subject: The New Format Offers The Ryder Cup Captains Logistical Challenge [print this page] Colin Montgomerie Corey Pavin and facing an unprecedented challenge from the Ryder Cup, the captain on Saturday as rain delayed the team competition is offered to one day catch up with pairs of concertina playing golf.
Having lost more than seven hours torrential rains Friday caused organizers with an ingenious solution to try to prevent the event running until Monday.
fourballs Friday the opening of four, well balanced with the U.S. comes in two and a couple, but no more than two in advance, all have half a turn to play and resume at 0745 hours local (0645 GMT), permitting.
Once constant time, there will be six foursome matches followed by two quartets and four fourballs with 24 players and captains relieved of the task of having to leave the four players in each session.
The extra games are a bonus for fans, a kind of consolation for their suffering during the flood on Friday, but present new challenges for teachers trying to stay on top of developments in thinking about their predictions for time combinations.
The Saturday after is good, but more rain is expected on Sunday to the possibility of running for Ryder Cup on Monday for the first time since its creation in 1927 remains a distinct possibility.
The extra games are a bonus for fans, something of a consolation for their suffering during Friday's deluge, but they present new challenges for the captains as they seek to stay on top of the ever-changing situation while thinking about their later combinations.
The weather forecast for Saturday is good, though with more rain expected on Sunday the possibility of the Ryder Cup running over to Monday for the first time since its inception in 1927 is still a distinct possibility.
The New Format Offers The Ryder Cup Captains Logistical Challenge
