The Ryder Cup

by Dale Concannon (Author)

• Used

  Perfect Paperback
  2004

  $3.26

  The biennial Ryder Cup golf contest between the US and Europe is one of the biggest - and often most controversial - sporting events in the world. Last time round, at the Belfry in 2002, the British pulverised the Americans, after the 1999 debacle at Brookline when the stampeding American team prematurely celebrated victory before the last match was over. For golfers like Colin Montgomerie, their heroic and brilliantly consistent performances under pressure in the Ryder Cup rank as comparable achievements to the winning of a major title. Dale Concannon's book is the most readable account of this historic contest from its sedate beginnings in the 1920s, match by match, all the way to its present-day hysteria and nailbiting finishes.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.26

  The biennial Ryder Cup golf contest between the US and Europe is one of the biggest, most pulsating - and often most controversial - sporting events in the world. On the last two occasions the Europeans have pulverised the Americans, and relegated world-best players like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to also-rans. For golfers like Colin Montgomerie, their heroic and brilliantly consistent performances under pressure in the Ryder Cup are comparable achievements to winning a Major. Dale Concannon's book is now established as the most readable and authoritative chronicle of this great tournament. Now re-published - fully updated to include the 2004 contest - as a stunningly illustrated full-colour book, it features over 140 photographs, from rare archive shots of the Cup's earliest days to magnificent action shots of the gladiatorial epics of recent years.