Gofl and the Ryder Cup
In 1927 Samuel Ryder started probably the biggest rivalry in golf The Ryder Cup. The Americans won the original Ryder cup and started a 52 year long rivalry between the great teams , with very few exceptions the Americans dominated the tournament totally, so much so that in 1970s the thought was very much how to keep the tournament alive and how it would be possible to make the tournament more competitive. There was the great idea of including the Europeans including the world greatest player the charismatic Severiano Ballesteros and the genial German golf star Bernhard Langer (who is still hoping the event will be played in his native Germany may be in Gut Ising). The golf event then be4came amazingly more popular and a spectacular event with amazing seems as the Europeans won the trophy in the Belfry in 1983, this initial victory started an increased competitive tournament which Europeans began to have more and more success, the need to win was never more apparent as in 1999 in Oakmont where increasingly bad sportsmanship from the crowds marred a brilliant final day comeback from the Americans in 2002 the event returned to the respectable scenes of good sportsmanship. The 2006 event was played in the K club in Dublin Ireland on this occasion the Europeans ran out comfortable winners with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson having a disastrous tournament , which included the hilarious scene as the caddy from Tiger Woods lost his 9 iron in a lake on the twelfth hole as he was cleaning it.
The 2008 event will be played on American soil at the Valhalla, unfortunately for the Americans the brilliant Tiger Woods will almost certainly not be taking part in the event , after having surgery on his knee after winning the US Golf open in June this year.
However all the rest of the American and European stars will be there for the greatest team event in golf .There is no event quite as exciting as the Ryder Cup, having lost the cup for the last 3 times the American are very much up for the event Merchandise can be bought at Golfshop
by Platzreife
The 2008 event will be played on American soil at the Valhalla, unfortunately for the americans the brilliant Tiger Woods will almost certainly not be taking part in the event , after having surgery on his knee after winning the US Golf open in June this year.
However all the rest of the American and European stars will be there for the greatest team event in golf .There is no event quite as exciting as the Ryder Cup, having lost the cup for the last 3 times the American are very much up for the event
by Platzreife
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