The first ever Ryder Cup-Cup

The Ryder Cup-Cup
2nd Oct 2010

Team USA
(L to R): Dave Harris, Steve Nesbit, Lewis Barr, Rob Barr,
Roger Paton, Jack Nesbit.

Team Europe
(L to R): Wally Pitman, Peter Hall, Mark Springham, Ian Rydings,
Paul Gillan, Neville Baldwin.

The Captains

Although wet under-foot we had a fortunate break in the weather to allow the first Ryder Cup-Cup to take place. After a toss of the coin it was decided that Rob's Team would play the part of the USA and Mark's team playing for the pride of Europe.

As is customary Rob & Mark had declared their pairings the day before and it was left until the morning of the match to announce the respective team orders, which threw up the following matches:

	Europe		USA
08:30	Peter & Paul	vs.	Lewis & Steve
08:40	Wally & Mark	vs.	Dave & Jack
08:50	Ian & Neville	vs.	Rob & Roger

The front nine holes were to be played as foursomes as one match, then the back nine holes as four-ball matches. This meant that there were a total of 6 points available; the victor reaching 3½ points or more.

	Europe		USA
	Peter & Paul	vs.	Lewis & Steve	won 2&1
won 2&1	Wally & Mark	vs.	Dave & Jack
won 1 up	Ian & Neville	vs.	Rob & Roger

So, after the foursomes Europe were in the driving seat, winning 2-1.

	Europe		USA
	Peter & Paul	vs.	Lewis & Steve	won 3&2
won 3&2	Wally & Mark	vs.	Dave & Jack
	Ian & Neville	vs.	Rob & Roger	won 3&2

But the USA battled well on the back nine to make up the deficit to draw the match score 3-3.

As this was the first Ryder Cup-Cup there had to be a tie-break, which was to add the winning score together (i.e. winning 2&1 meant 2+1=3). So, USA won the Ryder Cup-Cup on the tie-break 13 to 9.

In case anyone is interested, the other Europe team won the other cup 14½ to 13½.

Pics courtesy of Tim.

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