Ryder Cup vs Presidents Cup
June 12th, 2007 by Olaf Bound.sTo all of us golfers out there, we already know how big these two events are. But even the great Jack Nicklaus has come up to say that it could use more attention by including more players. For a short recap, the Ryder Cup is a bi-yearly affair that pits the top US players versus Europe. Whilst the latter is the US vs. the rest of the world (excluding players from Europe). I couldn’t put it in another way by that I agree 100% with Mr. Nicklaus. Why should the US play different teams and make them the anchor team (apart from the fact that they are the richest association with the biggest purse)?
Also their recent disappointments in the Ryder Cup have people questioning this wisdom. I happen to think that it should be held by having a four-team event every four years like the World Cup (football or soccer). We could then have the four teams from US, Europe, Asia & Rest of the world. Make it a full week affair or better still, make it a fortnight. Then we would really see everyone. Then the whole world will see a real world team. What a wish!