How will the Celtic Manor Resort improve on previous Ryder Cups?
As the first course ever to be designed and built specifically to stage The Ryder Cup, The Twenty Ten Course not only offers the ultimate playing test with dramatic match play options, it will also be the most spectator-friendly course ever to host the event. More spectators than ever before will be able to see the action on the closing holes because of the huge natural hillside which flanks the fairways. These banks offer great viewing of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th holes and as many as 45,000 spectators will be able to view these holes. Many of these vantage points have the added bonus of being able to see several more holes in the lower section of the course. Spectator movement will also be easier around the course which will require only a small number of fairway crossings. As The Ryder Cup continues to grow, the 2010 tournament will have a much bigger tented village than previous events and this will be sited on the regular practice ground for The Twenty Ten Course with an addit