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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Do it for Seve! Paddy Power ‘sky tweets’ above the Ryder Cup 2012
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 […]
Tweet home Chicago: You are now entering a Ryder Cup war zone
It’s started. Just when we thought there was the faintest chance of the Ryder Cup becoming a demilitarised zone the good old US of A roll out former US captain Paul Azinger for a rousing address to the troops. Azinger who famously beat cancer was the masterminded behind America’s resurgence in the Ryder Cup at […]
Don’t miss a shot with our Ryder Cup 2012 TV schedule
It’s the greatest rivalry in golf as Europe take on America for the Ryder Cup. The Medinah County Club in Chicago will host the epic clash as the best golfers from each continent battle it out over three incredible days to determine the victors. Luckily for you we’ve compiled a schedule of when the tournament […]
Big match bottler? Money-Back on the Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is fast approaching and the battle lines have been drawn. Europe face America with more than just a trophy at stake, there is a huge amount of pride on the line and each golfer will be shouldering the hopes of a continent. That’s some pressure to have to deal with and these […]
Tweet Home Chicago: Ryder Cup players take to Twitter
By Sean Goff The 39th Ryder Cup is just four days away and the players are starting to get jiggy. Justin Rose was second to golf’s latest multi-millionaire Brandt Snedeker in the Tour Championship at the weekend with the American Ryder Cup wild card pick trousering a $7m bonus as he also claimed the FedEx Championship. […]
Ryder Cup Infographic: Sweet Home Chicago
It’s a hotter topic than the holiday snaps of Kate Midldeton and you don’t need a zoom lens to see it. The 2012 Ryder Cup runs from September 28-30 just outside the US city of Chicago and sports fans have waited two years for this fix. If foursomes are something you only normally come across on […]
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