From Italy to the US, from Rome to New York, from the Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership to Bethpage State Park Golf Course. Two years after the European triumph within the Everlasting Metropolis, it's as soon as once more the Ryder Cup. The forty fifth version of the problem between Workforce Europe and Workforce USA is scheduled for Friday, September twenty sixth to Sunday, September twenty eighth. The continental staff, nonetheless led by Luke Donald, will defend their title and try to safe a victory they haven't had abroad since 2012 (Medinah, Illinois). The Individuals, led by Keegan Bradley, who has relinquished his twin position as player-captain, are as a substitute trying to redeem themselves after shedding 16.5 to 11.5 in Rome in a record-breaking Ryder Cup.
Ryder Cup, schedule
Spectacle, stadium-like cheering, euphoria, ardour. The Ryder Cup is all this and extra. Donald Trump, President of the US and avid golf fanatic, might be arriving for opening day. However it will likely be every week full of spectacular occasions, from press conferences with captains and gamers to observe rounds. The All-Star Match might be performed on September twenty fourth, a 10-hole problem that includes, amongst others, sports activities, music, leisure, and movie stars resembling John McEnroe, Eli Manning, Pau Gasol, Toni Kukoc, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Tom Felton. The eagerly awaited opening ceremony will happen on Thursday the twenty fifth. Then, the actual motion begins. A complete of sixteen matches are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, eight per day, with doubles matches performed in foursomes (within the morning) and fourball (within the afternoon) respectively. On Sunday the twenty eighth, the problem might be determined by 12 singles matches. A complete of 28 factors are up for grabs, and Europe, because the defending champions, will want solely 14 (and due to this fact a draw) to retain the trophy.
The European staff has made solely two adjustments in comparison with 2023. The primary is Danish Rasmus Hojgaard, who has changed his twin brother Nicolai. The opposite issues the vice-captains, with Swede Alex Noren most well-liked to Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts. There can even be a contact of Italy within the type of brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari, each confirmed members of Donald's teaching workers. Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (profitable his eighth profession Ryder Cup), Scotsman Robert MacIntyre, Englishmen Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, and Tyrrell Hatton, in addition to Hojgaard (the one debutant on Workforce Europe), have routinely certified via the suitable rankings. Eire's Shane Lowry, Spain's John Rahm, Austria's Sepp Straka, Norway's Viktor Hovland, Sweden's Ludvig Aberg, and England's Matt Fitzpatrick have obtained wild playing cards.
4 rookies might be on Workforce USA: Ben Griffin, Russell Henley, JJ Spaun, and Cameron Younger. Rounding out the staff are Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, and Scottie Scheffler, ranked No. 1 within the World Rating.
The Ryder Cup has an almost century-old historical past, starting in 1927. Till 1971, the biennial match pitted the US in opposition to Nice Britain. Since 1973, Eire has been integrated into Nice Britain, and since 1979, the remainder of continental Europe has been integrated.
In 2018, Francesco Molinari wrote an epic chapter within the Ryder Cup historical past in Paris, profitable all 5 of his matches (4 doubles and one singles). Within the historical past of the occasion, solely Individuals Larry Nelson (1979) and Dustin Johnson (2021) have achieved the feat. Solely Larry Nelson, partnering with Lanny Wadkins in 1979, and Chicco Molinari, partnering with Tommy Fleetwood in 2018, have gained 4 consecutive doubles matches in the identical Ryder Cup.
House court docket benefit has been essential lately. House groups have gained eight of the final 9 editions, with the only real exception of Europe's comeback in 2012 (generally known as the "Miracle of Medinah"). Workforce USA, nonetheless, set the most important margin of victory in 2021, profitable 19-9. Tiger Woods, the notable absentee, has performed 4 Ryder Cups as world no 1, whereas Scheffler is enjoying his second. The file holder for factors scored (28.5) is Spaniard Sergio Garcia, who’s excluded from Workforce Europe for the second consecutive 12 months. After an preliminary American dominance, since 1979 (till then the American file was 19 victories, 18 + 1 draw as defenders, in comparison with three for the British), Europe has prevailed 13 instances (12 + 1 draw as defending champions) in comparison with 9 for the US, who, in Europe, haven’t gained since 1993 (The Belfry, 15-13).
