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The Ryder Cup is more than just a golf competition. It is one of the greatest sporting contests in the world. It captivates a worldwide audience of millions with its drama, tension and team camaraderie.
During the tournament, rivalries are intensified, lifelong friendships are forged and sporting moments are created and etched into golfing history.
Founded in 1927 and named after Samuel Ryder – an English seed merchant - The Ryder Cup is now played between the finest golfers from Europe and America - but it wasn’t always one continent against one of the biggest countries in the world. After continued dominance by the United States from the end of WWII, the Great Britain and Ireland team recognised they needed help.
And in 1979 they found it when the the two governing bodies at that time, the PGA of America and the PGA of Great Britain, formally agreed that players from Europe could join Great Britain to make it the tournament it is today.
From that moment onwards The Ryder Cup soared to new heights. Legendary players like Spain´s Seve Ballesteros brought a new energy to the tournament with his swashbuckling and passionate style of play. Ballesteros would go onto form one of Europe’s most formidable partnerships with our own Nespresso golf ambassador José María Olazábal, and they would forge a friendship that would last a lifetime.
And most recently in 2012, Ryder Cup Captain José María Olazábal and his team made history. Nicknamed the ‘The Miracle of Medinah’, the final day saw the Europeans fight back from a seemingly insurmountable 10-6 deficit on the final day to win the Cup on US soil.
This year The 2014 Ryder Cup will be played on the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland – only the second time in history that the country, which gave the game to the world, has hosted the game’s greatest team contest; the first time being at Muirfield, outside Edinburgh, in 1973. A lot has changed since then and even more since the first official match in Massachusetts in 1927, but the spirit, energy and drama that surrounds The Ryder Cup is as strong as ever.
Go to Nespresso Facebook page
www.rydercup.com/europe
Founded in 1927 and named after Samuel Ryder – an English seed merchant - The Ryder Cup is now played between the finest golfers from Europe and America - but it wasn’t always one continent against one of the biggest countries in the world. After continued dominance by the United States from the end of WWII, the Great Britain and Ireland team recognised they needed help.
And in 1979 they found it when the the two governing bodies at that time, the PGA of America and the PGA of Great Britain, formally agreed that players from Europe could join Great Britain to make it the tournament it is today.
From that moment onwards The Ryder Cup soared to new heights. Legendary players like Spain´s Seve Ballesteros brought a new energy to the tournament with his swashbuckling and passionate style of play. Ballesteros would go onto form one of Europe’s most formidable partnerships with our own Nespresso golf ambassador José María Olazábal, and they would forge a friendship that would last a lifetime.
And most recently in 2012, Ryder Cup Captain José María Olazábal and his team made history. Nicknamed the ‘The Miracle of Medinah’, the final day saw the Europeans fight back from a seemingly insurmountable 10-6 deficit on the final day to win the Cup on US soil.
This year The 2014 Ryder Cup will be played on the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland – only the second time in history that the country, which gave the game to the world, has hosted the game’s greatest team contest; the first time being at Muirfield, outside Edinburgh, in 1973. A lot has changed since then and even more since the first official match in Massachusetts in 1927, but the spirit, energy and drama that surrounds The Ryder Cup is as strong as ever.
Go to Nespresso Facebook page
www.rydercup.com/europe
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