The 39th Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club, Chicago it will be played from Sept. 25th-30th, 2012. One of the last great sporting events founded on prestige rather than prize money, it's a biennial team competition featuring the best U.S. professional golfers vs. the best European pros.

Format
The Ryder Cup Matches involve various matchplay matches between players selected from two teams of twelve. Currently, the matches consist of eight foursomes matches, eight fourball matches and twelve singles matches. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with ½ a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes.

A foursomes match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. The golfers on the same team take alternate shots throughout the match, with the same ball. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest shots. A fourball match is also a competition between two teams of two golfers, but all four golfers play their own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score. A singles match is a standard matchplay competition between two golfers.

European Team Captain

Full Name:Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE
Residence: Scotland
Birthdate: 23.6.63; Glasgow, Scotland

Colin has been ratified by The Ryder Cup Policy Board, to captain The European Team in The 2010 Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort. Appearances in the Ryder Cup: 1991, 93, 95 (winners), 97 (winners), 99, 02 (winners), 04 (winners), 06 (winners), 2010 (Captain).

USA Team Captain

Full Name: Corey Pavin
Residence: Dallas, Texas
Birthdate:Nov. 16, 1959; Oxnard, Calif.

U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin said he's pleased with the four veterans and four rookies who automatically qualified for the team on Sunday, after the PGA Championship event. He still needs to pick four more players to join him and the rest of the team, he will announced these player on Setp. 7th in New York City. Among the favorites to be choosen is Tiger Woods, he fished 28th at the PGA Championship, but he still might get picked to join USA Team.

The betting odds for the Ryder Cup are extremely good with so many matches in play at any one time. This is where live betting excels and in particular the live betting odds which will be available on Sportbet throughout the three day tournament.

2010 Results

2008 Rider Cup Results

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	11½

Past Results

The matches take place over three days, Friday through Sunday. On the Friday, there are four fourball matches and four foursomes matches in the afternoon. On the Saturday, the same schedule repeats. On the Sunday, there are twelve singles matches. Not all players need play on Friday and Saturday; the captain can select any eight players for each of the four rounds of play over these two days.

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