Ryder Cup in 2006 will be Ireland’s biggest event

THE Ryder Cup at the K Club in Co. Kildare in 2006 will be, in the words of its champion Dr. Michael Smurfit, “the biggest single sporting event in this island’s history”.

Dr. Smurfit was speaking yesterday to a lunch-time audience at the RDS when he urged support for the Special Olympics which will be held in Ireland next year and described their promotion as “the most important event up to then”.

But, he said, without denigrating the Special Olympics in any way, the Ryder Cup will be such that the biggest problem will be to keep people without tickets out of the club.