PGA Changes Ryder Cup Qualifying Format
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The PGA of America revamped its system Thursday for qualifying for the Ryder Cup team, giving additional points for winning and quadrupling the points awarded during the year the matches are played.
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The Uefa Cup may undergo a format change by following a similar structure to the Champions League.
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Colin Montgomerie will play in his seventh Ryder Cup, added to the European team Sunday as one of two wild-card selections by captain Bernhard Langer.
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TIGER Woods said yesterday that he wants to be made a playing vice-captain for the next American Ryder Cup team and also proposed a change in selection policy to halt his countryâs losing run.
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Europe got off to the perfect start in the Ryder Cup when the opening duo of Colin Montgomerie and Padraig Harrington went one up over Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson after the first hole.
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The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.
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So here&#39;s a switch. In most of the recent Ryder Cup years - six of the last nine competitions â-he United States appeared to have the stronger team, yet Europe won.
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The PGA of America has radically altered the points system to determine future US Ryder Cup teams. Changes announced Thursday heavily weigh the points in favor of performances during a Ryder Cup year.
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Still smarting from their 18Â½-9Â½ drubbing by Europe in September&#39;s Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills, the Americans have decided to overhaul the way they pick their team for the next meeting, at the K Club in Ireland in 2006.
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The dynamics of the Ryder Cup in the 21st century have changed. The presumption by most Americans that the United States has the better team, and therefore should win the Ryder Cup, has long since evaporated.
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The worst American loss in Ryder Cup history led to a shakeup in the qualification process, a change geared toward making sure the US is on top of its game when the 2006 matches are played in Ireland.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Stranger things have happened. What the heck, Phil Mickelson won the Masters earlier this year. But the long and short of what Team USA faces on the final day of the Ryder Cup
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Chris Riley is the least-qualified US Ryder Cup member. Following one of America&#39;s worst days in golf&#39;s most important team competition, there was no question he belonged.
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The Ryder Cup is always emotional, which ensures that it will be compelling. No other event in golf stirs up similar passions, and nobody involved seems immune to it.
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A change to the system of rotating World Cup finals between continents due to be announced by FIFA on Monday would open the way for England to launch a bid to host the 2018 tournament.
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The U.S. Women's Open will use a three-hole playoff format starting this year, leaving the U.S. Open as the only major championship with an 18-hole playoff.
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All it took was one glance at the scoreboard to realize the Ryder Cup was over. Tiger Woods was in the lead. It required two of his best shots to get there Thursday in the American Express Championship, a drive he hammered on the 567-yard 18th hole at The Grove, followed by a 3-wood into a slight breeze that landed 20 feet away for an eagle that gave Woods an 8-under 63, and a one-shot lead over Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter.