Wales Seniors Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport, Wales |
| Established | 2001 |
| Course(s) | Celtic Manor Resort |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,528 yards (5,969 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | £250,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2016 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 198 Zhang Lianwei (2016) |
| To par | −12 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Zhang Lianwei | |
| Location map | |
The Wales Seniors Open was a golf tournament on the European Senior Tour from 2001 to 2016. The prize fund was £250,000 in 2016.
Tournament hosts
[edit]- 2001–05 Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech
- 2006 Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort, Hensol
- 2007–08, 2012 Conwy Golf Club, Caernarvonshire
- 2009–10, 2013 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl
- 2015–16 Celtic Manor Resort, Newport
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSE Enterprise Wales Senior Open | |||||||
| 2016 | Zhang Lianwei |
198 | −12 | 3 strokes |  Paul Broadhurst |
Celtic Manor | |
| 2015 | Paul Wesselingh |
203 | −7 | 2 strokes |  Peter Fowler Ian Woosnam |
Celtic Manor | |
| 2014: No tournament | |||||||
| Speedy Services Wales Senior Open | |||||||
| 2013 | Philip Golding |
211 | −2 | 2 strokes | David J. Russell |
Royal Porthcawl | |
| 2012 | Barry Lane |
209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Philip Golding |
Conwy | |
| 2011: No tournament | |||||||
| Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | |||||||
| 2010 |  John Bland |
208 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Ángel Franco Chris Williams |
Royal Porthcawl | |
| 2009 | Bertus Smit |
211 | −5 | 4 strokes | David Merriman |
Royal Porthcawl | |
| 2008 | Peter Mitchell |
213 | −3 | 2 strokes | Ian Woosnam |
Conwy | |
| 2007 | Carl Mason (2) |
210 | −6 | 2 strokes |  Ross Drummond Juan Quirós |
Conwy | |
| Firstplus Wales Seniors Open | |||||||
| 2006 | José Rivero |
212 | −4 | 1 stroke | Juan Quirós David J. Russell Sam Torrance Géry Watine |
The Vale | |
| Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | |||||||
| 2005 | Carl Mason |
202 | −5 | 5 strokes |  Bob Charles Denis O'Sullivan |
Royal St David's | |
| 2004 |  Ray Carrasco |
203 | −4 | 1 stroke | David Oakley |
Royal St David's | |
| 2003 | Bill Longmuir |
199 | −8 | 3 strokes | David Oakley |
Royal St David's | |
| Wales Seniors Open | |||||||
| 2002 |  Seiji Ebihara |
203 | −4 | 3 strokes | Denis Durnian Christy O'Connor Jnr |
Royal St David's | |
| 2001 | Denis Durnian |
208 | +1 | 1 stroke | Jay Horton |
Royal St David's | |