Ryder Cup 2018 to be held in Paris, France

Paris had recently announced that it will be hosting the 2018 Ryder Cup. This exciting news means great things for France and the global expansion of the Ryder Cup as a whole. It also gives another reason to visit the City of Lights and even consider the wide range of houses for sale in Paris.

The classic sport of golf has been around for centuries, though it is disputed how the sport first originated. Scotland claims that it dates back to the 15^th century and was first played in Edinburgh. Other historians speculate that the sport derives from an ancient Roman game called Paganica in which players used a stick to hit a stuffed leather ball. It is believed that the game spread from Rome throughout Europe as the Romans conquered the continent, from the first century BC onwards.

One of Many Stops on the PGA Tour

Today, the sport attracts millions of viewers with a reported 12 million people tuning in to watch the PGA Tour in 2009. The major golf competitions are The PGA, The Open Championship, the U.S. Open, and The Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup was first founded in 1927 in Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts, with it originally being the U.S. facing Great Britain. The U.S. Team won the next six annual matches. In 1979, Europe joined forces with Great Britain and the competition became Team Europe against Team USA, with the first European Ryder Cup being held at the historic Muirfield, in Scotland. The move to incorporate European countries as hosts of the Cup was a historic move for the sport of golf. The Ryder Cup is held every two years with rotating cities hosting the competition.

Ryder Cup, Paris 2018

France, home to some of the finest European real estate, is honored to have won the bid to host the 2018 Ryder Cup Championship. It won despite competition from four other European countries, Spain, Germany, Holland, and Portugal for the honor of hosting the Cup. The countries competed in the first ever extensive application process. The hosting city applicants are judged upon the city’s commitment to the building of a high quality golf course, its golf community, the city’s infrastructure, and other factors. There was some controversy over Spain not being chosen due to their traditional ties to the Ryder Cup, with the selection committee admitting that it was a very difficult decision.

The 2018 Ryder Cup will be held at Le Golf National near Versailles, just outside of Paris. Le Golf National is the well-known home of another golf competition called the Alstom Open de France. The Ryder Cup 2018 will be only the second time the competition is held in Continental Europe, with the first being in Spain in 1997. It is estimated that around 143 million euros were generated in the 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland; therefore hosting the Cup in Paris will attract people from around the world and have a great impact on the Parisian economy.

A Paris apartment rental would be a fantastic way to see the Ryder Cup. With Paris only 30 minutes away from Versailles, you would have easy access to the event and enjoy all of the attractions that Paris has to offer. Handsome Properties International has a wide variety of short and long-term Paris apartment rentals available. Our specialists will be happy to assist you in finding the perfect place to stay during the event. We invite you to visit our website for more information or contact us online.