid • Indigenous grasses, plants and wildlife
at any previous Ryder Cup match.
under fairways and greens to ensure have returned to the area of The Twenty
course playability Ten Course since its conversion from
intensive farmland
• 50 separate planning conditions
The Twenty Ten Course opened in July
were adhered to during the course
2007 and many visiting golfers are already
build, to address archaeological and
enjoying the challenges that will confront
ecological issues
the world’s finest players this Autumn.
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