Ryder Cup dates, teams, players, schedule, tee times, TV information, live stream
RYDER CUP 2018 - dates, teams, Ryder Cup picks, tee times, tournament schedule and TV information for Team Europe v USA.
Ryder Cup dates
The Ryder Cup lasts for three days and is regularly held across the last weekend of September.
This year's tournament gets started on September 28 with the final round of play finishing on September 30.
Where is the 2018 Ryder Cup?
This year's edition of the Ryder Cup will be held in France for the first time in the history of the event.
Le Golf National will host the biennial contest at the Albatros course, situated roughly 20 miles south west of Paris.
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Ryder Cup schedule
Friday, September 28
Morning: Fourballs, starting 7.10am
Afternoon: Foursomes, starting 12.50pm
Saturday, September 29
Morning: Fourballs, starting 7.10am
Afternoon: Foursomes, starting 12.50pm
Sunday, September 30
12 singles matches, starting 11.05am
All matches will be shown live on Sky Sports.
European Ryder Cup team
Francesco Molinari
Justin Rose
Jon Rahm
Rory McIlroy
Tommy Fleetwood
Tyrrell Hatton
Alex Noren
Thorbjorn Olesen
Paul Casey (wildcard)
Sergio Garcia (wildcard)
Ian Poulter (wildcard)
Henrik Stenson (wildcard)
Captain: Thomas Bjorn
Vice-captains: Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Robert Karlsson, Graeme McDowell, Lee Westwood.
US Ryder Cup team
Brooks Koepka
Dustin Johnson
Justin Thomas
Patrick Reed
Bubba Watson
Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Webb Simpson
Bryson DeChambeau (wildcard)
Tiger Woods (wildcard)
Phil Mickelson (wildcard)
Tony Finau (wildcard)
Captain: Jim Furyk
Vice-captains: Davis Love III, Steve Stricker, David Duval, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar.
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What is the Ryder Cup?
While the vast majority of golf events are individual affairs with a player playing for themselves at stroke play across four days, here they are part of a team playing match play.
Both the Americans and the Europeans have 12 players and the teams will battle it out for 28 points over three days at the biennial showpiece.
The first team to 14.5 points wins the Cup, while the United States will retain the trophy as defending champions should the contest end 14-14.
No. The first two days consist of the fourball and foursomes matches, with four sets of fourballs played each morning and four sets of foursomes played on both afternoons. The 12 singles matches will then be played on Sunday afternoon.
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Tiger Woods will partner Patrick Reed against Francesco Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood in the fourth and final fourballs match when the Ryder Cup gets underway on Friday, a grouping sure to be the number one draw for fans at Le Golf National.
Woods, back in the competition after not playing in the last two editions, is in hot form and it looks a formidable partnership with this year's Masters champion Reed.
The first match of the day sees Justin Rose and Spanish rookie Jon Rahm taking on Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau.
Rory McIlroy and Dane Thorbjorn Olesen face world number one Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, while English duo Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton take on Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
Two years ago at Hazeltine the United States swept to a 4-0 lead in the opening morning's foursomes - where players play alternate shots with the same ball - and though Europe fought back to close the gap, the home side eventually ran out convincing 17-11 winners.
This time Europe have opted to start the day with the fourball format where each man plays his own ball and the lowest scoring player on each side counts in the matchplay competition.
Over 7,000 fans will ring the first tee when play gets underway at 08.10 local time on Friday, creating a noise and atmosphere unlike anything seen in any other golf event.