‘Risk-free’ French bid wins Ryder Cup

FRANCE won the right to host the 2018 Ryder Cup after presenting a bid described by European Tour chief executive George O’Grady as both exceptional and risk-free.

The 42nd edition of the biennial match will be staged at Le Golf National in Versailles, just outside Paris, the venue for 18 of the last 20 French Open tournaments.

The Ryder Cup has been played on the continent just once before, at Valderrama in Spain in 1997 when Severiano Ballesteros captained Europe to victory.