When a sporting event has a recent history of one team winning six of the last seven and eight of the last ten matches, you realize that turning the tide in your favor is no small task. That’s what faces the USA squad as the 41st Ryder Cup Matches will be played at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, starting on Sept. 30.
The American side faces enormous pressure with the matches being played on home soil. Four years ago—when the matches were last played in the States at Medinah just outside of Chicago—the American side led going into the final day’s play by a 10–6 margin. The resulting collapse during the 12 singles matches was even more startling than what Team USA had done in 1999 in overcoming a similar margin against Team Europe at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
