Junior Ryder Cup
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Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...
and is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Ltd (a subsidiary of the PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
). The teams consist of six boys and six girls. The Americans must be under sixteen on the final day, while the Europeans must be no older than sixteen on 1 January of the year of the event. This gives the Europeans a potential average age advantage of around eight months. The tournament is played over two days of foursomes, four-ball and singles matches. There are three boys' matches and three girls' foursomes matches and six mixed fourball matches on the first day. There are 12 singles matches (added in 2008) on the second day.
In 1995 an informal set of matches between European junior golfers and Central New York PGA Section and area juniors was played in the United States; Europe dominated but no results were published. Matches were also played in the next two Ryder Cup years, with Europe now taking on the whole of the United States. The Americans won 9-7 in 1997 and Europe won 10½ to 1½ in 1999. These results are not counted for official record purposes.
The Junior Ryder Cup was formally introduced in 2002 and the first event was played at the K Club in Ireland, which was the venue for the 2006 Ryder Cup, and was won by Europe by 9½ to 2½. The second event was held in 2004 at Westfield Group Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio
Westfield Center, Ohio
Westfield Center is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,054 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1826. When it was given a Post Office, the name "Le Roy" was assigned. The two names were used interchangeably until it was incorporated in 1914 as Le Roy, Ohio. In...
, USA and the European Team retained the title by winning 8½ to 3½. The 2006 event in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
was tied 6-6.
Several players in the competition have gone on to professional careers, including Sergio García
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
, who played for the 1995 European team. Isabelle Lendl
Isabelle Lendl
Isabelle Lendl is an American amateur golfer. She finished second in the 2006 American Junior Golf Association girls standings. She ranked first in the Top Fives and was named a first team Rolex Junior All-American. Her father is Ivan Lendl, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame...
(former tennis star Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
's daughter) played for the United States in 2006.
Results
Official matches| Year | Venue | Location | Winning Team | Gleneagles Resort Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station... |  Gleneagles, ScotlandGleneagles, Scotland Gleneagles is a glen which connects with Glen Devon to form a pass through the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland... |
 United States |
13½ | 10½ |  Europe |
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| 2008 | The Club at Olde Stone | Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009... |
United States |
22 | 2 | Europe |
| 2006 | Celtic Manor Resort Celtic Manor Resort The Celtic Manor Resort is a golf-centric hotel and leisure resort in Newport, south Wales. It consists of two adjoining hotels, a country inn, two golf and country clubs, and a multi-purpose conference centre... |
 NewportNewport Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent... , South Wales South Wales South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of... |
Tied | 6 | 6 | Tied |
| 2004 | Westfield Group Country Club | Westfield Center, Ohio Westfield Center, Ohio Westfield Center is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,054 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1826. When it was given a Post Office, the name "Le Roy" was assigned. The two names were used interchangeably until it was incorporated in 1914 as Le Roy, Ohio. In... |
Europe |
8½ | 3½ | United States |
| 2002 | The K Club The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club is a golf and leisure complex located at Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. It is built on the old grounds of Straffan House and at present is jointly owned by Gerry Gannon and Michael Smurfit.... |
 StraffanStraffan Sruthán was mistakenly cited by Thomas O'Connor in the Ordnance Survey Letters in 1837, and adopted as the Irish form of Straffan. Seosamh Laoide used it in his list of Irish names of post-offices published in Post-Sheanchas . An Sruthán gained currency among those involved in the Irish revival... , County Kildare County Kildare County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
Europe |
9½ | 2½ | United States |
Matches before official launch
| Year | Venue | Location | Winning Team | Cape Cod Cape Cod Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States... , Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... | Europe |
10½ | 1½ | United States |
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| 1997 | Alcaidesa Links Golf Course Alcaidesa Alcaidesa is a residential and commercial seaside resort near Sotogrande, Spain , in the Andalusian province of Cádiz. The resort was developed pursuant to a joint venture agreement between Costain PLC and Banesto Bank.Construction originally started in the 1990s... |
 La LíneaLa Línea de la Concepción La Línea de la Concepción is a town in Spain, in the province of Cádiz in Andalucia. It lies on the eastern isthmus of the Bay of Gibraltar on the border with the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, with which it has close economic and social links... , Cádiz Cádiz (province) Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of continental Western Europe.... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
United States |
9 | 7 | Europe |
| 1995 | Cavalry Club | Manlius, New York Manlius (village), New York Manlius is a village in Onondaga County, New York, USA. The population was 4,819 at the 2000 census. The village takes its name from its town.The Village of Manlius is near the south town line of the Town of Manlius and is southeast of the City of Syracuse of which it is a suburb.An area of about... |
Europe |
Unpublished | United States |
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