2018 Ryder Cup
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| Dates | 28–30 September 2018 | ||||
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| Venue | Le Golf National, Albatros Course | ||||
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Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Île-de-France, France |
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The 42nd Ryder Cup Matches will be held in France from 28–30 September 2018 at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, a suburb southwest of Paris. It will be the second Ryder Cup to be held in Continental Europe, after the 1997 contest, which was held in Spain. The United States are the defending champions, but last won in Europe in 1993, a quarter century earlier.
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format will be as follows:
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, the United States, to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes.
Ryder Cup Europe confirmed originally six countries – France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden – to be interested in bidding for the 2018 Ryder Cup. The deadline for the submission of bids was set for 30 April 2010; Sweden withdrew from the bidding early that month, while the Spanish bidding host city of Tres Cantos showed poor popular support.
There were five bids to host the event:
France were announced as hosts on 17 May 2011, despite calls for the Cup to be held in Spain, as a tribute to the late Seve Ballesteros.
The European team qualification rules were announced on 18 January 2017. There were a number of changes compared to 2016 with an increase in the number of captain's picks from three to four. The team will consist of:
Membership criteria for the European Tour have been reduced from five tournaments to four (outside the majors and WGCs) for the 2018 season. As in previous Ryder Cups, all players must be members of the European Tour to be eligible to play for Europe. Changes were also made to eligibility of future captains and vice-captains.
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