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TIGER WOODS * Age: 23. * Career victories: 15. * 1999 victories: Buick Invitational, German SAP Open, Memorial, Western Open, PGA Championship, NEC Invitational. * Majors: Masters (‘97), PGA Championship (‘99). * Ryder Cup experience: 1997. * Ryder Cup record: 1-3-1. * Ryder Cup moment: The most devastating singles loss at Valderrama, 4 and 2 to Costantino Rocca. *** DAVID DUVAL * Age: 27. * Career victories: 11. * 1999 victories: Mercedes Championship, Bob Hope Classic, Players Championship, BellSouth Classic. * Majors: None. * Ryder Cup experience: None. * Ryder Cup record: 0-0-0. * Ryder Cup moment: The lightning rod for the revenue issue.
Sept. 23, 1999
COLIN MONTGOMERIE * Age: 36. * Career victories: 26. * 1999 victories: Benson & Hedges International, Volvo PGA Championship, Loch Lomond, Scandinavian Masters, BMW International Open. * Majors: None. * Ryder Cup experience: 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997. * Ryder Cup record: 9-6-3. * Ryder Cup moment: Has not lost in singles.
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Sept. 30, 2012
With no guarantee of fans, there won’t be a Ryder Cup this year. The loudest event in golf will move to Sept. 24-26 in 2021.
July 8, 2020
Steve Stricker is going to his seventh straight Ryder Cup, this time in his home state of Wisconsin as the American captain.
Feb. 20, 2019
PGA extends TV rights for Ryder Cup with NBC
Oct. 10, 2013
One week and one day before the U.S. team was to fly to England for the Ryder Cup, the matches were called off, the first interruption of play in the event’s 74-year history since World War II in 1939.
Sept. 17, 2001
The PGA and NBC announced Friday that the the Ryder Cup, the most prestigious team event in golf, will stay on the network through 2030.
This weekend’s PGA Championship is the final chance U.S. players have to accumulate points for the Ryder Cup, to be played Sept. 26-28 at Valderrama in Sotogrande, Spain.
Aug. 14, 1997
The PGA of America has responded to yet another U.S. loss at the Ryder Cup by forming a task force to examine the process of selecting and captaining teams for the biennial competition.
Oct. 7, 2014