The greening of the Ryder Cup

The Irish have an uncanny knack of playing pivotal roles in European success at the biennial spectacular, says Simon Lewis

Fri, 01 Oct, 2010 - 01:00

Christy’s, two-iron at The Belfry, 1989

CHRISTY O’Connor Jr had played just one Ryder Cup, 14 years earlier, when European captain Tony Jacklin made the Irishman a captain’s selection for the team’s home defence of the trophy.

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Courts Golf Place: Oak Hill Place: New York Place: Belfry Place: Europe Place: Ireland Place: K Club Place: County Kildare Place: Palmer Course Place: River Liffey Place: Oakland Hills Person: Simon Lewis Christy Person: Christy O’Connor Jr Person: Tony Jacklin Person: Freddie Couples Person: O’Connor Person: COUPLES Person: Couples’Person: Mike ‘Fluff’Person: Christy Person: Philip Walton Person: Walton Person: Jay Haas Person: Howard Clark Person: Peter Jacobsen Person: Haas Person: Bernard Gallacher Person: McGinley Person: Jim Furyk Person: Sam Torrance Person: Curtis Strange Person: Mickelson Person: Woods Person: Europeans Person: Paul Azinger Person: Niclas Fasth Person: Furyk Person: Tom Lehman Person: Tiger Woods Person: Phil Mickelson Person: Ian Woosnam Event: Ryder Cup Event: September 11 Event: European Tour Event: Smurfit European Opens Organisation: Irish Organisation: Europe Organisation: USA Organisation: Great Britain Organisation: Ireland

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