Venue							Promoter
The Celtic Manor Resort Coldra Woods Newport South Wales NP18 1HQ Tel: +44 1633 413 000 Fax: +44 1633 410 309 Location: M4 junction 24, A48 towards Newport Nearest Airport: Bristol (50 mins), Cardiff (45 mins)							Dylan Matthews Chief Executive, The Celtic Manor Resort The Celtic Manor Resort Coldra Woods Newport South Wales  NP18 1HQ Tel: +44 (0) 1633 410 318 Fax: +44 (0) 1633 410 345 Email: specialevents@celtic-manor.com Course Website: www.celtic-manor.com Tournament Website: www.walesopen.com

Greens
Type of grass - Creeping Bent, Poa
Height of cut - 2.75mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10'6"

Fairways
Type of grass - Rye, Bent, Fescue, Poa
Height of cut - 11mm

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Rye, Bent, Fescue, Poa
Height of cut - 9mm

Rough
Type of grass - Fescue, Smooth Stalked Meadow
Height of cut - semi 25mm, intermediate 57mm, rough 90mm

Weather
Weather in advance - very dry throughout April and May
Forecast for tournament - rain on Monday then dry and warm for the rest of the week

Course
Opened - 2007 (original Wentwood Hills course opened in 1999
Course designer - holes 1-5, 14 and 16-18 are completely new (designed by Ross McMurray from European Golf Design), the remaining holes, which formed part of the Wentwood Hills course, were originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, with some minor modification by EGD
Undulating / flat - generally quite flat with change of elevation on holes 15-18
Tree lined / exposed - open to the elements
Many / few water hazards - there are water hazards on 10 of the holes

Other features
The course sits in the USK Valley and borders to the river USK