Aside from taking to the skies above Medinah, Paddy Power has a history of cunning stunts. This includes our Uffington White Horse for Cheltenham and Euro 2012′s Roy the Redeemer. We love a bit of mischief, which sometimes involves paying heavy fines for footballers. Here’s a recap of some of our finest – and most controversial […]
Archive | Ryder Cup 2012 RSS feed for this archive
Is Bradley Wiggins a shoo-in for BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012 will be announced this Sunday. For once, it’s more competitive than a paternity test on the Jermey Kyle Show, with a whole host of athletes who have had stellar years battling it out for the accolade. Bradley Wiggins is the red-hot odds-on favourite after his incredible year on […]
Ryder Cup heroes give Paddy Power the thumbs up
Europe’s history-making Ryder Cup team has sobered up for long enough to give Paddy Power the thumbs up for helping them complete one of the biggest fight-backs in the tournament’s history. Going into the 12 single matches 10-6 down it looked bleak for Jose Maria Olazabal’s team but with the encouragement from Paddy Power’s sky […]
McGinley fav to be next Ryder Cup captain after Miracle of Medinah
Sean Goff | Sports Reporter The dust has settled on the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ when the Europeans came from 10-4 down at one stage to record a staggering 14.5 to 13.5 win. Europe are already 4/5 favourites to defend their title at Gleneagles in 2014 after dedicating their heroic win to the legendary Seve Ballesteros. […]
VIDEO: The best Ryder Cup GIFs
A picture paints a thousand words. Well, an animated GIF paints considerably more. So here are some of the best videos from the Ryder Cup at Medinah. Martin Kaymer celebrates holing the putt that ensured Europe retained the Ryder Cup, on Sunday night. Nerves of steel, pal. 1. If only the rest of Team Europe […]
Betting news on the Ryder Cup, Chelsea and the Twenty20
Golf What an incredible night! Europe came from 10-6 down on Saturday night to beat the American’s 14 1/2 – 13 1/2 and retain the Ryder Cup at the Medinah County Club. The Europeans won eight and halved one of the 12 singles matches on Sunday to seal one of the greatest fight-backs in the […]
Tiger baiting and the best of the Sunday sky tweets
Spirit of Seve, It’s Not Over, Mrs Dufner is hot, and some cheeky references to Tiger Woods’ extra-marital relationships — it’s the best of the Sunday sky tweets from Paddy Power pilots over Medinah at the Ryder Cup.
Better late than never: McIlroy needs a police escort to make his tee time
Rory McIlroy almost missed the tee-off time of his Ryder Cup singles match because he was too busy watching telly. The world number one was left sprinting to the first hole after getting a police escort to the course because he got his time zones mixed up. The Northern Irishman got his Eastern time and […]
GIF: Jason Dufner is belly excited about the Ryder Cup
Jason Dufner, for one, can’t wait for the singles today at Medinah. (We love a bit of the Truffle Shuffle)
BREAKING NEWS: Paddy Power wins fight to sky tweet on Sunday
A furious political battle has raged behind the scenes as sports fans lapped up three glorious days of golf highlighted by heavenly sky tweeting from Paddy Power. Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam went on a one-man crusade to bring an immediate end to Paddy Power’s Ryder Cup sky writing initiative. Roskam, a member of the Republican Party, threatened legal […]
Live text commentary on Ryder Cup 2012 and the Premier League {Click here}
The Paddy Power Blog brings you live text commentary from all the action at Medinah in the 2012 Ryder Cup including our sky tweets stunt! We’re also bring you updates from all the Premier League games this afternoon! #GOEUROPE UPDATE: Collection of Paddy Power’s best Ryder Cup Sky Tweets here. Ryder Cup 2012 USA 8-4 […]
VIDEO: ‘That’s so cool!’ Rory McIlroy reacts to Paddy Power sky tweets
This is the moment early on Saturday in Chicago when golf stars Rory McIlroy and playing partner Graeme McDowell were alerted by Darren Clarke to Paddy Power’s Ryder Cup stunt. Over Medinah, Paddy’s planes tweeted ‘Do it for Seve’ and ‘Rory’s Gonna Getcha’ — which left Rory beaming: “That’s so cool.” Keep your eyes peeled to @paddypower […]
Freaky pictures of golf stars with child bodies
Most of us have seen websites such as Awkward Family Photos. The Paddy Power Blog loves rubber-necking at embarrassing pictures of sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, and dickheads. This reminded us of Ryder Cup golfers – gentlemen famous for wearing bad slacks with dodgy shirts and terrible haircuts. We wondered what Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell, […]
Not Big Sam: Golf offers a feeling of hope you won’t find in Sunderland
You’ve seen the photo. You’ve probably got it on your bedroom wall, or on your desk at work. Not Big Sam and Sir Alex sitting resplendently, together, in a golf cart. Sitting. Smiling. Bonding. Caring for each other silently. Having more bloody fun than an unemployed dreamer hitting a hot streak on a fruit machine. […]
Best tweets from Paddy Power’s Ryder Cup sky writing
Earlier this week American Captain Davis Love III stoked the flames for a fiery confrontation, stirring up U.S. fans to deliver the loudest frenzy ever seen at the tournament. Paddy Power responded with an audacious plan to redress the balance for Team Europe. This involved creating giant tweets in the sky, visible from over 20 […]
Sport News 24/7
-
It’s a Ryan shame… but Paddy Power refunds customers who backed Ireland
-
As it happened: Premier League final day of the season [click here]
-
Twitter reaction to Denmark’s win in Eurovision 2013
-
Four value Eurovision 2013 bets to keep you on the edge of your seat
-
Andy Gray exclusive: Check out this 4/1 Wembley Play-off double
