The best of Golf - RYDER CUP

History

The Ryder Cup or Ryder Cup is a golf tournament that is held every two years and that faces teams from Europe and the United States. It is a championship that was born in 1927 and that disputed only the United States and Great Britain. After more than 45 years of clear dominance of the Americans allowing only one victory of the English in the championship during the years 1935-1973, in 1973 players from Ireland joined and later, in 1979, the rest of Europe what they did of the Ryder Cup a much more competitive tournament. Since the union of Europe in 1979 there have been only 8 victories of the United States against 12 of Europe.

How does it work?

In each of the two Ryder Cup teams there are twelve players and the players are selected for the match. Eight matches foursomes, eight plus fourball and twelve individual matches. The winner of each match gets a point for his team and if there is a tie after the 18 holes each one is split half a point.

In the foursomes they play 2 for 2, alternating the blows between them and playing with a single ball, unlike the fourball that also play 2 for 2 and alternate the blows but each have their own ball.

In every game of golf, the winner is the one who puts the ball in the hole in the least possible blows. In the last edition of the Ryder Cup that was played in Versailles, Paris, in 2018 the local team won and now we have to wait until the beginning of September 2020 for the next match of the Ryder Cup to be played in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Global Impact

The Ryder Cup is a tournament that is increasingly having a global impact and the caps that have been made for this latest edition in a city like Paris has had a great impact for its quality and all it takes to bring a sport such as golf to France. The Ryder Cup 2018 caps are the best that have been made in other editions, without a doubt.