UP to 20,000 spectators are expected today at the K Club in Straffan, Co Kildare to inspect the cream of European and US golfers in action during the first of three practice days in advance of the official start of the Ryder Cup on Friday.

RACEHORSES, stamps, artists, chefs and fashionistas. It seems there is nothing or nobody that doesn’t want to be associated with Ryder Cup guff… er, golf.