Results for tag: Ryder Cup
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Betting.Betfair
on Sep 27, 2012 at 08:12:29 AM
Since Europe replaced GB&I in 1979, the Old Continent has won eight editions of the Ryder Cup, one more than the USA (seven). The match in 1989 ended in a tie.
Europe have won three of the eight Ryder Cups played on American soil: in 1987, 1995 and 2004.
The last time a team won the Ryder Cup after trailing going into the singles session was back in 1999 when the USA clawed back a four-point deficit. The team leading before the singles has won each of the last four editions of the Ryder Cup.
Only two Ryder Cups have ended in a tie: 1969 (16-16) and 1989 (14-14).
USA have won 11 of the 16 singles sessions in the Ryder Cup (since 1979), a 69% rate.
José María Olazábal is the second Spaniard to captain the European team after Severiano Ballesteros in 1997. He was part of ...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Sep 26, 2012 at 08:53:41 AM
[u]Tournament History[/u]
The first Ryder Cup was staged in 1927, when the United States beat Great Britain 9 ½ - 2 ½ at Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts, but the wheels were set in motion for the biannual transatlantic tussle a year earlier. Samuel Ryder, a wealthy businessman who had made his fortune selling seeds at a penny a packet from his garden shed, sponsored an informal event in 1926 at Wentworth, which saw a GB side beat a Walter Hagen-led US team 13-1 before it became an official event 12 months later.
After losing the inaugural event, Great Britain won the next two renewals on home soil, in 1929 and 1933, but only managed one more victory, again on home soil in 1957, before Irish players joined them in 1973. Three Ryder Cups were staged with a GB & Ireland team ...
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Betting.Betfair
on Sep 25, 2012 at 07:56:19 AM
One of the quirks of team matchplay is that there can be a substantial discrepancy between the odds of players whose fate is largely dependent on one another. If for instance, a pairing stays together throughout the foursomes and fourballs, they will begin the final day singles with identical points. There is precisely such a differential between the two players whose partnership is widely expected to form the backbone of Europe's bid - Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell.
Whereas Rory starts as 6.0 favourite to be top European scorer, his likely partner is an 10.0 chance, which must represent better value. Of the two, McDowell actually has a superior matchplay record, having starred on both previous appearances, famously holing the winning putt at Celtic Manor. Even if Jose Maria Olazabal...
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Betting.Betfair
on Sep 24, 2012 at 09:48:12 AM
Humans have always been a pattern-seeking breed, desperate to make deductions about the world around them. However, this thirst for explanation has led to some false steps throughout history (the Flat Earth Fan Club is all out of subscribers) which is why we have science to pick up the pieces of our own innate biases and misunderstandings.
Unlike chemistry and physics, golf isn't a perfect science. Lazy theories get bandied around in the faint hope of penetrating an impenetrable game - and seldom are they more in evidence than during Ryder Cup week. Wildcard selection normally provides the hottest topic of debate, as hacks and commentators dissect the potential fault-lines in each captain's pick. But this year renewal of the biennial battle at Medinah has been remarkable only for its...
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Betting.Betfair
on Sep 5, 2012 at 08:19:02 AM
The last piece of the Ryder Cup jigsaw was completed yesterday, as US captain Davis Love named his four wildcard picks, with Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker joining the eight automatic qualifiers. The last two surprised many pundits, who had expected Love to opt for the next best placed quartet in the qualifying race. Whatever the merits of that unenviable decision though, it is hard to remember a Ryder Cup with such strength in depth amongst the 24 combatants.
There is always at least one big name that misses out, but thanks to a deeper pool of American talent than we've seen for many a year, this time around there were at least half a dozen perfectly plausible alternatives. Most notably Hunter Mahan, the reigning WGC Matchplay champion and a star of previous...