The Ryder Cup By Brian Weis

The Ryder Cup

By The Numbers

By Brian Weis

With the golf world fresh off another scintillating Masters, it's exciting to think ahead to the next Ryder Cup in September at Hazeltine National near Minneapolis. There is no more electric competition in the sport - pitting America vs. Europe/Great Britain/Ireland - and Premier Golf has been the exclusive Ryder Cup package provider in North America since the "War by the Shore" (1991). Premier Golf's executive team are experts on everything Ryder Cup. If you can imagine flying on a private jet with the U.S. Ryder Cup team - picture putts being rolled down the aisle at 37,500 feet - then you understand Premier Golf's unique insight. With that in mind, following is Premier Golf's "Ryder Cup by the Numbers."

2 - Ties in Ryder Cup history (1989 Europe retains Cup, 1969 USA retains Cup)
4 - Most Ryder Cup wins as captain (Walter Hagen)
6 - Number of holes-in-one since 1927 (5 Europe/Great Britain/Ireland and 1 USA)
12 - Consecutive Ryder Cup's attended by Premier Golf President Jim Ward
13 - Number of Europe/GB&I Team victories over USA
15 - Separate security agencies monitoring 2016 Ryder Cup safety
17 - Inches tall of the actual Ryder Cup (nine inches wide, weighting four pounds)
19 - Age of youngest Ryder Cup Player ever (Sergio Garcia, 1999)
23 - Most matches won in Ryder Cup career (Nick Faldo)
25 - Number of USA Team victories over Europe/GB&I
34 - Age of youngest Ryder Cup Captain (Arnold Palmer, 1963)
41st - Number of Ryder Cup competitions when held this fall
51 - Age of oldest Ryder Cup Player (Ray Floyd, 1993)
65 - Age of oldest Ryder Cup Captain (Tom Watson, 2014)
80 - Approximate number of charter busses arranged for 2016 Premier Golf guests
100 - VIP Seats daily in 2016 Premier Golf Chalet at Hazeline National (16th hole)
$3495 - Price per person (in USD) for the 2016 Mystic Lake Casino Ryder Cup Package
24,000 - Population of Chaska, Minn., location of Hazeltine National
25,000 - Approximate number of Ryder Cup travelers Premier Golf has sent since 1991
$135,000,000 - Estimated economic impact (USD) to Minneapolis-St Paul for 2016 Ryder Cup

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.