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The Ryder Cup is a golf competition contested by teams from Europe and the United States. The competition was originally contested between Great Britain and the United States; players from the Channel Islands also appeared on the British team, Republic of Ireland golfers were added to the British team in 1953 (although the team name was only changed to 'Great Britain and Ireland' for the 1973 ...
The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe, the latter a joint venture of the PGA European Tour (60%), the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (20%), and the PGAs of Europe (20%). [1] [2]
Europe tied its best start to a Ryder Cup by taking a 6 1/2-1 1/2 lead on Day 1 in its bid to reclaim the gold trophy from the Americans. Justin Rose and Robert MacIntyre won the last two holes in ...
The Ryder Cup is underway, and Europe won the first point of Friday's opening session.
— Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 30, 2023 Rose closed out Thomas and Spieth, the most-paired Americans in the history of the Ryder Cup, with a perfect putt that justified his ...
In 1991, the network acquired the broadcast rights to the Ryder Cup. [3] [4] In 1995, NBC Sports acquired rights to the USGA championships, including the U.S. Open, [5] from ESPN/ABC. ESPN retained rights to a portion of the weekday coverage, however NBC was the dominant rightsholder, including exclusive coverage of the weekend rounds.
NBC/Universal, parent company of USA Network, traded away the network's Ryder Cup coverage through 2012 to ESPN for the rights to sign Al Michaels. However, USA did renew its Masters contract for one final year. USA would televise the 2007 Masters before being outbid by ESPN.
Europe saw off a late thrilling late fightback from the USA to get over the line