![]() Irwin kept his composure and watched as Langer slid a six-foot putt for par past the hole, sealing the win for the U.S. I’ll never forget Dave Stockton telling Hale Irwin, ‘We want you to bring the championship home,’” U.S. “The course had the strongest wind left to right, into our faces the last five holes. ![]() and Europe’s Bernhard Langer approached the 18th green. After a dramatic three days of play, victory hung in the balance as Hale Irwin from the U.S. The Europeans had won three consecutive Cups, the most recent coming after a contentious tie at The Belfry in England. The Ryder Cup as we know it today, with its raucous crowds and top-to-bottom television coverage, exists because of those three days in September at Kiawah Island. Legendary designer Pete Dye was enlisted to create a championship-level venue by September 1991. There was no golf course - just an untamed stretch of dunes and marsh lining the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Thus the game’s premier international event was moved from California to Kiawah Island. In order to capitalize on this international attention, the Ryder Cup needed to be in a more European-friendly time zone. But since the player format had been changed to accommodate players from all of Europe, there was a surge of interest overseas. The 1991 Ryder Cup was slated to be played at the PGA WEST Stadium Course in La Quinta, California. Discover how The Ocean Course made such a name for itself as the Island prepares for the 2021 PGA Championship. ![]() The Countdown to The 2021 PGA Championship Begins HereĮver wonder how The Ocean Course garnered such an impressive resume? Its story is an intricate one, full of dramatic wins, several course re-designs, and a couple of PGA events under its belt. ![]()
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