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Latest Ryder Cup News

Monty likes his chances – cbs sports
The look on Colin Montgomerie’s face said at least as much as the words falling out of his mouth. Not that there was much gray area with the latter.

Players will be on edge – golf.com
Stewart Cink will be a veteran for the United States team at the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor, which begins Friday. But he still remembers when he was a wide-eyed rookie, as five of his teammates will be this week. His Ryder baptism came at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, England, in 2002.

Not his time – golf.com
For the first time in his career, Tiger Woods isn’t facing high expectations at a golf tournament. For good reason.

What will be a successful start for the US? – golf.com
If you’re Corey Pavin playing on foreign soil, what do you consider a successful Day 1? What about Monty — do the Europeans need to seize the early momentum?

Bad weather could help Americans – golf.com
For all the talk about the Ryder Cup team uniforms, they might be hard to see under the umbrellas Friday.

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Latest Ryder Cup News

Phil says McIlroy Woods spat overblown – golf.com
Phil Mickelson came to the defense of Rory McIlroy on Wednesday, calling him one of the classiest players in golf and his desire to play Tiger Woods is the goal of every player who wants to beat the best.

The player’s captain – golf.com
If you could win a Ryder Cup on Wednesday with passion, charm and wit, European captain Colin Montgomerie would already be walking away with Samuel Ryder’s coveted little trophy

Ryder Cup could bring 177 million dollars to Wales – golf.com
A study based on previous Ryder Cup competitions estimates that the economic impact of this week’s event at Celtic Manor in Wales could reach $177 million. Not bad considering that Wales is a country of roughly three million people. Despite the tiny population, that same study projects that as many as 240,000 people may attend the matches over the course of the week. Here’s how they break out.

Blank slate – golf digest
As a former U.S. Secretary of Defense might well be moved to observe of this Ryder Cup, never have so many known unknowns played such a pivotal role in the upcoming unknown unknowns, otherwise known as The Matches their ownselves.

Lefty vs Woods in ping pong – golf channel
Phil Mickelson said this week’s big match will come after the golf clubs are put away. It’s Mickelson vs. Tiger Woods on opposite sides of the ping-pong table.

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Latest Ryder Cup News

United States retains junior Ryder Cup title – Ryder Cup
The United States kept possession of the Junior Ryder Cup Tuesday, holding off Europe by three points after building a huge first-day lead.

Who will play with whom? – Ryder Cup
The United States took to the Twenty Ten Course as a team for the first time Tuesday, with Captain Corey Pavin stressing that success will come only if his players perform up to the level that both he and they expect.

Woods is ready – Ryder Cup
Tiger Woods’ spirits were high and he hit the ball crisply during practice on Tuesday, and his response to an earlier dig from Rory McIlroy livened up an afternoon news conference.

Picking right pairings crucial task -Ryder Cup
The key to winning Samuel Ryder’s golden chalice, every captain knows, is putting together the right pairings. But, Craig Dolch notes, doing so correctly requires more magic than math.

The art of leadership – Ryder Cup
Leadership has never been more important, or more complicated, than it is at the modern Ryder Cup. Several former captains outline the priorities and techniques they see as essential for success.

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Latest PGA Tour News

Here comes the Ryder Cup – golf.com
We understand. You share your workstation with some blowhard who wheels around on his desk chair and says clever things like, “The golf season’s over when the final putt falls at the PGA.”

Monty denies dissing Tiger – golf.com
Team Europe captain Colin Montgomerie quickly distanced himself from a report in the British press that said Montgomerie would not want Tiger Woods on his team at the Ryder Cup.

Captains ban Twitter – golf.com
U.S. and European players have been banned from using Twitter and other social networking sites during the Ryder Cup.

A dash from the past – golf.com
The uniforms for the U.S. Ryder Cup team this year are nothing if not classic. In fact, one of the outfits, for Saturday, is right out of the pages of Esquire from the 1930s, almost literally:

Tiger’s arrival big news – golf channel
Great Britain’s news web sites are alive with reports of the American Ryder Cup team plane touching down at 6 a.m. Eastern time today in Cardiff in Wales.