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Ryder Cup Golf Tournament
The Ryder Cup golf competition is named after a wealthy businessman from England by the name of Samuel Ryder who happened to be an enthusiastic golfer himself. Samuel Ryder was born in the year 1858 and he died in the year 1936. Ryder's wealth came from the creation of tiny paper envelopes that held seeds. He got the idea to design a competition for golfers who were professional in nature in the year 1925 and his idea derived from the Walker Cup, which got its start in 1922 and saw American and British novice golfers playing against each other. The following year, 1926, saw Ryder commissioning as well as paying for a trophy using his own name, and from there the very first Ryder Cup tournament took place.
The very first Ryder Cup tournament occurred in the year 1927 and was played at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. It took approximately six days for the members of the British golf team to arrive in Worcester after having travelled on the ship the Aquitania from Southampton, England.
In 1927, the playing captain for Great Britain at the very first Ryder Cup was Ted Ray and the playing captain for the United States was Walter Hagen. Both teams had seven players. The team of Great Britain included George Duncan, Arthur Havers, Aubrey Boomer, Fred Robson, Herbert Jolly, Charles Whitcombe and Archie Compston. The members of the American golf team included Johnny Farrell, Gene Sarazen, Leo Diegel, Johnny Golden, Al Watrous, Bill Mehlhorn and Joe Turnesa.
While the first Ryder Cup officially was played in the year 1927, unofficially it began in 1926 when British and American professional golfers played against each other however the Ryder Cup trophy was not awarded to the winning team and it was deemed an "unofficial" tournament. One of the reasons that the golf tournament was proclaimed unofficial was because it was proven that a number of the American players were not actually American born but were simply individual who resided in the United States, such as the Scotsman Tommy Armour.
For many years the US team won handily and in streaks, however, over the past ten tournaments the Europeans have made a comeback and are playing just as tough. With the exception of the 2004 and 2006 tournaments, the margin of victory has been very close, by 1 or 2 points and tied in 1989. It's this even play and intensity that has made the Ryder Cup one of the most exciting and nail-biting golf tournament events of the year.
The 2008 Ryder Cup will be held in the United States, September 16-21 at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
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