Today is the 80th Birthday of the Ryder Cup! The first Ryder Cup was held on June the 4th in 1927 The US Team led by Walter Hagen beat the English Team led by Ted Ray. The venue was Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts in the US and the final score was USA 9½ – …
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Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus designed the course at Valhalla which will be used for the Ryder Cup Matches in 2008. Jack AKA “The Golden Bear” is one of golf’s all time ledgends. Born in Columbus Ohio on 21st Jan in 1940 and now living in North Palm Beach Florida, Jack has designed over 210 golf courses worldwide. …
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 – 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 …
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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Samuel Ryder – Patron of the Ryder Cup
Samuel Ryder was born in Preston Lancashire on 24th March in 1858. He was the son of a Manchester corn merchant and was educated at Manchester University. Ryder joined the family business and worked for his father in Manchester. He came up with the idea of selling penny seed packets to gardeners, a plan his …
Ryder Cup Trophy
The Ryder Cup Trophy is a solid gold cup weighing 4lbs and measuring 17″ high and 9″ wide from handle to handle. Samuel Ryder commissioned Mappin and Webb to design the trophy and he presented to the The Professional Golfers’ Association of Great Britain in 1927. The cost of the trophy at the time was …
Ryder Cup History
The Ryder Cup matches are the highlight of the professional golfing calendar every two years for European and American golfers. This team competition between professional golfers on both sides of the Atlantic is played with an intensity that is legendary. The Ryder Cup is technically the name of the trophy awarded to the winning team …