2023 Ryder Cup

The 44th Ryder Cup Matches will be held in Italy in autumn 2023 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia Montecelio near Rome.[1] The biennial event was originally scheduled from 30 September to 2 October 2022, before the 43rd matches were postponed into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] The United States is the holder of the Ryder Cup after its 19–9 victory over Europe in 2021 at Whistling Straits.

44th Ryder Cup Matches
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Dates29 September – 1 October 2023
VenueMarco Simone Golf and Country Club
LocationGuidonia Montecelio, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy
Captains
Europe United States
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Marco Simone G&CC is located in Rome
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Host selection

The bidding process for the 2023 Ryder Cup opened on 23 June 2014. Countries had until 31 August to formally express an interest. These expressions had to come either from a central government or a national golf governing body.[4] On 14 December 2015, Rome was announced as the host of 2022 Ryder Cup. Italy beat Germany, Austria and Spain to win the bid for 44th edition of Ryder Cup.[5]

Bidding locations

Country Nearest city Golf course Ref
Austria Vienna Golf Club Fontana [6][7]
Germany Berlin Golf Club Bad Saarow [8][9][10][11][12]
Italy Rome Marco Simone Golf and Country Club [13][14]
Spain Girona PGA Catalunya Resort [15]

Declared an interest but did not enter an official bid

Country Reason of withdrawal Ref
Denmark Unspecified [16]
Portugal The "prevailing economic environment" [17][18]
Turkey Required up to 15,000 trees to be cut down to accommodate grandstands at its chosen course [19][20]

Course
Main article: Marco Simone Golf and Country Club

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format will be as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches and 4 fourball (better ball) matches
  • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches
  • Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches

On the first two days there are 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches with the home captain choosing which are played in the morning and which in the afternoon.

With a total of 28 points available, 141⁄2 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes.[21]

Teams

Captains

Both team captains were announced in early 2022; Zach Johnson was named as the U.S. team captain on February 28,[22] and Henrik Stenson as the European team captain on March 15.[23] Stenson was removed from the role in July 2022 due to his decision to join LIV Golf.[24] On 1 August 2022, Luke Donald was announced as the new captain of the European team.[25]

Vice captains

For the U.S. team, Steve Stricker was named as the first vice-captain.[22] On January 17, 2023, Davis Love III was named as the second vice-captain.[26] On May 8, 2023, Jim Furyk was named as the third vice-captain.[27] On May 10, 2023, Fred Couples was named as the fourth vice-captain.[28]

For the European team, Thomas Bjørn and Edoardo Molinari were named by Stenson as vice captains.[29] They were retained as vice-captains by Donald.[30] In November 2022, Donald named Nicolas Colsaerts as the team's third vice-captain.[31]

United States

The United States qualification rules were confirmed along with the announcement of Johnson as captain on 28 February 2022. There was no change from the amended selection process used for the previous Ryder Cup, with six players qualifying from the Ryder Cup points list and six captain's picks.[22]

Europe

The European team qualification rules were announced on 30 August 2022. There were several changes from the previous Ryder Cup, with three qualifiers from each of the European and World points lists and the number of captain's picks increased from three to six; the weighting of points was also changed, with highest ranked events now worth 4 times the lowest, having been six times the value previously.[32]

Notes
  1. Luke Donald replaced Henrik Stenson, who was relieved of the captaincy due to joining LIV Golf.

References
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  25. Carter, Iain (1 August 2022). "Ryder Cup: Luke Donald named Europe captain, replacing Henrik Stenson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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  29. "Ryder Cup: Henrik Stenson names Italy's Edoardo Molinari as second Europe vice-captain". Sky Sports. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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