Wales Open

ISPS Handa Wales Open
Tournament information
Location Newport, Wales, U.K.
Established 2000
Course(s) Celtic Manor Resort
Twenty-Ten Course
Par 71
Length 7,352 yards (6,723 m)[1]
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £1,800,000
Month played September
Final year 2014
Tournament record score
Aggregate 260 Robert Karlsson (2006)
To par −22 Scott Strange (2008)
Final champion
Netherlands Joost Luiten

The Wales Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 2000 and played annually through 2014. The event was hosted at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, South Wales, also the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup. The tournament was originally played over the resort's Wentwood Hills course, through 2004. While that course was being redeveloped for the Ryder Cup, the Wales Open was played for three years (2005–07) on the Roman Road course, a par-69 venue. Since 2008, the event has been played on the Ryder Cup Twenty-Ten course. The tournament has previously been known as the Saab Wales Open and the Celtic Manor Wales Open due to past sponsorship deals.

ISPS Handa (International Sports Promotion Society) became the title sponsor in 2012 and the prize fund that year was £1.8 million.[2]

Records

In 2006, Sweden's Robert Karlsson broke the European Tour's 36-hole and 54-hole scoring records by shooting 124 for the first two rounds and 189 for the first three. However, as the Roman Road course was a par-69, rare at the professional level, his to-par scores were slightly less remarkable 14-under after two rounds and 18-under after three. Karlsson shot two-over-par for the final round, but still won. In the same year, Phillip Archer posted a score of 60 in the first round, which would have been a 59 but for a missed birdie putt on the 18th green.

Course

The 2013 course layout, at the Twenty-Ten Course of the Celtic Manor Resort[1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4656101894614334522134395803,8422105624581894133774772116133,5107,352
Metres4255581734223964131954015303,5131925144191733783454361935613,2116,724
Par453444345363543444353571

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
(€)		Winner's
share (€)
ISPS Handa Wales Open
2014Joost Luiten Netherlands270−141 strokeEngland Tommy Fleetwood
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry		2,254,680375,780
2013Grégory Bourdy France276−82 strokesUnited States Peter Uihlein2,101,373348,660
2012Thongchai Jaidee Thailand278−61 strokeDenmark Thomas Bjørn
Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Netherlands Joost Luiten
South Africa Richard Sterne		2,229,228372,720
Saab Wales Open
2011Alexander Norén Sweden275−92 strokesFrance Grégory Bourdy
Denmark Anders Hansen		2,040,689344,358
Celtic Manor Wales Open
2010Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland269−153 strokesWales Rhys Davies2,118,254350,940
2009Jeppe Huldahl Denmark275−91 strokeSweden Niclas Fasth2,073,926343,086
2008Scott Strange Australia262−224 strokesSweden Robert Karlsson2,270,187376,671
2007Richard Sterne South Africa263−131 strokeWales Bradley Dredge
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
Singapore Mardan Mamat
Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup		2,216,194368,812
2006Robert Karlsson Sweden260−163 strokesEngland Paul Broadhurst2,177,968364,352
2005Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain262−144 strokesSweden Martin Erlandsson
Spain José Manuel Lara		2,207,900362,568
2004Simon Khan England267−21PlayoffEngland Paul Casey2,274,124375,092
Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
2003Ian Poulter England270−183 strokesSouth Africa Darren Fichardt
England Jonathan Lomas
Australia Jarrod Moseley		2,112,186347,360
2002Paul Lawrie Scotland272−165 strokesEngland John Bickerton1,753,869291,432
2001Paul McGinley Ireland138*−6PlayoffScotland Paul Lawrie
England Daren Lee		1,228,125201,685
2000Steen Tinning Denmark273−151 strokeEngland David Howell1,213,353199,839

* - Tournament was reduced to 36 holes in 2001 due to bad weather.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Wales Open: venue – Course Info – Card of Course". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "ISPS Handa sponsorship boost for Wales Open". PGA European Tour. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Wales Open: tournament history". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

Coordinates: 51°36′27″N 2°56′00″W / 51.60750°N 2.93333°W / 51.60750; -2.93333

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