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During its celebrated history, Moortown Golf Club has grown accustomed to hosting the greats of the game and providing the backdrop for significant moments in golf history. Everyone from Walter Hagen to Peter Thomson, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo have played here, each chapter helping to build the story of this wonderful golf club. And yet, there can be no question when the defining moment came. Even before you turn left into Moortown’s tree-lined driveway you know.  MOORTOWN’S RYDER CUP LEGACY The sign proudly reads ‘Moortown Golf Club – venue of the 1929 Ryder Cup.’ And why not?…

Lindrick Golf Club saved the Ryder Cup. By the time 1957 came around, the event was on its knees. The US had won every match dating back 24 years. Interest was waning. No one wanted to sponsor it and with only months to go before the Ryder Cup was due to be played, the end was in sight. It was in need of a saviour. Sir Stuart Goodwin, a Yorkshire industrialist, answered the call. He had found golf relatively late in life having been intrigued by the skill shown by an exhibition match at Lindrick between British captain Dai Rees and…

Ganton Golf Club is a truly extraordinary place. There is a stillness to it, a timeless elegance. It’s as if when you leave the busy main road that flanks it and turn down a long narrow drive you are transported to a place of calm and serenity. Even in the fierce and frequent winds that sweep through the Vale of Pickering in Yorkshire, there’s a sense of peace here. Ganton Golf Club dates back to 1891 when Tom Chisholm of St Andrews created a layout that has hosted every major event an inland links course can. The 1949 Ryder Cup,…

It’s not often golf can reach beyond the sport and capture the imagination of a new audience.  The Ryder Cup, however, carries that power. It is an event built on prestige, not prize money, one that conjures up vivid, enduring memories and brings to mind the names of the courses on which the battles have played out.  As part of our exclusive Ryder Cup series, we visited three iconic Ryder Cup Yorkshire courses, Ganton, Moortown and Lindrick to tell their story. In all, 12 British clubs have hosted the Ryder Cup. Scotland has held it twice – at Muirfield and…