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Behind The Ryder Cup: The Players' Stories

Ed Hodge, MA 2000; Peter Burns, MA 2004

Ed Hodge and Peter Burns have written a unique, new history of the Ryder Cup, golf's greatest team event. For them both, it's a case of 'enter the locker room: this is a history of the Ryder Cup like you have never experienced it before'. 

 From the origin matches that preceded the first official trans-Atlantic encounter between Britain and America at Worcester Country Club in 1927, all the way through to the fortieth instalment at Gleneagles in 2014, this is the complete history of the Ryder Cup - told by the men who have been there and done it. 
 
With exhaustive research and exclusive new material garnered from interviews with players and captains from across the decades, Behind the Ryder Cup unveils the compelling truth of what it means to play in golf's biggest matchplay event, where greats of the game have crumbled under pressure while others have carved their names into sporting legend. 
 
There are various Ryder Cup books on the shelves but this is completely different, and builds on book publications Ed and Pete have written in recent years with Arena Sport, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd based in Edinburgh.

ISBN: 9781909715318

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