Ryder Cup Quiz

Getting you in the mood for the start of the 39^th Ryder Cup Matches, here’s our quiz to test your knowledge of the greatest team event in golf.  There are 25 questions that get progressively harder…..Good luck!

1. In which US State is Medinah Country Club located?
2. Which wildcard pick proved to be Nick Faldo’s top scorer at the last Ryder Cup on US soil?
3. There has only been one Ryder Cup played in Continental Europe. Where was it played?
4. Which European player will consider this something of a homecoming, having attended Northwestern University, marrying a girl from Chicago and owning a home near the city?
5. Tony Jacklin is widely regarded as the man responsible for changing European Ryder Cup fortunes. Which four years did Tony Jacklin Captain the European side?
6. Who are the 5 Rookies competing this year at Medinah?
7. In which year did Tiger Woods make his Ryder Cup debut?
8. Much has been made of the course length at Medinah, which has been altered to favour the bigger hitting Americans. However, Europe boasts some long hitters too. Which player is the longest hitter of all?
9. Which traditional heathland course in England hosted the 1981 Ryder Cup and arguably America’s strongest ever team?
10. Which American holed the putt against José María Olazábal that led to the premature celebrations at Brookline in 1999?
11. Which past Ryder Cup player is this?                   
12. The Ryder Cup will be played at Gleneagles in 2014, Hazeltine National GC in 2016, and Le Golf National in 2018. Where will the 2020 Ryder Cup be held?
13. Arguably the most infamous sports shirts of all time (certainly the ugliest), what did the singles day shirts for the US Team at the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline depict?
14. Which player famously danced with joy on the final green after securing victory on American soil for the first time?
15. Which European played David to Phil Mickelson’s Goliath in the 2002 Ryder Cup singles?
16. There have been six holes-in-one in Ryder Cup matches.  On two occasions two players have achieved aces at the same event: Costantino Rocca and Howard Clark first and some years later, Scott Verplank and Paul Casey.  But what years and at which host venues were these feats recorded?
17. Who is this former European Ryder Cup player? 
18. Two members of the 2012 European Team have played in Ryder Cup matches before but never won the trophy. Which two players?
19. The Ryder Cup was originally played between the United States and Great Britain, later becoming Great Britain & Ireland, and then Europe. What year did the United States first play against ‘Great Britain & Ireland’?
20. On the final day of the 2002 Ryder Cup, Paul Azinger holed a critical bunker shot on the 18th hole that earned a half point and kept any slim American hopes alive. Which European player was this against?
21. The format of the Ryder Cup is now made up of 4 fourball and 4 foursomes matches for the first two days, and 8 singles matches on the final day. What was the original format?
22. The 2010 US Ryder Cup Team experienced an embarrassing “wardrobe malfunction” during the torrential rains that swept across Celtic Manor.  Which manufacturer produced the leaky waterproof suits and suffered a PR disaster?
23. During the singles matches at the 2006 Ryder Cup, Steve Williams inadvertently dropped one of Tiger Wood’s golf clubs into a greenside lake.  Tiger was down to 13 clubs for the rest of the round, but which club did he have to do without?
24. Who is the golfing figure depicted on top of the Ryder Cup?
25. This year’s United States Captain, Davis Love III, has played in the Ryder Cup on six occasions, and competed in 26 matches. How many points did he accrue in this time?