Archive for June, 2008

Tiger Woods Possible Season Ending Knee Surgery

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tiger Woods will have reconstructive surgery on his left knee that will sideline him for the rest of the 2008 season, the world number one said on Wednesday. The 32-year-old American nursed a painful knee all week before clinching his 14th major title at the ...

US Open preview: Tiger is back at Torrey Pines

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

By Chuck Garbedian Special to OnMilwaukee.com I'm a selective purist. I'd also like to think that there are times when common sense comes into play. It wasn't that long ago that we were not a 24/7 society, where every little thing could be dissected, analyzed, chewed up and spit out only to ...

Ryder Cup Perry’s Goal

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Ryder Cup TicketsKenny Perry's primary goal this year is to play for the U.S. Ryder Cup team Sept. 19-21 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. That's one reason he won't play the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Club in San Diego June 12-15. "Go big blue, Kentucky, Ryder Cup, Ryder ...

Golf: It will be no easy Ryder, vows McKenzie

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Tickets for Ryder Cup for Sale IT SEEMS Celtic Manor golf course director Jim McKenzie just cannot escape the spectre of Wales Open winner Scott Strange. Whether it’s down the local, in his favourite restaurant or just a general chin-wag with the neighbours, the same question seems to get asked. “What about 22-under ...

Paul McGinley’s quest for a Ryder Cup

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Paul McGinley's quest for a Ryder Cup place took an early blow at the Saint-Omer Open having falling four shots off the lead after nine holes. The Irishman carded two bogeys - the par-three 11th and the par-four sixth - after teeing off from the 10th, but clawed one shot back ...

Past Ryder Cup Results

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Buy Tickets for Ryder Cup Year Venue Winning Team Score Losing Team Captains 2008 details Valhalla Golf Club (Louisville, Kentucky) Paul Azinger Nick Faldo 2006 details The K Club (Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland) Europe 18½ 9½ United States Tom Lehman Ian Woosnam 2004 details Oakland Hills Country Club (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) Europe 18½ 9½ United States Hal Sutton Bernhard Langer 2002^ details The Belfry (Wishaw, Warwickshire, England) Europe 15½ 12½ United States Curtis Strange Sam Torrance 1999 details The Country Club (Brookline, Massachusetts) United States 14½ 13½ Europe ...

Controversial Ryder Cups

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Buy Ryder Cup Tickets 1969 The 1969 Cup held at Royal Birkdale was perhaps one of the best and most competitive contests in terms of play (18 of the 32 matches went to the last green), but it was also marred by acrimony and gamesmanship between some players. In one of golf's ...

Founding of the Cup

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Ryder Cup Tickets from Official-Tickets.com There is some debate over who suggested the idea for the Ryder Cup. James Harnett, a journalist with Golf Illustrated magazine appears to have proposed a similar idea to the USPGA on December 15, 1920 and, having failed to attract support, the idea was refloated by ...

Ryder Cup Team Selections

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Get Ryder Cup Tickets European There are two qualifying sections used for the European selection: The European Tour list and the world ranking points list. USA The way in which the United States team will be selected has been revamped for the 2008 competition. Qualification for the United States team began with the four major ...

Ryder Cup Format

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Get Tickets for the Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup Matches involve various match play matches between players selected from two teams of twelve. Currently, the matches consist of eight foursomes matches, eight fourball matches and twelve singles matches. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with ½ ...