Junior Ryder Cup

In 2008, the Junior Ryder Cup will be held Sept. 15-16 at The Club at Olde Stone, Bowling Green, Ky.

For the first time in Junior Ryder Cup history, the biennial matches were halved in 2006, with a 6-6 draw at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. Both the United States and European Junior Ryder Cup Teams were evenly matched, as they each recorded three victories apiece on both the first and second days.

In 2002, the Junior Ryder Cup was won by Europe, 9 ½ to 2½, at the K Club, in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. Recognized as one of Europe’s most spectacular golf courses and Ireland’s most challenging inland layout, the K Club also served as the host site for the 2006 Ryder Cup.

On Sept. 20, 1995, a series of exhibition matches were conducted matching the Central New York PGA Section-area juniors against 12 leading European junior players. The Europeans, age 15 and younger, toured three New York courses and dominated all of the matches. No results were published. The event was contested again prior to the 1997 Ryder Cup in Sotogrande, Spain. The U.S. won, 7-5. In 1999, Europe returned to face the U.S. juniors, and dominated in the Boston area by a 10½-to-1½ margin. This marked the first of three-straight outright Junior Ryder Cup victories for the Europeans.