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18 unusual facts about Ryder cup


1933 Ryder Cup

From 1927 through 1959, the format consisted of 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches on the first day and 8 singles matches on the second day, for a total of 12 points.

John Henry Taylor became only the second of three Team Great Britain captains to ever lift the Ryder Cup and would mark Great Britain's last Ryder Cup victory for some 24 years.

Buffett Cup

The tournament is modeled on the Ryder Cup golf competition and is held in the week preceding the golf event at a nearby location.

C.L.G. Naomh Mícheál

Perhaps the most interesting fact about it is that 2014 European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley used to play for them.

Cadoxton-juxta-Neath

Also located in the village is Neath Golf Club, the course where past Ryder Cup player and captain Brian Huggett played as a junior.

Calvert v William Hill

Graham Calvert was a successful greyhound trainer and pathological gambler who in 2006 placed the largest golf bet in history: £347,000 on America to win the Ryder Cup.

Dick Weber

The Weber Cup, named after Dick, is a Ryder Cup-style event that pits European and American ten-pin bowlers against one another.

Friars Walk, Newport

The entire complex would have been completed in late 2009 in time for the 2010 Ryder Cup.

Jason Mohammad

Mohammad's love of sports meant he presented items from Wales and overseas, including the Commonwealth Games, the Ryder Cup and numerous FA Cup finals.

Kraig Kann

He also reported on-site for the station's coverage of The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship, the PGA Championship, and the Ryder Cup.

London Scottish Golf Club

George Duncan, Open Champion at Deal in 1920 and victorious captain of the 1929 British Ryder Cup team, was also a member.

Naga Munchetty

In the Christmas 2012 episode of Celebrity Mastermind broadcast on BBC 2 on 2 January 2013 Munchetty beat her nearest competitor by five points with a score of 28, with her specialist subject The Ryder Cup 1979–2012.

Peter Drury

There, he worked for BBC Radio Five Live on a variety of sports, including golf (three Open Championships and two Ryder Cups), tennis, swimming and the University Boat Race.

Ponte Vedra Inn and Club

The Ryder Cup was scheduled to be held there in 1939, but was canceled when World War II began.

SuperDragons

The 2010 event was arranged to celebrate the city's hosting of the Ryder Cup.

Tres Cantos

Tres Cantos was the Spanish bid host city for the 2018 Ryder Cup.

Viasat Golf

The channel was launched in January 2007 after MTG had acquired lots of rights for live broadcasting of golf tournaments, such as the US PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the European Challenge Tour, the European Seniors Tour, the Scandinavian Masters, the Sunshine Tour, the Ryder Cup, the World Golf Championships, the Seve Trophy, the Australasian Tour and the Southern Africa Tour.

Wildcat Marching Band

In 2008, the WMB participated in the opening ceremony of the Ryder Cup in Louisville.


2002 Ryder Cup

The victory prompted Tony Blair, then British Prime Minister to joke in his speech at the following week's Labour Party conference: "What about the Ryder Cup, eh? Britain in Europe at its best. Me and George Bush on opposite sides".

Fightmaster Cup

The inaugural meeting in 2008 was held just prior to the Ryder Cup, at The Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky, near Louisville.

Kenya Open

The title has been won by some of Europe's biggest Ryder Cup stars, including Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Ken Brown and Christy O'Connor Jnr, as well as future Masters champion Trevor Immelman.

Philip Walton

He made his only Ryder Cup appearance for Europe in 1995 at Oak Hill, where he beat Jay Haas on the final green of the crucial penultimate singles match.

Thomas Levet

He claimed the most prestigious title of his career at the Scottish Open, and was a member of the winning 2004 European Ryder Cup Team.