2016 Ryder Cup
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| Dates | September 30 – October 2, 2016 | ||||
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| Venue | Hazeltine National Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Chaska, Minnesota | ||||
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Golf Club
The 41st Ryder Cup Matches will be held in the United States from September 30 to October 2, 2016, at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Europe enters the competition as the cup holders, having won in 2014 in Scotland for their third consecutive win.
Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format will be as follows:
- Day 1 (Friday) – 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches and 4 fourball (better ball) matches
- Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches
- Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches
On the first two days there are 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches with the home captain choosing which are played in the morning and which in the afternoon.
With a total of 28 points available, 14½ points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes.
Course
The announcement that Hazeltine was The PGA of America had selected Hazeltine as the venue for the 2016 Ryder Cup was made on April 22, 2002.[1]
The order of holes will be different from that normally used for the course. The front nine will be current holes 1–4 and 14–18 while the back nine will be current holes 10–13 and 5–9.[2]
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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| Yards | 442 | 429 | 633 | 210 | 352 | 642 | 402 | 186 | 475 | 3,771 | 452 | 606 | 518 | 248 | 448 | 405 | 572 | 176 | 432 | 3,857 | 7,628 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Task Force
Following the European victory in the 2014 Ryder Cup, the PGA of America created a "Ryder Cup Task Force". The Task Force consisted of three PGA officials and eight players with Ryder Cup experience. There were three previous Ryder Cup captains: Raymond Floyd, Tom Lehman and Davis Love III together with Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods. The Task Force considered a number of issues including the selection of the Ryder Cup captain and vice-captains and the team selection process.[3]
The conclusions of the Task Force were announced on February 24, 2015 with the announcement of a number of changes for the 2016 contest. Davis Love III was selected as the captain, while new criteria were specified for the selection of vice-captains. In addition a number of changes were made to the team selection process for 2016. The 11-man Task Force was disbanded after the announcement and replaced with a smaller 6-man "Ryder Cup Committee" which included Love, Mickelson and Woods.[4]
Team qualification and selection
United States
The United States qualification rules were announced by the Task Force on February 24, 2015. The majority of the team will be selected from the Ryder Cup points list which is based on prize money won in important tournaments. Generally one point is awarded for every $1,000 earned. The team will consist of:[4]
- The leading eight players on the Ryder Cup points list, gained in the following events
- 2015 major championships
- 2015 World Golf Championship events and The Players Championship (half points)
- 2016 major championships (double points)
- 2016 PGA Tour events. Qualifying events in this category are those played between January 1 and August 28, 2016, including The Barclays. "Alternate" events (those played opposite a major or WGC event) do not earn points
- Four captain's picks
- Three to be announced after the 2016 BMW Championship, which is scheduled to conclude on September 11.
- One to be announced after the 2016 Tour Championship, which is scheduled to conclude on September 25.
There were are a number of changes from 2014. The number of captain's picks was increased from three to four with the selections being made later than previously. The qualifying events now include the 2015 WGC events and Players Championship but exclude 2016 PGA Tour events played in 2015. The qualifying period has also been extended. Previously the qualifying period has generally ended with the PGA Championship in mid-August. Because of the Olympic Games, the 2016 PGA Championship will take place at the end of July.
Current points list: http://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.131.html
Europe
The European team qualification rules were announced on May 26, 2015. The basic qualification rules were unchanged from those for the 2014 event. The team consists of:[5][6]
- The leading four players on the Ryder Cup European Points List
- Points earned in all Race to Dubai tournaments starting with the 2015 M2M Russian Open and ending with the 2016 Made in Denmark due to finish on August 28, 2016.
- The leading five players, not qualified above, on the Ryder Cup World Points List
- Total World Rankings Points earned in Official World Golf Ranking events starting on September 3, 2015 (the start date of the M2M Russian Open) and ending with the Made in Denmark tournament due to finish on August 28, 2016, except that (i) all events in the week finishing on August 14, 2016 (the week of the men's Olympic tournament) are excluded and (ii) only the Made in Denmark tournament ending on August 28, 2016 is counted for that week.
- Three captain's picks
- To be announced in the week starting August 29, 2016.
Only European members of the European Tour are eligible for the team and players can only earn points in the above two lists while they are a member of the European Tour. Paul Casey is not currently a member of the European Tour and so he has not scored any points in either list.[7]
Current points list: http://www.europeantour.com/rydercup/points/index.html
Teams
Captains
Darren Clarke was named as the European captain on February 18, 2015.[8] He was selected by a five man selection panel consisting of the last three Ryder Cup captains: Paul McGinley, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, another ex-Ryder Cup player David Howell and the European Tour chief executive George O'Grady.[9]
Davis Love III was named the United States captain on February 24, 2015.[10] He had previously captained the 2012 team.
Vice-captains
Each captain selects a number of vice-captains to assist him during the tournament.
Tom Lehman was named as a vice-captain at the same press conference that Love was named as captain. It was also announced that there would be a total of four United States vice-captains, two who had previously been Ryder Cup captains and two others with considerable Ryder Cup playing experience.[10] In November 2015 three more vice-captains were named: Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods. All three had been members of the American Task Force.[11]
References
- ↑ "2016 Ryder Cup headed to Hazeltine". Ryder Cup. March 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Hazeltine National gets rerouted for Ryder Cup". Ryder Cup. October 17, 2014.
- ↑ "PGA of America creates Ryder Cup task force to chart course for future U.S. teams". Ryder Cup. October 13, 2014.
- 1 2 "Davis Love III named U.S. Ryder Cup Captain". Ryder Cup. February 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Ryder Cup: Darren Clarke keeps European qualifying unchanged". BBC Sport. May 26, 2015.
- ↑ "European Ryder Cup points race to start in Russia". Ryder Cup. May 26, 2015.
- ↑ Pelley, Keith (October 7, 2015). "Paul Casey 'would love' European Tour return". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Darren Clarke named 2016 European Ryder Cup Captain". Ryder Cup. February 18, 2015.
- ↑ "David Howell added to five-man panel selecting next Team Europe Captain". Ryder Cup. October 12, 2014.
- 1 2 Harig, Bob (February 24, 2015). "Davis Love III named Ryder captain". ESPN.
- ↑ "Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods named vice captains for 2016". Ryder Cup. November 18, 2015.
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