RYDER CUP WALES SENIORS OPEN
HEADS BACK TO CONWY, N WALES

After making history last year by becoming the first course in Wales to stage Local Final Qualifying for the Open Championship, Conwy Golf Club will host its second prestigious golf event in 12 months when the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open heads to the scenic Caernarvonshire venue from June 15-17.
The £500,000 tournament carries the second largest prize fund on the 2007 European Seniors Tour schedule and should attract one of the strongest fields of the year with José Rivero of Spain the defending champion.
Rivero won by a stroke at The Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort near Cardiff last year and the 2006 Hardys Rookie of the Year can expect to find fellow Ryder Cup players Gordon J Brand, Eamonn Darcy and Sam Torrance among his leading challengers when the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open moves back to North Wales this summer.
The cream of European Seniors golf will be tested to the full over a genuine links course which has been toughened up under the guidance of the R&A.
Located along the North Wales coast, in the shadow of Conwy Mountain, the 6,935 yard par 72 lay-out stretches out on a stunning peninsula and its tight fairways are lined by penal rough that can punish any wayward shots.
In recent years the course has benefited from new bunkering while the high standards are matched off the course in the refurbished locker rooms and excellent catering facilities.
“All in all it promises to be the perfect venue for the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open, which is always one of the most eagerly anticipated tournaments of the year,” commented Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Seniors Tour.
“Golf enthusiasts from North Wales and beyond were wonderfully supportive when the tournament was staged at Royal St David’s in Harlech between 2001 and 2005, and we look forward to welcoming all of them to Conwy for what promises to be a highlight of the golfing summer in Wales.”