Ryder Cup chief plays down weather fears

HOWLING winds and torrential rains accompanied yesterday’s date announcement for the 2014 Ryder Cup, but organisers dismissed fears of another weather-disrupted event in Britain.

The 2014 biennial match between Europe and the United States will take place from September 26 to September 28 on the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles in Perthshire.

Europe are the holders, having triumphed at Celtic Manor last October in an event which went into a fourth day for the first time in history due to adverse weather in south Wales.