RYDER CUP
U.S. team heads to Wales to defend
There will be a warm welcome
in the Welsh valleys for this
RYDER CUP TITLE
team event, hosted for the first
time by Wales. By Don Wade
W
When the teams from the United States Montgomerie’s selection was a and Qatar Masters champion Alvaro
and Europe square off at The Celtic little more complicated than Pavin’s. Quiros.
Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, Most people considered Spain’s José The Celtic Manor Resort, site of
September 28-October 3 for the 38th Maria Olazabal a more likely choice, the first Ryder Cup to be staged in
Ryder Cup Matches, they will be led by in part because Montgomerie has Wales, rebuilt its Wentworth Hills
players with a wealth of experience in said he’d prefer to be captain in 2014 Championship Course and renamed it
the biennial competition, Corey Pavin when the Ryder Cup will be played at the Twenty Ten Course for the matches.
and Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie. Gleneagles in his native Scotland. But The restoration of the Robert Trent
The United States, which will be Olazabal’s continued health issues led Jones, Jr.-designed course saw holes
defending the Cup won at Valhalla in to Montgomerie’s selection, although five through 13 retained, while two
2008, has a captain in Pavin who was most people expect the Spaniard to holes were redesigned, and seven new
a member of three Ryder Cup teams, captain the European team in 2012 at holes were added. The course opened
an assistant captain in 2006, and the Medinah Country Club near Chicago. in July 2007, and is the first course built
winner of the 1995 U.S. Open, 14 other Montgomerie’s fellow Scot, Sandy Lyle, specifically for the Ryder Cup. The par-
PGA TOUR events and 12 international was also rumored to be in contention for 71 course measures 7,493 yards from
tournaments. The 50-year-old Pavin, the captaincy but in the end, the nod went the back tees with nine new holes along
who becomes the 26th U.S. Ryder Cup to the eight-time winner of the European the floor of the Usk Valley.
captain, amassed an 8-5-0 record in the Tour’s Order of Merit (money list). With water hazards on half of its
Ryder Cup. He is trying to become the Montgomerie is one of the greatest holes, the course presents many more
first U.S. captain to lead his team to European players in Ryder Cup history. risk-and-reward challenges than the
victory in Europe since Tom Watson in He played on five teams, is undefeated original design. The course has been
1993 at the Belfry. in eight Singles matches, and won a the site of the European Tour’s Celtic
Indeed, Pavin’s grit, determination total of 23½ points. Only England’s Nick Manor Wales Open since 2000.
and fierce competitiveness earned him Faldo and Germany’s Bernhard Langer For most of its history, the United
the nickname, “the Bulldog” from his have scored more points for Europe States dominated the Ryder Cup,
fellow players. He plans to bring all overall. He has also been widely praised which began as a competition between
those qualities to bear as he attempts for his selflessness and support of his American and teams from Great
to become the first American captain fellow players, particularly the rookies. Britain-Ireland. But all that changed
to successfully defend the Cup since Montgomerie’s singular goal will be in 1979 when, at Jack Nicklaus’ urging,
Watson in ’93. recapturing the Ryder Cup. players from every European country
“I feel the Ryder Cup is the most “We go and we claim back the Ryder became eligible. Since then, each side
dynamic experience a competitive golfer Cup,” he added. “I’ve been given a task, has won seven Ryder Cup matches. The
IMAGES
will ever have,” said Pavin. “I never have not just to captain this team in Wales but matches were tied in 1989 with Europe
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been as nervous—well, maybe today I’m to win back the Ryder Cup in Wales.” retaining the Cup.
MCGRA
a little nervous—anxious or focused, as The Europeans are expected to field Win, lose or draw, however, the Ryder
CHRIS
when I played in my three Ryder Cup a team featuring a mix of experienced Cup remains one of the most compelling
FRANKLIN,
T
Matches. In other words, it’s a lot of fun veterans and potential newcomers events in professional sports—and one
STUAR
© to play in the Ryder Cup.” like Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy of the most fiercely contested. ■
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