Ryder Cup tickets available now!
July 21, 2010
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If you want to see the best golfers in the world battle it out, you definitely want to get Ryder Cup tickets to see the best American golfers square off against the best British golfers. Officially known as the Ryder Cup Matches, the Ryder Cup is always one of the biggest highlights of the golf calendar. People started looking for golf tickets online for the Ryder Cup as soon as tickets go on sale. Watch the best players in American and Europe battle it out for the bi-weekly opportunity to be the best golf team in the world.
Of course the Ryder Cup comes up just every other year, with the Presidents Cup [Presidents Cup tickets] being played when the Ryder Cup is not taking place. In addition, the Ryder Cup alternates host sites between the United State and the United Kingdom. In case you are wondering the 2010 Ryder Cup takes place at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, UK.
The spectacular five-star resort that is Celtic Manor features no less than three championship golf courses, including Twenty Ten the first golf course that was specifically designed to host the Ryder Cup and is being hailed as one of the premier golf courses in all the land. In addition to the golf course, Celtic Manor features two hotels, five restaurants, two health clubs and spas, two clubhouses and a golf academy.
In 2012 the Ryder Cup returns to America and will be hosted at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. Also housing three golf course the fantastic Lake Kadijah and an incredible clubhouse constructed in Louis XIV, Byzantine-style. Medinah Country Club’s course Number 3 which has hosted the US Open in 1949, 1975 and 1990 as well as the PGA Championship in 1999 and 2006.
The Ryder Cup is run by the PGA of America in conjunction and the PGA European Tour. The Ryder Cup golf tournament is named after Samuel Ryder, the person donated who donated the original trophy. People have been looking for Ryder Cup tickets ever since the first tournament was held in 1927. The first Ryder Cup followed and exhibition match the year before between American and British golf professionals.
Did you know? The Ryder Cup has taken place outside of the US or UK just twice, in Spain in 1997 and in Ireland in 2006.
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