http://www.ryderdiary.com Ryder Cup news, views, opinions and history. Everything you need to know about the Ryder Cup past, present and future. Brought to you by Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:10:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 38th Ryder Cup Matches will be held in Wales in the Celtic Manor Resort which is located in the beautiful Usk valley close to Newport in South Wales. For accommodation for the event contact the Ryder Cup Travel Services who are co-ordinating bookings for the majority of hotels within a ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-wales/ The RyderDiary.com is the definitive Ryder Cup Blog. We are all Ryder Cup ALL the time. We are always interested in new contributors and what you have to say, so if you are passionate (and knowledgeable) about the Ryder Cup and have some interesting insight we'd be delighted to hear ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-blog/ The game's greatest player will not be playing in this year's Ryder Cup in Valhalla. News that Tiger will have reconstructive surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his left knee emerged today from his personal website. Tiger's golfing accomplishments in the last twelve months seem even greater with the ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/no-tiger-in-kentucky/ With just 16 weeks of golf remaining before European captain Nick Faldo finalises his team for Ryder Cup 2008, it does appear likely that the European team will feature quite a few new faces in Valhalla. Some of the veterans of the 2006 victory, and indeed of many previous victories, will ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/new-faces-on-the-european-team/ You know the Ryder Cup season is firmly in train when the first PR salvos are fired! In a recent article in the UK paper Mail on Sunday Paul Azinger loosed the following shot across Nick Faldo's bow... "Nick Faldo has tried to redefine himself," "I'd say he is both who ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-captains-spat/ Jose Maria Olazabal, vice-captain of the European team in this year's Ryder Cup is almost certainly going to contribute in a non-playing role only. Olazabal has played in seven Ryder Cups, most recently in Ireland in 2006. He has battled bravely against different forms of rheumatism and arthritis for over ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/olazabal-wont-be-teeing-it-up-in-september/ Match-play format, where players compete directly against each other to win each hole, is rarely employed on the major golf tours. This is primarily due to the impracticality of arranging a tournament in head-to-head fashion, in contrast to the standard practice of allowing 100+ professionals to measure themselves against the ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/match-play-format-certainly-suits-tiger/ The captain of the American team for Ryder Cup 2008, Paul Azinger, has already shown great determination to do whatever it takes to wrestle the Cup back to the Americans in Valhalla in September. He introduced a radical shake up to team selection by doubling the size of his personal ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/will-a-change-in-format-bring-a-change-in-outcome/ Louisville is host to the Ryder Cup 2008, which will be held at Valhalla Golf Club just outside the city in September 2008. The city is preparing to host the event in style with a wide ranging program planned in the lead up to the Ryder Cup matches. The city is ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-louisville/ Elin Nordegren Woods settled her libel case against The Dubliner magazine in the High Court in Dublin for a reported sum of $183,250 and an apology. She has indicated that the settlement will be donated to a cancer charity in honour of Heather Clarke. Elin Nordegren Woods, welcomed the outcome of the ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/elin-nordegren-woods-settles-case/ The 40th anniversary Ryder Cup matches will be held on the Centenary Course at Gleneagles in 2014. Gleneagles has a special historic connection with the event as it was here that the precursor of the Ryder Cup was held in 1921. This informal competition between British and American teams was ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-gleneagles/ The Ryder Cup Diary provides comprehensive information on the Ryder Cup. It's a valuable resource for those who want to attend and are looking for information on the Ryder Cup 2008 at Valhalla or the Ryder Cup 2010 in Wales, for those looking for information on the History of the ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-information/ If you're going to Valhalla for the Ryder Cup and you haven't already found a Ryder Cup Hotel you'd want to sort out your accommodation pronto. Several of the big downtown Louisville hotels, such as The Brown and The Seelbach Hilton, are already sold out for the Ryder Cup dates. ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/hotels-for-ryder-cup-2008-selling-out/ Paul McGinley has tendered his resignation as Vice Captain of the Ryder Cup Team for Valhalla. McGinley who was chosen by Nick Faldo as one of his two assistants for the event back in May has now announced that he would prefer to compete for a playing place on the team. "On ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/mcginley-resigns/ The race for a place on the European Ryder Cup Team for Valhalla (2008) began today at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland today. The year long points race to qualify for one of the 10 automatic places on the Ryder Cup 2008 team began with this event in Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/omega-european-masters-kicks-off-race-for-valhalla/ Darren Clarke was in the news again today when he slammed the Gleneagles Centenary course as a venue for the 2014 Ryder Cup Matches. The Centenary course was designed by the legendary golfer and course designer Jack Nicklaus, however Clarke's comments after his first round on the course, while playing ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/centenary-golf-course-criticised-by-clarke/ UPDATED (17 August 2007): The latest standings for the US Ryder Cup team are shown below. This is following the last qualifying event of the year, the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma, under the new US Ryder Cup qualification system. There's a lot of change further ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-points-us/ The Ryder Cup is often mis-spelt by those searching for it as Rider Cup.This article is just to alert you to the fact that the event is spelled with a Y after Samuel Ryder the original patron of the event. The Ryder Diary has a wealth of information on the History, ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/rider-cup/ Paul Azinger has announced his assistants for Ryder Cup 2008 - They are Raymond Floyd, Dave Stockton and Olin Browne. Floyd and Stockton are both former Ryder Cup Captains and Olin is a Tour regular. Raymond Floyd (64) is a four-time majors champion and a veteran of eight Ryder Cup campaigns, posting ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/floyd-browne-and-stockton-chosen-by-azinger/ A scam selling Counterfeit Ryder Cup Tickets worth over £10,000 was uncovered in court yesterday. A Welsh man sold fake tickets to unsuspecting golf fans on both sides of the Atlantic by using the online auction site Ebay. The judge imposed a custodial sentence of 9 months on the 22 ... http://www.ryderdiary.com/ryder-cup-ticket-fraud/