Ryder Cup
Team-based men's golf competition between European and American professionals
Golf tournament
The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between European and United States teams. The competition is contested every two years, with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe, the latter a joint venture of the PGA European Tour (60%), the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (20%), and the PGAs of Europe (20%).[1][2]
Initially contested between Great Britain and the United States, the first official Ryder Cup took place in the United States in at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. The home team won the first five contests. Still, with the competition's resumption after the Second World War, repeated American dominance eventually led to a decision to extend the representation of "Great Britain and Ireland" to include continental Europe from The inclusion of continental European golfers was partly prompted by the success of a new gener
The Ryder Cup will be here before you know it.
While it's just under one year away, golf fans are already prepping for the biennial competition as it returns to the United States.
There's still plenty of unknowns for the event -- most notably who will be playing. But we do have all the details about the course, dates and format, which will be analyzed in the lead up to the competition.
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Here's everything to know about the Ryder Cup:
When is the Ryder Cup?
The next Ryder Cup will take place from Sept. ,
Where will the Ryder Cup be played?
The U.S. will host the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island.
When was the last American course to host the Ryder Cup?
The last Ryder Cup played in the U.S. was in , when it was held at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. The United States team defeated Europe in that competition.
Every year since the first Ryder Cup in , the host has rotated back and forth between the U.S. and Europe at different courses.
What is the Ryder Cup format?
Buckle up, because the format and
Ryder Cup qualification Latest standings, points for Team USA and Team Europe ahead of Bethpage Black
Four Europeans have won PGA Tour titles in five weeks in Ludvig Åberg, Thomas Detry, Rory McIlroy and Sepp Straka as the race to qualify for this year's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black hots up.
On Sunday, Ryder Cup star &#;berg produced a brilliant late birdie burst to snatch a one-shot victory over Maverick McNealy at the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational, live on Sky Sports Golf. It is a title win that has moved &#;berg up to fourth in the latest world rankings.
The win follows victories from Austria's Straka at The American Express, Northern Ireland's McIlroy at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Belgium's Detry at the WM Phoenix Open - all great signs for Europe ahead of the challenge that awaits them later this year.
Luke Donald returns as Ryder Cup captain for the biennial contest, where he will be looking to lead Europe to back-to-back victories and a first success on American soil since featuring as a player in the 'Miracle at Medinah'.
Europe won in Rome in under Donald's leadership but face a tough challenge and a boisterous New York crowd against Keegan Bradley's
Ryder Cup
| Ryder Cup | |
| Sport(er) | Golf |
|---|---|
| Plats | Europa, USA |
| År | |
| Geografisk omfattning | Europa, USA |
| Regerande mästare | Europa () |
| Flest titlar | USA (27) |
Ryder Cup är en lagtävling i golf (matchspel) som spelas vartannat år mellan USA och ett ihopplockat lag med spelare från de europeiska länderna. Ryder Cup är den mest prestigeladdade tävlingen utanför herrarnas majors och handlar om vilken av de två världsdelarna som har de bästa golfspelarna.
Den första tävlingen spelades och var mellan Storbritannien och USA. USA dominerade stort och kom Storbritannien att kompletteras med Republiken Irland och från kom hela Europa att ingå. Tävlingen spelas vartannat år och arrangeras varannan gång av USA och Europa.
Historia
Tävlingen grundades av engelsmannenSamuel Ryder (). Ryder arbetade på sin fars plantskola då han startade landets första postorderföretag inom home-gardening, trädgårdsskötsel. Affärsidén blev en succé och Ryder blev mycket förmögen men trappade under medelåldern ner på affärerna. Han började att spela golf 50 år gammal och gick snabbt ner till hcp 6. Han träffade Abe Mitchell och anställde honom som sin per
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