Newport - Host City for The 2010 Ryder Cup

After so many years of planning and preparation, Ryder Cup Wales 2010 has finally taken place. The 38th Ryder Cup Matches was held at The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport over 1st to 3rd October 2010 - the first Ryder Cup for Wales! It was clear that an enormous amount of effort went into making sure this fantastic opportunity to promote the whole of Wales to the world was fully exploited. Tribute was paid not only to the players and to Sir Terry Mathews, but also to the army of volunteers who worked around the clock to keep the ground playable.

The Ryder Cup was televised in more than 200 countries, and each day (Friday to Sunday) 45,000 visitors came to the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport.  On Monday there were 35,000 visitors.  This was the first Monday play in the cup's 83-year history because more than half the average monthly rainall for October fell between at Celtic Manor between 5:30pm on Thursday and 10am on Sunday.

"This has been the best week of my golfing life, by far," McIlroy said in the Daily Telegraph, "I truly believe that this is the best golf tournament in the world".