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Ryder Cup Betting Preview
Golf’s Ryder Cup is still two months away, but it’s already time to start betting on it. The absence of Tiger Woods means that reigning champions Europe are the slight favourites with evens being the best odds on offer, while the United States can be backed at 6/5. Here’s why the PGA Championship could prove the key to identifying the winner:
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Europe
» Europe have won the last three Ryder Cups (2002, 2004 and 2006).
» Nick Faldo is captain and on three of the last four occasions that an Englishman has led the European team, they have left with the trophy.
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» Europe have scored thirteen or more in each of the last 12 Ryder Cups which means that even if the United States can topple them, it will be by a thin margin.
United States
» chickendinner superfact: Since Europe took over from Great Britain and Ireland, no team has managed to win the Ryder Cup on four straight occasions.
» In both 2004 and 2006, the final result saw Europe score 18.5 compared to the United States' 9.5. The last time Europe won by the same score twice in a row (14.5 to 13.5, 1995 and 1997), the Americans won by that same score the next time round.
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» The last time Europe were captained by an Englishman was in 1999 when Mark James took charge - that also happens to coincide with Europe's last lost.
» The United States have never lost back-to-back Ryder Cups on home soil.
Ryder Cup Winner, best odds
