The Top 10 Ryder Cup Courses You Can Play
The Europeans have already won the battle when it comes to Ryder Cup courses you can actually play. And like most recent matches, the Euros win this one, too, 6-4. Muirfield Scotland Nicklaus, Palmer, Weiskopf and Trevino (who won the 1972 Open here, top photo) led the U.S. to a six-point win in 1973, the […]
Bad Manners at the 1999 Ryder Cup
No doubt one of the most exciting days in Cup history, it was also marked by one of the matches’ low points
1991 Ryder Cup: War by the Shore
A not-so-politically-correct reminiscence from a member of the European Team
The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Golf Resort
From alligator adventures to the aptly named Sanctuary Hotel, there is far more to Kiawah Island Golf Resort than Pete Dye’s masterpiece
The 1991 Ryder Cup: Eye of the Storm
The most thrilling and nerve-wracking Ryder Cup of the last 25 years, and perhaps of all time, came down to the last shot on the last hole
Ben Wright: Tripped Up
As soon as I heard of the plot in August to blow several American passenger aircraft out of the skies, I offered my three traveling companions from Maryland the opportunity to opt out of our Irish trip to begin the next day. Thankfully all three chose to go, like myself imagining we were probably flying […]
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, On and Off the Course
The Europeans weren’t the only winners of the 2010 Ryder Cup, so was this this venerable links course on the Bristol Channel just a half-hour drive from the Welsh capital of Cardiff
The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts
In historical significance, The Country Club takes a back seat to no other. It was, in fact, the very first “country club” in the U.S., dating to 1882, and this suburban Boston club was one of the five founding members of the U.S. Golf Association. And it has been the scene of some of […]
