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PRINT THIS PAGE | E-MAIL THIS PAGE Tuesday, October 20, 1998 Ryder Cup won't come to Colonial FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Colonial Country Club has failed in its bid to host the Ryder Cup in 2003. Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit golf course that Ben Hogan called a "monster" when he won the 1951 U.S. Open, was awarded the 2003 Ryder Cup matches today by the PGA of America. Officials at Colonial, known as "Hogan's Alley" for his five career victories there, had spent three years and $225,000 on a campaign to lure the Ryder cup. "I'm still numb," said Dick McHargue, chairman of the club's Ryder Cup Committee, who found out Sunday night the club had been eliminated. "I feel like a guy who played 72 holes in 32-under par and still got beat by somebody who shot 33-under." The Ryder Cup is a biennial competition between 12-man teams from the United States and Europe. Play consists of 28 matches over three days. Next year's Ryder Cup matches will be at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., followed by The Belfry in England in 2001. The PGA also said the biennial matches between the United States and Europe will be held at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., in 2007, and at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago in 2011. The PGA moved toward putting Valhalla into a four-year rotation for the PGA Championship by awarding it the 2004 PGA. Valhalla, designed by Jack Nicklaus and later purchased by the PGA, was the site of the 1996 PGA Championship and will get the 2000 PGA Championship. Medinah, site of three U.S. Opens, also has become a major attraction for the PGA of America. The course where Hale Irwin won his third U.S. Open in 1990 will be the site of the PGA Championship next year, and it was awarded the 2006 PGA Championship today. It also was awarded the 2011 Ryder Cup matches. The PGA Championship sites are now locked up through the year 2008, with the exception of 2007. Colonial, with 52 tournaments dating back to 1946, holds the distinction of being the oldest stop on the PGA circuit to be played at the same site. Hogan, a former Ryder Cup captain, had written a letter supporting Colonial's bid before his death last year. Send a Letter to the Editor about This Story | Start or Join A Discussion about This Story Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below: texnews.com Reporter OnLine Local Sports Texas Sports Copyright ©1998, Abilene Reporter-News / Texnews / E.W. Scripps Publications Send the URL (Address) of This Story to A Friend: Enter their email address below:

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