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Run up to the Ryder Cup: Episode 3

Episode 3

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It's spring, and plans forge ahead at the Celtic Manor course.

It's spring, and the dress rehearsal for the Ryder Cup. Plans forge ahead at the Celtic Manor course but the council is struggling to finish preparations in time.

With just three days left to this year's Ryder Cup tournament, we return to Welsh host city Newport, in South Wales, for the third part of our series following the hectic behind-the-scenes preparations for one of the world's biggest sporting events...

Excitement is beginning to build in the City, as local rappers Goldie Lookin-Chain record a Ryder Cup anthem with Newport City Choir...

But Newport is still far from ready for the world stage; frustrated Newport City Council leader Matthew Evans is chasing up vital refurbishment projects, like floodlights for the City's castle - he threatens to stand there and hold a torch himself...

Meanwhile organisers at the Celtic Manor Resort are gearing up for the Wales Open tournament - their dress rehearsal for the Ryder Cup...

But it's not just golfers that the Celtic Manor have to accommodate, it also has to look after dormice...the resort have had to build footbridges over Ryder Cup coach parks for the protected species.....and if that wasn't enough, there's an historic Roman Road to preserve...

To cap it all, the Tiger Woods uncertainty continues ...everyone wants golf's biggest star to come to the Ryder Cup ...but will he return to form in time?

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Follows the preparations for the 2010 Ryder Cup in South Wales

As the 2010 Ryder Cup tees off at the Celtic Manor course in South Wales, this programme follows the preparations of Newport council as they try to make the event a success

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