How Does The Ryder Cup Scoring Work?
The Ryder Cup is held every 2 years and alternates between being held in Europe and the US. The next Ryder Cup will be played at Medinah Country Club just outside of Chicago from 25th to 30th September 2012. The Ryder Cup is essentially a team golf competition between the USA and Europe where one team can win or alternatively it is possible for there to be a draw. However, if there is a draw then the team who currently hold the Ryder Cup from the previous tournament, are entitled to keep hold of the cup. The competition is usually made up of 28 golf matches. It is possible for this to change at the time of the competition due to things like adverse weather conditions. Each golf match has one point up for grabs. This point can be taken by one team or else shared (half a point each) between the teams. Therefore, as there are 28 matches, in order to win the Ryder Cup a team need to score 14 1/2 points. Once a team has this score the competition effectively is over and any matches in progr
