Colin Montgomerie was presented with the BBC Coach of the Year award for his work with the Ryder Cup Team. Without wishing to denigrate his magnificent achievement in Captaining the winning team, this was a bit of a populist blooper by the BBC. The Ryder Cup Captain’s role has absolutely nothing to do with coaching. Giving this award to Monty undermines the terrific work being done by golf coaches like Pete Cowen. In 2010, Cowen schooled Westwood to the world number one spot, McDowell to the US Open and coached the top three finishers at the Open Championship. That’s real coaching.
Paddy Power drew fire from organisers with the errection of a massive “HOLLYWOOD” style sign in a field overlooking the event.
Celtic Manor owner described Paddy Power as scum following the “guerrilla marketing” stunt outside the boundaries of Celtic Manor as the Ryder Cup got underway on Monday. Following the court case Paddy Power has been given 3 days to disassemble the sign at Celtic Manor and leave the Ryder Cup to carry on un-Paddied!
We’re always getting enquiries for the odd years. This is just to let you know that there is no Ryder Cup Match scheduled for 2011. Ryder Cup 2012 is the next Ryder Cup Match and it will be played in Medinah Country Club in Illinois.
Ryder Cup 2012 will be hosted by the US at Medinah Country Club in Illinois. This is a historic club which dates back to the 1920’s and it’s clubhouse has a unique architectural style.
Medinah Country Club
The PGA Championships of 1999 and 2006 and US Opens of 1949, 1975 and 1990 were all played a Medinah.
Congratulations to Europe on their 14.5 to 13.5 win over the US!
Fantastic golf which is a testament to the Ryder Cup. The US team started well and cranked up their play today to take this to the 17th on the last match. Great excitement!
Europe Lead 9 1/2 to 6 1/2 after the 3rd session which Europe won 5 1/2 to 1/2
Foursomes
L. Donald / L. Westwood V S. Stricker / T. Woods Europe Wins 6 & 5
G. McDowell / R. McIlroy V Z. Johnson / H. Mahan Europe Wins 3 & 1
Fourballs
P. Harrington / R. Fisher V J. Furyk / D. Johnson Europe Wins 2 & 1
P. Hanson / M. Jimenez V B. Watson / J. Overton Europe Wins 2Up
E. Molinari / F. Molinari V S. Cink / M. Kuchar Halved
I. Poulter / M. Kaymer V P. Mickelson / R. Fowler Europe Wins 2 & 1
Due the the extensive rain stoppages to play and the torrential rain last night that left the course heavily waterlogged, the singles matches will now be rescheduled for Monday morning. This is the first time in 83 years that Ryder Cup matches will finish on a Monday.
Singles matches will take place Monday morning, beginning at 9:05am local time (4:05am U.S. ET).
Access to tomorrows matches will be restricted to those with a season pass for all days or Sunday passes. This has caused some upset amongst the fans who endured 7 hours of rain on Friday to see only a very limited amount of Ryder Cup action…
