GOOSEN TO MAKE DEBUT AT

CELTIC MANOR WALES

OPEN IN MAY

Twice US Open champion Retief Goosen will tee up as the biggest international name ever to appear in the Celtic Manor Wales Open when he makes his debut in the £1.5m event this May.
Goosen, pictured right, the world No 3 a year ago, has been one of the leading forces in world golf since winning his first major championship at the 2001 US Open in Tulsa.
He cemented his place among golf’s ‘Big Five’ alongside Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Ernie Els when he won his second US Open with a supreme display of nerveless putting at Shinnecock Hills in 2004.
A truly global golfer with four other US Tour victories to his name, Goosen is second on this year’s Order of Merit after capturing his 14th title on the European Tour International Schedule at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters in January.
The easy-going South African will join a galaxy of stars at the Celtic Manor Wales Open from May 31 to June 3.

Now in its eighth year at the host venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup, and carrying a prize fund of £1.5m, the Celtic Manor Wales Open is one of the top ten events on the European Tour and continues to enjoy a prime early summer date the week after the tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.