Welcome to one of the most exciting weeks for golf fans! The biennial The Ryder Cup is taking place in Gleneagles, Scotland for the first time since 1973, and for only the second in history of The Ryder Cup.
For those who are new fans of this sport here are some brief facts:
The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy.
1457 - First written record of golf can be traced back to King James II’s decision to ban the sport, as the monarch was afraid that the game was distracting his people from archery practice
1502 - The golf ban was lifted with the signing of Treaty of Glasgow between Scotland and England
1552 – first games played in the Old Course in St Andrews
1921 – The King’s Course at Gleneagles is the venue for an unofficial match between Great Britain and USA
1927 - The inaugural Ryder Cup takes place at Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts. The Americans, captained by ‘golf’s first superstar’ Walter Hagen, win the match.
Birdie - Birdie means scoring one under par (−1). This expression was coined in 1899, at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey. It seems that one day in 1899, three golfers – George Crump (who later built Pine Valley, about 45 miles away), William Poultney Smith (founding member of Pine Valley), and his brother Ab Smith – were playing together when Crump hit his second shot only inches from the cup on a par-four hole after his first shot had struck a bird in flight. Simultaneously, the Smith brothers exclaimed that Crump's shot was "a bird." Crump's short putt left him one-under-par for the hole, and from that day the three of them referred to such a score as a "birdie." In short order, the entire membership of the club began using the term. As the Atlantic City Country Club, being a resort, had many out-of-town visitors, the expression spread and caught the fancy of all American golfers
Eagle - Eagle means scoring two under par (−2). The name "eagle" was used as a large bird representing a better score than a birdie.
Albatross (or Double Eagle) - Albatross means scoring three under par (−3), This is an extremely rare score, and occurs most commonly on par-fives with a strong drive and a holed approach shot.
Condor - Condor means scoring four under par (−4).This is the lowest individual hole score ever made. A condor would be a hole-in-one on a par-five
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