The television viewer numbers for the 2006 Ryder Cup are now available for the US, UK and Irish markets. The Sunday Times reports that the total number for these 3 major markets was just over 6 million viewers (the peak numbers were 4.6M in the US, 1.1M in the UK and 600 in Ireland). The …
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Ryder Cup
So the 36th Ryder Cup Matches have been completed and Europe have romped home to a record 3rd in a row victory, where does that leave us? Well for some of us it’s onward to Valhalla and the 37th Ryder Cup but in the meantime where does this crushing defeat leave the US team and …
Ryder Cup Results
Team Europe 18.5 – Team USA 9.5 Congratulations to the European team on an emphatic victory. Singles results: Colin Montgomerie Won 1 Up v David Toms Sergio Garcia v Stewart Cink Won 4&3 Paul Casey Won 2&1 v Jim FurykRobert Karlsson v Tiger Woods Won 3&2
Ryder Cup Singles Draw
All the strategising is complete and the two captains have laid out their team line-ups for the final day. Monty leads the charge for the Europeans as he has done so impressively and successfully in the past. Europe need just four and a half points to win. Based on the evidence of the first two …
Ryder Cup – Day 2 Summary
Just as in Brookline in 1999, Europe take a 10-6 lead into the final day of the Ryder Cup. The memories of Justin Leonard’s epic comeback on that Sunday afternoon still linger sufficiently with the European team to prevent any complacency from developing in their thoughts and behaviour. Paranoia aside, the European team has performed …
Ryder Cup – Day 2 Update
With the morning fourballs reaching an exciting conclusion, the pairings for the afternoon foursomes have been announced. Garcia/Donald v Mickelson/Toms Monty/Westwood v Campbell/Taylor Casey/Howell v Cink/Johnson Harrington/McGinley v Furyk/Woods USA will be facing a deficit of anywhere between two and four points going into the foursomes and will need the big guns to deliver. Once …
Ryder Cup – Day 2 Pairings
With the score standing at Europe 5 USA 3, the action begins all over again on Saturday morning at 8am with these pairings: 8.00: Cink/Henry v Casey/Karlsson 8.15: Mickelson/DiMarco v Garcia/Olazabal 8.30: Woods/Furyk v Clarke/Westwood 8.45: Verplank/Johnson v Stenson/Harrington
Ryder Cup Foursomes – A Game of Three Halves
Often, the foursome format can be a greater differentiator than the fourball given the absence of a second chance to cover for a mistake but this afternoon saw an amazingly tight contest with all four games ending on the 18th green. Only the wonderful Sergio Garcia and his partner Luke Donald ended victorious over the …
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Ryder Cup Fourballs Results – Day 1
Europe lead by 2.5 points to 1.5 points after today’s fourball matches. In many respects, the matches turned out as expected but I think the Europeans should feel a little frustrated not to have been further ahead given the relatively poor play of Woods & Mickelson. The pairings of Casey & Karlsson and Garcia & …
Ryder Cup Update at Lunchtime – Foursomes Announced
It may be over five hours since the first ball was hit at the Ryder Cup this morning but all four matches are still in progress. The top match is on the 18th with Tiger & Furyk 1-up. Matches 2 & 4 are all square, with everything to play for but it looks like a …
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