The Celtic Manor Wales Open is a European Tour golf tournament which was founded in 2000 and is played each June. The event is hosted at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, South Wales, that is also to be the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup. The tournament was originally played over the resort's Wentwood Hills course, but while that course was being redeveloped in readiness for the Ryder Cup, for three years it was played over the Roman Road course. Since 2008, the event has been played on the Ryder Cup Twenty-Ten course. The 2008 prize fund was £1.8 million or €2.3 million. 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 course was a par 69, which is rare at this level, his to-par scores were a much less remarkable 14 under after two rounds and 18 under after three. He 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.
Past Winners 2009 Jeppe Huldahl 2008 Scott Strange 2007 Richard Sterne 2006 Robert Karlsson 2005 Ángel Jiménez 2004 Simon Khan 2003 Ian Poulter 2002 Paul Lawrie 2001 Paul McGinley 2000 Steen Tinning
