Archive for June, 2008

Ryder Cup Wales

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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 30 mile radius. Their (UK) contact number is 0870 755 3004.

Tickets will as usual be issued by lottery to be announced after the 2008 event – we’ll keep you posted…

Wales has some wonderful courses that are worth a visit if you are traveling to the event, including the Royal St Davids, which dates back to 1894, Cardigan and Cradoc – to mention just a few. Feel free to let us know what your favourite Welsh course is and why…

Ryder Cup Blog

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

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 from you…

We’re interested in anything Ryder Cup related from Ryder Cup History to Ryder Cup News

No Tiger in Kentucky!

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

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 news that he ruptured his ACL shortly after last year’s Open Championship yet since then has battled on to win ten of the thirteen tournaments in which he has played (btw, the other three were two second-place finishes and one fifth-place!). Even more extraordinary is the news that he also has a double stress fracture of his left tibia. One can only speculate how well Tiger could be playing if he was fully fit!

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