2006-09-23 00:31:25 · 8 answers · asked by tacrossman 1 in Sports ➔ Golf
Samuel Ryder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryder_Cup
2006-09-23 00:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by buddhaboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Named after the creator of the competition, Samuel Ryder.
2006-09-23 20:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samuel Ryder, a former Mayor of St Albans, donated the trophy in 1927.
2006-09-23 03:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by david4thelord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a guy named Ryder started it.
2006-09-26 06:40:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Americans look as though they have got their team outfits from a Sue Ryder charity shop
2006-09-23 10:36:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it was started as a friendly competition between the American and British professional golfers (c.1927) by a seed merchant called Samuel Ryder.
2006-09-27 00:28:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is named after Samuel Ryder, a St Albans seed merchant, who made the event official in 1926, after it was initially proposed by golf journalist James Harnett. Hope that does it for you.
2006-09-23 10:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by steven5872 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the trophy was donated by a mr samuel ryder
2006-09-23 03:38:28 · answer #8 · answered by ben h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋