Soltalk September 2018 | Page 38

From previous page Day 1 (Friday) – 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches and 4 fourball (better ball) matches Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches SUNDAY 2 – SUNDAY 9 Tour of Britain Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches On the first two days there will be 4 fourball matches in the morning and 4 foursome matches in the afternoon. SUNDAY 2 FRIDAY 28 – SUNDAY 30 Ryder Cup, Le Golf National, Paris Italian Grand Prix – Monza SUNDAY 16 Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay SUNDAY 30 Russian Grand Prix - Sochi THURSDAY 12 – SUNDAY 16 Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France The 42nd Ryder Cup Matches will be held in France from 28–30 September 2018 at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, a suburb southwest of Paris. It will be the second Ryder Cup to be held in Continental Europe, after the 1997 contest, which was held in Spain. The United States is the defending champion, but has lost the last five matches in Europe, having last won there in 1993. The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format will be as follows: 36 With a total of 28 points available, 14½ points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion, the United States, to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes. FRIDAY 14 – SUNDAY 16 Davis Cup semi-finals and World Group play-offs including Great Britain v Uzbekistan.