What is the Ryder Cup celebrity match? Why do they play it? Who’s playing?
RYDER CUP week is underway with the beginning of the Celebrity match at Le Golf National.
The celebs open the festivities of the Ryder Cup with former sportsmen and women taking on singers and actors.
The Celebrity match opens the week outside Paris as Europe gears up to take on the USA over three days this weekend.
What is the celebrity match?
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