New York Times - Ryder Cup Book Gift Details
This beautiful handmade book, features the top Ryder Cup stories from every tournament including the first ever tournament in 1927 to the recent past, reported as they happened at the time.
A truly personalized golf gift, for fans of the sport, this Ryder Cup Book cherishes the moments which make this golf tournament such a popular and unique event bringing together countries and continents for one of the most exciting weekends in the golfing calendar.
Read about the first ever tournament held in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts which ended USA 9 ½ Great Britain 2 ½ and set the standard for the first of many USA Ryder Cup victories.
The reports in this newspaper book tell how the team dominated the competition for over 30 years between 1959 and 1983 and forced Great Britain to recruit players from Ireland and the rest of Europe to eventually beat them.
Relive classic and nail biting moments including the 1987 tournament in which Ben Crenshaw was forced to play with his 1-iron after snapping his putter in disgust. Justin Leonard’s birdie putt in 1999 which put the Ryder Cup back in US hands and Boo Weekley’s crucial role in beating Nick Faldo’s European team in 2008 which saw him galloping down the Valhalla fairway.
Experience Jack Nicklaus’ last putt in the 1969 tournament resulting in the first ever Ryder Cup draw, the battle between Sam Torrance and Andy North in 1985 which saw Europe end USA’s thirty year winning streak and the ‘War on the Shore’ in 1991 – one of the closest ever Ryder Cup tournaments in which the US clinched victory in the final moments, USA 14 ½ Europe 13 ½.
See the stories and pictures, as published at the time, of the Ryder Cup being held proud by all-time great golfers and US team captains Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Paul Azinger.
To make this unique golf gift truly special, personalize it with the recipient’s name (up to 22 characters) and a message (up to 5 rows of 30 characters) which will be printed on a certificate label, and upgrade your gift by gold embossing the recipient’s name on the burgundy front cover. This fantastic gift measures 12.5 x 15 inches.