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TEAM USA VS. TEAM EUROPE CELEBRITY
GOLF CUP FOR THE RYDER CUP TRUST
14th hole at Zuoz GC with the Island Green
Team US & Team Europe
he Team USA vs. Team
Europe Celebrity Golf
Cup for the Ryder Cup
Trust is heading to St.
Moritz, Switzerland, for
the first time this year
from 22 to 25 July.
The Engadine Golf
Club will host the third edition of this unique
Invitational Celebrity Pro Am event, to be
known this year as the St. Moritz U.S. Celebrity
Golf Cup (www.stmoritzcelebritycup.com),
over its two courses, Samedan and Zuoz,
located in the heart of the Engadine Valley.
The St Moritz U.S. Celebrity Golf Cup sees
celebrities matching up against each other in
two teams of 12 representing Europe and the
USA, reflecting the format of the professional
Ryder Cup, which is regarded as one of
sport’s most spectacular and enthralling
team competitions.
The celebrities lining up for Europe will
include internationally-renowned golf coach,
David Leadbetter, the World’s Longest Drive
Champion, Joe Miller, and Italian Marco
Simone, former professional footballer at
AC Milan, whilst the US team will feature
American jazz star, Kenny G, former
Quarterback for the Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann, and the Chicago Bears’ Jay
Feely, +2 handicapper and former NFL player
Josh Schobee and Arizona Cardinals’ Larry
Fitzgerald who was the winner of the 2018
Pebble Beach Pro Am. A host of invitation-
only amateurs - a total of 72 starting slots
are available - will play alongside the various
superstars as each celebrity will lead a team
for the much sought-after trophy. “With
St. Moritz we have once again opted for
an extraordinary venue for the Ryder Cup
Trust Celebrity Golf Cup as the courses in
the Engadine are among the most beautiful
in Europe,” said Chairman Susan Feaster
recently at the Yacht Club of Monaco to kick
off the 2019 edition of the tournament.
Under the patronage of H.S.H. Prince
Albert II of Monaco, the first two Team USA
vs. Team Europe Celebrity Golf Cups for the
Ryder Cup Trust took place in Monaco in
2016 and 2018. H.S.H. Prince Albert II served
as the Honorary Captain of Team USA and
launched the event by chipping fish balls off
the stern of a Fraser Super Yacht.
“It is indeed a special honour to be able
to host the prestigious Team USA vs. Team
Europe Celebrity Golf Cup at our two golf
courses in the Engadine Valley,” said Ramun
Ratti, Managing Director, Golf Engadin St.
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Zuoz Golf Club
Moritz AG which manages both courses
at Zuoz and Samedan. “We are very much
looking forward to welcoming both the
celebrities and the amateurs in the summer
to play our courses and enjoy our mountain
scenery and Alpine hospitality.”
As part of the programme, the Ryder
Cup Trust’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement
Award will be presented to David Leadbetter
at a Gala Dinner at the luxury Badrutt’s
Palace Hotel in St. Moritz, the official hotel
for the tournament. The Ryder Cup trophy
will also make a special appearance at the
Awards Gala.
Impressive bunker at the 9th green at the
Samedan course, Engadine Golf Club