Celtic Manor chiefs not resting on their laurels

AS Europe’s professional golfers get ready to tee it up at Celtic Manor in this weekend’s Wales Open, there will be more than a passing interest in how work is progressing on the par 72 Wentwood Hills course in readiness for the 2010 Ryder Cup.

Set on 1,400 acres of rolling Welsh parkland close to the Severn Estuary, the Celtic Manor resort boasts three championship courses Wentwood Hills, Roman Road and Coldra Woods that have already earned rave reviews.

Its designer, Robert Trent Jones Jnr, has described the par 72 Wentwood Hills as "a true championship course that combines a hilly landscape with the more traditional links-like features of an estuary. There's great variety here".