Spectators given Ryder Cup warning

Spectators at next week’s Ryder Cup are being reminded that cameras and mobile phones are among a number of items they will be banned from taking into The Belfry.

Security measures have been stepped up since the crowd scenes at the 1999 event in Boston and the September 11 attacks, which led to a 12-month postponement of the match.

In addition to cameras and mobile phones audible pagers, ladders, picnic baskets, briefcases, portable televisions, pushchairs, bicycles and garden chairs are also banned. Anyone seen using a camera or phone is liable to be ejected not just that day, but for the rest of the week.