Wales Open

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Wales Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour played at the Celtic Manor Resort. It was played annually from 2000 to 2014, as part of a 15-year deal between the tour and the Celtic Manor Resort, that included staging the 2010 Ryder Cup. The event was not held from 2015 to 2019 but returned in 2020, following a revamp of the European Tour because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

History

The 2001 event was reduced to 36 holes because of heavy rain. The third round was cancelled but organisers had hoped to play a third round on the Sunday. However, that was not possible and the result was decided over the first two rounds. Paul McGinley, Paul Lawrie and Daren Lee were tied at 6-under-par and a playoff was arranged on 12th hole, a par 3, which would be played repeatedly until a winner emerged. Lawrie dropped out of the playoff when he bogeyed the hole at the second attempt, McGinley eventually winning when Lee bogeyed the hole at the fifth try.[1]

There was another playoff in 2004 when Paul Casey and Simon Khan tied on 267, 21-under-par. Casey had a bogey six at the second playoff hole after which Khan holed a 3-foot putt for birdie.[2]

In 2006, Robert Karlsson broke the European Tour's 36-hole and 54-hole scoring records by scoring 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 scores relative to par were a 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 scored 60 in the first round, missing a birdie putt on the 18th green.

Sponsorship

The event started in 2000 as part of a 15-year deal between the European Tour and the Celtic Manor Resort, that included staging the 2010 Ryder Cup. It was originally known as the Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open, becoming the Celtic Manor Wales Open in 2004.

The 2011 event was called the Saab Wales Open under a one-year deal with Saab.[3] From 2012 to 2014, the event became the ISPS Handa Wales Open, with ISPS Handa as the title sponsor, and an initial prize fund in 2012 of £1.8 million.[4] The event was dropped after 2014.[5]

The tournament returned in 2020 as part of a revamp of the European Tour's schedule in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was the fifth event of a 6-week "UK Swing" and was again hosted at Celtic Manor and sponsored by ISPS Handa, although with reduced prize money of €1,000,000.[6][7]

The 2021 event was sponsored by Cazoo as part of a multi-year sponsorship deal which also included the English Open.[8] The event was also backed by international footballer Gareth Bale and called the Cazoo Open supported by Gareth Bale.[9]

Course

The event has always been played at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales. From 2000 to 2004 it was played on the Wentwood Hills course. While that course was being redeveloped for the 2010 Ryder Cup, the Wales Open was played from 2005 to 2007 on the par-69 Roman Road course. From 2008, the event has been played on the Ryder Cup Twenty-Ten course.

The 2021 course layout, at the Twenty-Ten Course[10]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 465 610 189 462 433 452 213 439 580 3,843 210 562 458 189 413 377 477 211 575 3,472 7,315
Metres 425 558 173 422 396 413 195 401 530 3,513 192 514 419 173 378 345 436 193 526 3,176 6,689
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 36 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 35 71

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up PurseTemplate:Efn Winner's
shareTemplate:Efn
Cazoo Open
2022 Template:Flagicon Callum Shinkwin 272 −12 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Connor Syme 1,750,000 297,500
2021 Template:Flagicon Nacho Elvira 268 −16 Playoff Template:Flagicon Justin Harding 1,250,000 191,570
ISPS Handa Wales Open
2020 Template:Flagicon Romain Langasque 276 −8 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Sami Välimäki 1,000,000 156,825
2015−2019: No tournament
2014 Template:Flagicon Joost Luiten 270 −14 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Tommy Fleetwood
Template:Flagicon Shane Lowry		 1,800,000 300,000
2013 Template:Flagicon Grégory Bourdy 276 −8 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Peter Uihlein 1,800,000 300,000
2012 Template:Flagicon Thongchai Jaidee 278 −6 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Thomas Bjørn
Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Template:Flagicon Joost Luiten
Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne		 1,800,000 300,000
Saab Wales Open
2011 Template:Flagicon Alex Norén 275 −9 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Grégory Bourdy
Template:Flagicon Anders Hansen		 1,800,000 300,000
Celtic Manor Wales Open
2010 Template:Flagicon Graeme McDowell 269 −15 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Rhys Davies 1,800,000 300,000
2009 Template:Flagicon Jeppe Huldahl 275 −9 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Niclas Fasth 1,800,000 300,000
2008 Template:Flagicon Scott Strange 262 −22 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Robert Karlsson 1,800,000 300,000
2007 Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne 263 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bradley Dredge
Template:Flagicon Søren Kjeldsen
Template:Flagicon Mardan Mamat
Template:Flagicon Mads Vibe-Hastrup		 1,500,000 250,000
2006 Template:Flagicon Robert Karlsson 260 −16 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Paul Broadhurst 1,500,000 250,000
2005 Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Jiménez 262 −14 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Martin Erlandsson
Template:Flagicon José Manuel Lara		 1,500,000 250,000
2004 Template:Flagicon Simon Khan 267 −21 Playoff Template:Flagicon Paul Casey 1,500,000 250,000
Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open
2003 Template:Flagicon Ian Poulter 270 −18 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Darren Fichardt
Template:Flagicon Jonathan Lomas
Template:Flagicon Jarrod Moseley		 1,500,000 250,000
2002 Template:Flagicon Paul Lawrie 272 −16 5 strokes Template:Flagicon John Bickerton 1,100,000 183,333
2001 Template:Flagicon Paul McGinley 138Template:Efn −6 Playoff Template:Flagicon Paul Lawrie
Template:Flagicon Daren Lee		 750,000 125,000
2000 Template:Flagicon Steen Tinning 273 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon David Howell 750,000 125,000

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See also

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References

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