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| homecaptain = [[Colin Montgomerie]]
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Revision as of 13:31, 2 October 2010

Template:Infobox Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup, which pits teams of professional golfers from the USA and Europe in a three-day series of matches, will be held 1–3 October 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in the city of Newport, South Wales. The event, of which the USA is the defending cup holder, will be played on a newly-constructed course. The team captains are Colin Montgomerie for Europe and Corey Pavin for the USA.

It was opened by Carwyn Jones, First Minister for Wales.[1]

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format that was originally scheduled to be used was as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) — 4 four-ball (better ball) matches in a morning session and 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 2 (Saturday) — 4 four-ball matches in a morning session and 4 foursome matches in an afternoon session
  • Day 3 (Sunday) — 12 singles matches

With a total of 28 points, 14½ points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches will be played to a maximum of 18 holes.

It is the second time in succession that the schedule for four-ball (better ball) and foursome (alternate shot) matches on Day One and Day Two has been changed, i.e. it was scheduled to be effectively the same timetable as was used in 2006.

Revised format

As a result of the long suspension of play on the first day due to heavy rain, the format for the rest of the competition has been changed to try and bring a conclusion to the matches on Sunday. Because of the changes there will be a number of Ryder Cup firsts. For the first time in the history of the Ryder Cup all 24 players will take part in pairing sessions at the same time in six pairings (as opposed to the usual four pairings) and in another first for the event both foursome and fourball matches will be played in the same session at the same time. The revised schedule is as follows and will now only consist of four sessions as opposed to the usual five.[2]

  • Session One (Friday & Saturday) — 4 four-ball (better ball) matches
  • Session Two (Saturday) 6 foursome (alternate shot) matches
  • Session Three (Saturday) — 2 foursome and 4 four-ball matches
  • Session Four (Sunday) — 12 singles matches

The total number of each type of match remains the same, 8 four-ball, 8 foursomes, and 12 singles. By captains' agreement, if the matches extend into Monday, they will conclude at sundown Monday. Any matches still in progress will be considered halved at that point.[3]

Team qualification and selection

The European team consists of:[4]

  • The top four players on the Ryder Cup World Points List[5]
  • The five players, not qualified above, on the Ryder Cup European Points List[6]
    • Money earned in official European Tour events form 3 September 2009 to 29 August 2010
  • Three captain's picks

In previous Ryder Cups, only two wildcard places were available on the European team, but on 12 May 2009 it was announced that this had been increased to three.[7]

The United States team consists of:[8]

  • The top eight players on the Ryder Cup Points List[9]
    • Point are gained from money earned in majors in 2009 and official PGA tour events in 2010 up to 15 August (i.e., up to and including money earned at the 2010 PGA Championship). Money earned in 2010 majors counts double and money earned in 2010 events played opposite the majors or World Golf Championships counts half
  • Four captain's picks

Teams

The top players for the USA (8) and Europe (9) as determined by their points performance (described above) receive automatic selection. The remaining players on each team were selected at the discretion of the team captains. Qualification for Team Europe ended on 29 August, at which time, the captain's picks were named.[10] Team USA was finalized on 7 September.[11] The Official World Golf Rankings shown are as of 26 September 2010, the last assessment issued before the Ryder Cup. The average ranking of the American team was 17.3 and that of the European team was 18.3.

   Team Europe
Name Age Residence Points
rank (W) 		Points
rank (E) 		World
ranking 		Notes
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 47 Dunning, Scotland Non-playing captain
England Lee Westwood 37 Worksop, England 1 1 3 7th appearance
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 21 Holywood, Northern Ireland 2 3 9 Ryder Cup rookie
Germany Martin Kaymer 25 Mettmann, Germany 3 2 6 Ryder Cup rookie
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 31 Portrush, Northern Ireland 4 4 13 2nd appearance
England Ian Poulter 34 Milton Keynes, England 7 5 16 3rd appearance
England Ross Fisher 29 Cheam, England 14 6 27 Ryder Cup rookie
Italy Francesco Molinari 27 Turin, Italy 10 7 32 Ryder Cup rookie
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 46 Málaga, Spain 11 8 26 4th appearance
Sweden Peter Hanson 32 Trelleborg, Sweden 13 9 42 Ryder Cup rookie
Italy Edoardo Molinari 29 Turin, Italy 5 10 15 Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie
England Luke Donald 32 High Wycombe, England 6 16 8 Captain's pick, 3rd appearance
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 39 Dublin, Ireland 8 12 22 Captain's pick, 6th appearance


   Team USA
Name Age Residence Points
rank 		World
ranking 		Notes
Corey Pavin 50 Dallas, Texas Non-playing captain
Phil Mickelson 40 Rancho Santa Fe, California 1 2 8th appearance
Hunter Mahan 28 Plano, Texas 2 14 2nd appearance
Bubba Watson 31 Bagdad, Florida 3 24 Ryder Cup rookie
Jim Furyk 40 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 4 5 7th appearance
Steve Stricker 43 Madison, Wisconsin 5 4 2nd appearance
Dustin Johnson 26 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 6 12 Ryder Cup rookie
Jeff Overton 27 Bloomington, Indiana 7 48 Ryder Cup rookie
Matt Kuchar 32 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 8 11 Ryder Cup rookie
Zach Johnson 34 Lake Mary, Florida 11 19 Captain's pick, 2nd appearance
Tiger Woods 34 Windermere, Florida 12 1 Captain's pick, 6th appearance
Stewart Cink 37 Duluth, Georgia 14 35 Captain's pick, 5th appearance
Rickie Fowler 21 Las Vegas, Nevada 20 33 Captain's pick, Ryder Cup rookie

Vice-captains

Each captain has also selected a number of vice-captains to assist him during the tournament and to advise the players on-course as it is impossible for the captain to do so on every hole. The European vice-captains are:[12]

The USA vice-captains are:[12]

Session 1

Four-ball

European Union Results United States
Westwood/Kaymer European Union 3 & 2 Mickelson/Johnson
McIlroy/McDowell halved Cink/Kuchar
Poulter/Fisher United States 2 up Stricker/Woods
Donald/Harrington United States 3 & 2 Watson/Overton
1.5 Session 2.5
1.5 Overall 2.5
  • No matches were completed on the first day so overnight scores are carried over to the second day.

Four-balls play on Day 1 began but was suspended at 9:43am BST due to poor course conditions because of rain. Play was resumed at 5:00pm as the water had drained off the course but was suspended again for the day just after 7pm BST.

See also

References

  1. ^ First Minister opens Ryder Cup tournament BBC News, 30 September 2010
  2. ^ Rain delay prompts change in play order
  3. ^ Ryder Cup condensed to four sessions
  4. ^ "European Ryder Cup Team Qualifications". 18 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  5. ^ "World Ryder Cup Points List". 18 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  6. ^ "European Ryder Cup Points List". 18 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Europe raise Ryder wildcard quota". BBC Sport. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  8. ^ "United States Ryder Cup Team Qualifications". 18 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  9. ^ "USA Ryder Cup Points List". 18 July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Molinari, Harrington and Donald picked for Ryder Cup". BBC Sport. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  11. ^ "Tiger Woods named in US Ryder Cup team". BBC Sport. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  12. ^ a b Ryder Cup: Clarke, McGinley and Bjorn are vice-captains BBC Sport, 20 July 2010

External links

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