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25 September 1997: The Ryder Cup tees off at Valderrama
Jennie Rhodes
For the first time in its seventy-one-year history, golf's Ryder Cup took place outside the USA or UK and came to Sotogrande's Valderrama golf course (Cadiz) in 1997. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía opened the ceremony on 25 September, fulfilling ... was undoubtedly linked to its ranking as Europe's number one golf course by Golf World magazine in 1991, a position it maintained throughout the 1990s. The Ryder Cup was won by the European team by a small margin of 14.5 to 13.5, after three days of ... causing 22-kilometre tailbacks around Estepona, leading to frustrated players, journalists and spectators. However, despite the setbacks, the first Ryder Cup in continental Europe was declared a success by all those involved. It achieved all the