Start the Ryder Cup, the great team competition in professional golf. Teams from Europe and the United States will face off in historic competition. Italy will host the Ryder for the first time in its history, which will be held in Rome its 44th edition.
For this edition of the contest, the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, located in Guidonia Montecelio. It is a municipality in the Lazio region, belonging to the capital of the transalpine country, Rome.
Players from Europe and the United States play for three days fourballs (best ball), foursomes (alternating shots) and individual duels. Through Europethe Northern Irish Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm They led the team, including Justin Rose, Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Nicola Hojgaard, Viktor Hovland, Shane Lowry, Robert Macintyre and Sepp Straka.
Jon Rahm will open accurately the 44th Ryder Cup with Tyrrell Hatton in the foursomes. The Spanish and English duo will face each other in the first match, at Marco Simone of Romeagainst World no. 1 Scottie Scheffler and his friend Sam Burns. A fantastic showdown to open the great golf team competition.
Through United States, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, Brian Harman, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele They form a strong team that aims to win on European soil.
On Friday and Saturday both teams will play both fourballs and foursomes, with the captain of the home team (in this case the United States) choosing the order. On Sunday comes the main course, where 12 individual matches will be played.
The total score for the competition is 28 points. Therefore, the winner must achieve at least 14.5 of those 28 points. If the match remains 14 to 14, the defending champion will retain his crown; in this case USA.
In fourballs, the lowest pair score of each team is taken as reference. However, in the foursomes format it is the pair throughout, as the two players take alternating shots (one from the tee and one from the next shot) until the hole is finished.
Both formats are played fight game, so the score is not based on strokes but on holes. The match ends when a team has no holes to recover, but nevertheless in individual matches the score is kept. Of course, all competition formats are played over 18 holes.
When is the first day of the Ryder Cup played?
The first day of Ryder Cup 2023 dispute this Friday September 29with a first shift from 7:30 in the morning. Within second move start with starting at 4:30 pm
Where to watch the first day of the Ryder Cup?
The morning session of the Ryder Cup 2023 can be seen of Movistar Golf (67), Movistar Golf 2 (68) and Movistar VAMOS Bar (304), Channels of the Movistar Plus platform.
The afternoon session can be seen of Movistar Golf (67), Movistar Golf 2 (68). Movistar VAMOS (8 and 50), Movistar + Lite and Movistar VAMOS Bar (304)channels of Movistar Plus platform. You can follow all the information about the contest via the Mundo Deportivo website.
Source: La Verdad
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