The Captain's Challenge: Winning the Ryder Cup
UK £12.99,Canada $26.00,
UK Publication September 2004
ISBN 9781848310261
Hardback
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One of golf's most respected analysts takes a measured look at how to win one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
2008 is Ryder Cup year. This golf match, contested every two years by Europe and the USA, will take place at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, this September. Approximately a billion people will tune in to watch the drama unfold and if history dictates, each captain will have to cope with not only the tactical machinations of a golf match, but also a number of scenarios that they might not necessarily have signed up for.
Recent matches have seen behaviour often step outside the confines of that usually reserved for the game of golf - accusations of cheating, and some terrible displays of misguided patriotism from both players and spectators - sometimes spilling over into outright abuse, including one match when a captain's wife was spat at.
Bruce Critchley has been commentating on the matches, first for the BBC and now for Sky, for the last 25 years, and in this book he analyses the strategic performance of each captain, how they have dealt with the pressures and often bizarre scenarios that accompany the event, and what it takes to control the passion of their side and steer it to an often unlikely victory.
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Colin Montgomerie has been Europe's undisputed leading golfer over the last 15 years, winning the Order of Merit an unprecedented seven consecutive times.
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