THE RYDER CUP has begun, with Team Europe pitted against their fierce American rivals. But what does the Brexit victory mean for the future of the competition.
The long and short of it is Britain possibly leaving the EU will have no change in the Ryder Cup whatsoever.
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A spokesperson for the European Tour confirmed: “The criteria for being European in Ryder Cup terms is a geographical one (ie from countries who make up the continent of Europe) not a political or economic one (ie countries who make up the EU).
“Therefore the result of the UK referendum has no bearing in Ryder Cup qualification terms.
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“In terms of the flag flown to represent the European Ryder Cup team, we consider that the blue and gold flag of Europe represents the continent of Europe and, as a broad symbol of Europe as a whole, we therefore plan to continue to use it.”
Europe captain Darren Clarke has said: “It makes no difference to us whatsoever because the UK is always going to be part of the European continent.
“So we’re going there as Europe. We will still use the European flag because that is our continental flag, and that is what we’re going to do.”
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