An in-depth look at the Ryder Cup
Everything you need to know about this week’s showpiece.
One of the year’s biggest sporting events starts on Friday when Europe take on the United States to try and reclaim the Ryder Cup.
All eyes will be on Le Golf National in Paris as 24 of the world’s best golfers battle it out over three days for country and continent but what is it that makes the Ryder Cup golf’s biggest event?
Here, Press Association Sport will try to answer all of the key questions about a golfing event like no other.
The Ryder Cup, that’s just like the Open or the Masters, then?
Match play?
Players or pairs? So there’s more than one type of match?
Yes. Of the 28 points available over the weekend, eight will be in foursomes and eight will be in fourballs, with a pair from each team playing against each other for the point. In the foursomes, each pair plays with one ball and the players take it in turns to take shots, with the pair taking the least shots on a hole winning it. In the fourballs, each player plays their own ball and the lowest score on the hole wins it for their pair. There are then 12 singles matches which are one-on-one contests with each player playing their own ball.
And all this is happening at once?
So why is a country playing against a continent? That seems odd
Did it work?
They must be favourites then?
Does home advantage count for nothing really, then?
