For a small country, Wales manages to cram quite a bit in: 641 castles, 687 miles of coastline - and around 200 golf courses. The Twenty Ten course at the Celtic Manor Resort is the first course built to host a Ryder Cup and was designed by European Golf Design. “Golf as it should be” is how Wales promotes itself as a golf tourism destination and you have the choice of playing beneath the shadow of a castle, on parkland courses or in mountain settings and on inspirational links. The first European Tour event in Wales was the Dunlop Masters in St Pierre in 1973 and in Ian Woosnam, Wales has one Major Champion.