2014 Ryder Cup

 The 2014 Ryder Cup was held in Gleneagles. It is a golf event and is held every two years between America and Europe. Europe has dominated the past few years and they won again in Gleneagles in 2014. The first Ryder Cup was held in 1921. The name “Ryder” for “Ryder Cup” comes from an English man called Samuel Ryder who was playing golf at the start of the 20^th century.

 

The Jubilant European Team Celebrate their third successive European Victory and sixth out of last seven Ryder Cups

The Ryder Cup has the 12 best players in Europe and the 12 best players in America playing against each other over three days.

Playing For Europe	Playing for America
Thomas Bjorn	Keegan Bradley
Victor Dubuisson	Jim Furyk
Sergio Garcia	Matt Kuchar
Graeme McDowell	Phil Mickelson
Ian Poulter	Webb Simpson
Henrik Stenson	Jimmy Walker
Jamie Donaldson	Rickie Fowler
Stephen Gallacher	Zach Johnson
Martin Kaymer	Hunter Mahan
Rory McIlroy	Patrick Reed
Justin Rose	Jordan Spieth
Lee Westwood	Bubba Watson

 

On the Friday and Saturday the players play with a partner in the four-ball and foursome formats. On the Sunday they play single matches. Each game is worth a point for a win and a half point for a draw.

 

After the Friday and Saturday Four-balls and Foursome’s the score was 10-6 in favour of the Europeans.  This meant the hosts only needed four and a half points to maintain their recent dominance over USA in the bi-annual event.

 

On the Sunday singles early wins from Northern Ireland duo Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell teed the Europeans up perfectly before debutant Jamie Donaldson sealed a third successive European win and sixth in the last seven meetings.

 

The next Ryder Cup is held in 2016 in USA at the Hazeltine National Golf club in Minnesota.  Hopefully Europe can continue to dominate the Ryder Cup and can bring the trophy back to Europe in 2016.

 

 by Mitchell Wallace and Owen Lake