As you probably know, tickets for the 2006 Ryder Cup are like gold dust! The official lottery is completed and if you didn’t get one there you’re probably going to have to pay in the region of €3000 for a ticket! (If you’re lucky). We’re constantly on the lookout for competitions (if you come across …
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Ryder Cup News Roundup – Week 17
Another busy week this week for Ryder Cup news and a day or too late on my part too so lets jump straight in starting this week with Team USA. A result which just didn’t make it into the previous weeks roundup was Tim Herron’s excellent win after a play-off with Sweden’s Richard Johnson in …
Is Lehman up to leading Team USA to Ryder Cup Victory?
Tom Lehman’s captaincy has been dogged by controversy and sniping at his record from the outset from both sides of the Atlantic. Firstly, but only briefly, let’s touch on his reputation in Europe. This is based one could say almost exclusively upon his conduct in the infamous “walking across the green” incident in the 1999 …
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Ryder Cup Results – The History
The History of the results of the Ryder Cup Matches is as follows: Team USA has won the trophy 24 times and held the trophy once through a tie as the incumbant. Team Europe (in it’s various guises over the years) has one the competition 9 times and held the trophy once through a tie …
Ryder Cup News Roundup – Week 18
Well the the race for Ryder Cup points is really starting in earnest this week on both sides of the Atlantic. On the European side the major event contributing to Ryder Cup points was the Nissan Irish Open. The event was badly effected with weather delays and was only concluded today on the fifth day …
Ryder Cup Weather
Ahhh the Irish weather. Never has a topic of conversation consumed a nation as much as the weather does in Ireland. Visitors to the country are often bemused as to the amount of time given over to the weather in everyday conversation. Most talk is given over to the upcoming weather, a little less to …
Ryder Cup – The Course
The 36th Ryder Cup Matches in September 2006 will be played on the Arnold Palmer designed North course at the K Club. The course was finished in 1991 on what was then a 330 acre estate with mature woodlands and the river Liffey flowing through it. Arnold Palmer and his right hand man Ed Seay …
Ryder Cup News Roundup – Week 19
The race for Ryder Cup points for the European Team started in earnest this week with the Quinn Direct British Masters at the Belfry being the first of a number of major events which contribute to Ryder Cup points. Sweden’s Johan Edfors was the eventual winner with the early pace-setter Daren Clarke unable maintain his …
Format of the Ryder Cup – How does it all work?
The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will take place in Ireland between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th September 2006. Over the course of three days Team Europe will take on Team USA competing for a total of 28 points and of course the Ryder Cup Trophy (not to mention the even more valuable bragging rights for …
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Ryder Cup – How to get to the K Club
If you’re travelling the the 36th Ryder Cup Matches and want to know how to get to the K Club this article is to help you figure out where it is and what resources are available online to get you there. First of all here’s a map of the route from Dublin. The K Club …