Ryder Cup celebrity match: Who is playing? The full line up of celebs
THE Ryder Cup gets underway on Friday but the Celebrities are in action today.
The Celebrity match starts this afternoon as Europe take on America at Le Golf National.
Rather than a Pro-Am event celebs play on their own this week on the course that will hold the 42nd Ryder Cup this weekend.
How does it work?
The 10-hole scramble will be contested by 20 celebrities from Europe and the United States from 1 pm to 4.45 pm on Tuesday September 25.
The match, which will be played over holes one to five and 14 to 18, will kick off the week’s festivities.
Who is playing?
European players
Dany Boon,
Alessandro Del Piero,
Jamie Dornan,
Luis Figo,
Laura Flessel-Colovic,
Guy Forget,
David Ginola,
Niall Horan,
Yannick Noah,
Brian O’Driscoll
USA players
James Blake
Samuel L. Jackson
Nick Jonas
Greg Kinnear
John McEnroe
Michael Phelps
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Kurt Russell
Kelly Slater
Luke Wilson
The pairings:
Match 1 - Noah/Forget V McEnroe/Blake
Match 2 - Figo/Del Piero V Wilson/Kinnear
Match 3 - Boon/O'Driscoll V Russell/Jackson
Match 4 - Flessel/Ginola V Slater/Rice
Match 5 - Dornan/Horan V Phelps/Jonas
How does the Ryder Cup format work?
Celebrity Challenge matches (all times BST)
1pm - Match 1 - Yannick Noah and Guy Forget v John McEnroe and James Blake
1.15pm - Match 2 - Luis Figo and Alessandro Del Piero v Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear
1.30pm - Match 3 - Dany Boon and Brian O'Driscoll v Kurt Russell and Samuel L Jackson
1.45pm - Match 4 - Laura Flessel-Colovia and David Ginola v Kelly Slater and Condoleezza Rice
2pm - Match 5 - Jamie Dornan and Niall Horan v Michael Phelps and Nick Jonas