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EspañolCELTIC MANOR RESORT
'The Celtic Manor Resort' is a golf-based resort in the city of Newport, Wales, United Kingdom owned by Welsh/Canadian billionaire Sir Terry Matthews.
It is the venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup, marking the first time the Cup will be played in Wales.
The resort consists of a golf and country club and a hotel. The hotel is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill in urban East Newport. The golf courses themselves extend over the ridge and down the north-facing side of the hill into the rural Vale of Usk, characterised by its rolling countryside.
The resort developed around a Victorian country house which had served as a maternity hospital for much of the 20th century, and was where Sir Terry Matthews was born.
Matthews bought the 19th century manor house in 1980, ploughing £100m into the project. Firstly, the house was renovated and converted into a hotel, while in 1991 plans were unveiled to develop two new golf courses and a convention centre between the manor and the River Usk. Matthews had become friends with golf course architect, the late Robert Trent Jones Sr., whose family roots were in Aberystwyth. Work began on the 'Roman Road' course in 1992 - named after the main route connecting the fortress of Caerleon with the town of Caerwent which cross the land. In 1994 the £10m golf clubhouse, 400-bedroom spa and conference centre were started, as well as the 4,000-yard 'Coldra Woods' course.
Matthews commented that: ''"I think the resort can act as a magnet to draw new investment into Wales from across the UK and overseas. I did my best to put up a building that you can see from the West End of London and I didn't come far short of it!"''[1].
Defunct courses:
★ 'Wentwood Hills' - Opened in 1999 and was the venue for the Celtic Manor Wales Open, on the European Tour from 2000 to 2004. It is being replaced as Celtic Manor's top course by the Ryder Cup Course.
★ 'Coldra Woods' - a par-59 academy course for beginners that opened in 1996 and was replaced by The Montgomerie in July 2007.
Current/future courses:
★ 'The Ryder Cup Course' Wentworth Hills is being remodelled for the 2010 Ryder Cup, making the new version effectively the first course to be purpose built for the tournament. The new course will comprise nine of the existing holes and nine new ones. The layout is intended to allow large galleries to conveniently follow the small number of concurrent matches which are played during the Ryder Cup. The course will have only one fairway crossing, and there will be open views of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes, which will be situated in an amphitheatre. The spectator capacity will be 50,000. The course is scheduled to reopen in time for the 2007 Celtic Manor Wales Open.
★ 'Roman Road' - opened in 1994. Another championship course which hosted the Wales Open in 2005 and 2006 during the conversion of Wentwood Hills into the Ryder Cup Course.
★ 'The Montgomerie' - this is a new par-69 course designed by Colin Montgomerie that opened in July 2007. It replaced the par-59 practice and teaching course course called Coldra Woods which opened in 1996. The new course incorporates elements of both Coldra Woods and Wentwood Hills.
As of 2006, the resort comprises:
★ A 330-bedroom, 32-suite luxury hotel
★ 2 Presidential suites
★ 1,500-delegate convention centre
★ An exhibition Hall
★ 40 function rooms
★ 4 restaurants
★ 2 health clubs
★ 16 treatment room spa
★ 200 capacity planetarium
1. http://www.celticmanor.hcareers.co.uk/
★ Official Celtic Manor website
It is the venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup, marking the first time the Cup will be played in Wales.
| Contents |
| Background |
| Development |
| Golf courses |
| Other facilities |
| References |
| External link |
Background
The resort consists of a golf and country club and a hotel. The hotel is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill in urban East Newport. The golf courses themselves extend over the ridge and down the north-facing side of the hill into the rural Vale of Usk, characterised by its rolling countryside.
Development
The resort developed around a Victorian country house which had served as a maternity hospital for much of the 20th century, and was where Sir Terry Matthews was born.
Matthews bought the 19th century manor house in 1980, ploughing £100m into the project. Firstly, the house was renovated and converted into a hotel, while in 1991 plans were unveiled to develop two new golf courses and a convention centre between the manor and the River Usk. Matthews had become friends with golf course architect, the late Robert Trent Jones Sr., whose family roots were in Aberystwyth. Work began on the 'Roman Road' course in 1992 - named after the main route connecting the fortress of Caerleon with the town of Caerwent which cross the land. In 1994 the £10m golf clubhouse, 400-bedroom spa and conference centre were started, as well as the 4,000-yard 'Coldra Woods' course.
Matthews commented that: ''"I think the resort can act as a magnet to draw new investment into Wales from across the UK and overseas. I did my best to put up a building that you can see from the West End of London and I didn't come far short of it!"''[1].
Golf courses
Defunct courses:
★ 'Wentwood Hills' - Opened in 1999 and was the venue for the Celtic Manor Wales Open, on the European Tour from 2000 to 2004. It is being replaced as Celtic Manor's top course by the Ryder Cup Course.
★ 'Coldra Woods' - a par-59 academy course for beginners that opened in 1996 and was replaced by The Montgomerie in July 2007.
Current/future courses:
★ 'The Ryder Cup Course' Wentworth Hills is being remodelled for the 2010 Ryder Cup, making the new version effectively the first course to be purpose built for the tournament. The new course will comprise nine of the existing holes and nine new ones. The layout is intended to allow large galleries to conveniently follow the small number of concurrent matches which are played during the Ryder Cup. The course will have only one fairway crossing, and there will be open views of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes, which will be situated in an amphitheatre. The spectator capacity will be 50,000. The course is scheduled to reopen in time for the 2007 Celtic Manor Wales Open.
★ 'Roman Road' - opened in 1994. Another championship course which hosted the Wales Open in 2005 and 2006 during the conversion of Wentwood Hills into the Ryder Cup Course.
★ 'The Montgomerie' - this is a new par-69 course designed by Colin Montgomerie that opened in July 2007. It replaced the par-59 practice and teaching course course called Coldra Woods which opened in 1996. The new course incorporates elements of both Coldra Woods and Wentwood Hills.
Other facilities
As of 2006, the resort comprises:
★ A 330-bedroom, 32-suite luxury hotel
★ 2 Presidential suites
★ 1,500-delegate convention centre
★ An exhibition Hall
★ 40 function rooms
★ 4 restaurants
★ 2 health clubs
★ 16 treatment room spa
★ 200 capacity planetarium
References
1. http://www.celticmanor.hcareers.co.uk/
External link
★ Official Celtic Manor website
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