Where is Wales' next male golf star coming from?

Where is Wales' next male golf star coming from? To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Open Championship: Focus shifts in bid to produce stars as Wales misses out againByGareth VincentBBC Sport WalesPublished5 minutes agoThe Open Championship returns this week to Royal Birkdale, scene of some of the finest moments in Welsh golfing history.But there will be no Welsh representation in the field as Britain's men's major gets under way on Thursday.It has been a familiar tale in recent years, with no Welsh player featuring at the Open since Oliver Farr came through qualifying in 2023.Wales' recent Open record is miserable, while golf's men's world rankings do not make pretty reading from a Welsh perspective either.As it stands, Wales' highest-placed player is 29-year-old Jack Davidson, who is ranked 953rd in the world.But at Wales Golf, the sport's governing body, there is belief that better days are ahead.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Welsh golfers (left to right) Ian Woosnam, Dai Rees, Jamie Donaldson and Phillip Price all managed top-10 major finishes during their careers, with Woosnam winning the Masters in 1991Farr, 38, is the only Welsh player to feature in the Open – having done so in 2022 and 2023 - since Rhys Enoch qualified in 2018.Enoch is the most recent Welshman to make the cut, having finished 67th at Carnoustie.Wales has never produced an Open winner, though Dai Rees – with three – Dave Thomas – two – and Brian Huggett have six runner-up finishes between them and Ian Woosnam twice finished third, in 1986 and 2001.Birkdale was the scene of two of Rees' near misses, in 1954 and 1961, while Huggett also finished second at the Southport course, in 1965.Yet this week, Wales' golfers are left watching from afar, with Owen Edwards – the world number 1,474 – coming closest to making it through final qualifying last month only to miss...