A British golf course that has hosted the Ryder Cup on a record four occasions will unveil its £85 million expansion and renovation project this week.
The Belfry Hotel & Resort, which is owned by Goldman Sachs and the hospitality investment firm Cedar Capital Partners, will open The Masters Suite, a new 852 sq m events space that can host 920 people and overlooks the venue’s Brabazon golf course. The suite already has a pipeline of £10 million in bookings before opening.
The hotel, which has three 18-hole golf courses, often attracts celebrity guests, including Zara and Mike Tindall. The former England rugby player hosts an annual charity event at the Belfry in support of Cure Parkinson’s and The Matt Hampson Foundation, which supports young people seriously injured playing sport.
The resort is located in Wishaw, just outside Birmingham, and is also increasing in size after its renovation, with 149 new bedrooms opening in a new Brabazon House wing, taking the room total to 468. It is opening its first-ever two-bedroom suite, while a new leisure club will include a gym overlooking the golf course, a family friendly swimming pool with a flume, and a sauna.
Paul McGinley celebrates hitting the winning putt for Europe against the USA in the 2002 Ryder Cup, the last time it was held at the Belfry
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The four Ryder Cups held at the Belfry, the most recent of them in 2002, is the most of any venue in the UK or US and it has also hosted 19 European Tour events. It held the British Masters earlier this month.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the Wall Street bank’s property fund, and Cedar Capital Partners bought the venue from the US private equity firm KSL for a reported £140 million in 2021. KSL had itself bought the Belfry for £186 million in 2005.