There will be a 2km exclusion zone for cars in Straffan for the duration of the Ryder Cup. Kildare County Council have published that official map of road closures as a large PDF here (979KB) We’ve created a smaller JGP image of it here (146KB) (or simply click on the image above for a larger …
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Harrington, McGinley and Olazabal – Ryder Cup Qualification Battle in Munich
The last qualifying event for the European Ryder Cup team tees off today at the BMW International Open in Munich and it really has come down to the wire. The current European Ryder Cup points sees seven players secure in their automatic qualification spots however Padraig Harrington, Paul McGinley and Jose Maria Olazábal can still …
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Darren Clarke Wants to Play
Darren Clarke has confirmed that he would like to play in the Ryder Cup and would like to be considered for one of the two wildcard picks. Amid lots of media speculation that Woosnam has offered Darren one of the places on the team, Darren’s management team have now confirmed his interest in playing. In …
European Ryder Cup Points – August 30th
The Ryder Cup is firmly within view now. The US Ryder Cup team is finalised (and the US Captain’s picks announced) and as we enter the last week of the European qualifying competitions the team is beginning to become clear. This week see Olazabal re-entering the World Cup Points list putting the pressure back on …
No Drug Testing
I was amazed to learn that there is no drug testing in professional golf! As a newcomer to golf I just assumed that like most other international sports there would be random tests for performance enhancing substances – not so. Greg Norman the former world No1 recently brought the subject into the limelight insisting that …
Ryder Cup News
Tiger Woods completed a successful defense of his title at the Bridgestone world championship in Akron last night. This is his 4th victory in a row and must be a big boost to the morale of the US Ryder Cup Team as their star player is definitely on form (after a very shaky start to …
US Team Warm Up
Tom Lehman is bringing the US team over to visit the K Club in advance of their forthcoming Ryder Cup campaign. The team will be at the K Club next Monday and Tuesday (28th 29th) to play a few practice rounds. Woods and Mickelson who were previously thought to be set to miss the trip, …
Ryder Cup Stamps
An Post (the Irish Postal service) has launched an official Ryder Cup commemorative stamp collection in honour of Ireland’s hosting of the Ryder Cup Matches at the K Club. There are 4 stamps in this series which depict the progress of a shamrock marked golf ball around a golf course, the stamps can be puchased …
Ryder Cup Ticket Competitions
Well it’s getting to that time isn’t it? Team USA is now picked for better or worse and Team Europe will be decided at the BMW international open. Tickets are sold out as everyone knows at this stage. Tickets are like gold dust and the only way to buy one is to pay through the …
European Ryder Cup Points – August 21
The Ryder Cup is firmly within view now. This week saw the US Ryder Cup team finalised (and the US Captain’s picks announced) and as we enter the last weeks of the European qualifying competitions the team is beginning to become clear. There’s still a lot of competition for those last places. Here’s the latest …