Category: Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf contest held between teams from Europe and the United States. First held in 1927, it originally was a United States versus Great Britain event. However, after more than 40 years of US dominance, the British team was expanded to include Ireland in 1973 and then Europe in 1979. In recent years, the Cup has been much more competitive.
This section is for articles on the Ryder Cup Competition. In 2006, the Ryder Cup will be held on Sept. 22 - 24 at the K Club, Straffan, Ireland
Ryder Cup Journal Book
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Ryder Cup Memorabilia On Ebay
Lots of Ryder Cup up for auction right now on Ebay. I expect we’ll see more the closer we get.
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Betting Odds For The 2010 Ryder Cup
What does the betting world think of Corey Pavin’s picks? Not enough to make the United States a favorite. Or even close, really. Checking several betting sites, I’ve found money lines in the following ranges:
Europe:-150 to -175
USA: +150 to +175
Tie: +1000
Here’s how you read those lines. With Europe, you would have to bet somewhere between $150 and $175 to win $100. With the United States, you would win $150 to $175 by betting $100. A hundred dollar bet would net you a thousand if the two tie, so the oddsmakers are really not expecting that result.
Bookies generally will make money only when the underdog wins. The ideal situation is to have an equal amount of cash bet on each team, which practically guarantees a profit. Since the bookie realizes that more people are going to bet on the favorite, the money line has to be set in such a fashion that encourages people to bet on the underdog. As better confidence in the favorite increases, the differential in the money line will get larger.
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Woods, Cink, Johnson, Fowler
Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Rickie Fowler are Cory Pavin’s Captain’s picks for the upcoming Ryder Cup. Let the Monday Morning Quarterbacking begin . . .
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Pavin To Announce Ryder Cup Picks At 10:30
Corey Pavin will announce his four Captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup at 10:30 today. Four years ago, Paul Azinger let his players pick their four Captain’s Choice teammates. I get the feeling that’s not going to be Pavin’s style.
I’m really interested to see how it turns out. Given his near-record-setting performance at the Deutschebank, you would think that Charley Hoffman would be a strong contender. Woods also made a statement with his finish at 11.
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Pavin Should Skip Tiger
In spite of the fact that he remains the world number one, Tiger’s game is just not ready for the Ryder Cup. As of this writing, he’s nine back at the Deutsche Bank Championship in 87th place and needs a terrific Saturday to make the cut (note if this causes any confusion—this weekend’s tournament held round 1 on Friday).
I just can’t see Tiger helping the effort at the Ryder Cup.
Here are my choices: Zach Johnson, Lucas Glover, JB Holmes and Fred Couples. What are yours?
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Monty May Pick Langer For Ryder Cup
Euro Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie may add Bernhard Langer as a wild card pick on his team.
Corey Pavin should counter with Fred Couples.
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