Editing Ryder Cup (section)

===Cancellations and postponements===
====1939 Ryder Cup====
The 1939 Ryder Cup was planned for 18–19 November at [[Ponte Vedra Inn and Club|Ponte Vedra Country Club]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]; [[Walter Hagen]] was chosen as non-playing captain of the U.S. team. The competition was cancelled shortly after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September. It would have been the first Ryder Cup to be held in Florida; the competition was not held there until 1983.

In early April 1939, the [[Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland)|British P.G.A.]] chose a selection committee of six and selected [[Henry Cotton (golfer)|Henry Cotton]] as captain.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Ryder Cup |newspaper=The Times |date=5 April 1939 |page=6, column C |issue=48272}}</ref> In August, eight players were named in the team: Cotton, [[Jimmy Adams (golfer)|Jimmy Adams]], [[Dick Burton (golfer)|Dick Burton]], [[Sam King (golfer)|Sam King]], [[Alf Padgham]], [[Dai Rees]], [[Charles Whitcombe (golfer)|Charles Whitcombe]], and [[Reg Whitcombe]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Ryder Cup Team |newspaper=The Times |date=22 August 1939 |page=6, column E |issue=48390}}</ref> Charles Whitcombe immediately withdrew from the team,<ref>{{cite news |title=C Whitcombe out of Ryder Cup Team |newspaper=The Times |date=23 August 1939 |page=6, column B |issue=48391}}</ref> not wishing to travel to the United States. With seven selected, three places were left to be filled. War was declared on 3 September and the British P.G.A. immediately cancelled the match: "The P.G.A. announce that the Ryder Cup match for this year has been cancelled by the state of war prevailing in this country. The P.G.A. of the United States is being informed."<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryder Cup Match Cancelled |newspaper=The Times |date=5 September 1939 |page=3, column C |issue=48402}}</ref><ref name=sdcbprct>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FtZXAAAAIBAJ&pg=3294%2C629729 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington, U.S. |agency=Associated Press |title=Britain postpones Ryder Cup tourney |date=4 September 1939 |page=11 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref>

====1941, 1943, and 1945 Ryder Cups====
The Ryder Cup was not played in these scheduled years due to [[World War II]]; by the fall of 1945, many members of the British team were still in the military.<ref name=rcgsidbt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0dpXAAAAIBAJ&pg=3488%2C2465560 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington, U.S. |agency=Associated Press |title=Ryder Cup golf still in doubt |date=13 November 1945 |page=12 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> After a decade-long absence, it resumed in November 1947 at the [[Portland Golf Club]] in [[Portland, Oregon]].

====2001 Ryder Cup====
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The competition, scheduled for 28–30 September at [[The Belfry]]'s Brabazon Course, was postponed a year because of the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]]. "The PGA of America has informed the European Ryder Cup Board that the scope of the last Tuesday's tragedy is so overwhelming that it would not be possible for the United States Ryder Cup team and officials to attend the match this month."<ref>{{cite news |title=Officials forced to postpone Ryder Cup for one year |newspaper=The Times |date=17 September 2001 |page=1[S]}}</ref> The manager of [[Phil Mickelson]] and [[Mark Calcavecchia]] had earlier announced that the two players would not travel to Europe. Other American players were said to be concerned about attending the event. It was played in [[2002 Ryder Cup|2002]] at the original venue with the same teams that had been selected to play a year earlier. The display boards at The Belfry still read "The 2001 Ryder Cup", and U.S. captain [[Curtis Strange]] deliberately referred to his team as "The 2001 Ryder Cup Team" in his speech at the closing ceremony.

It was later decided to hold the subsequent Ryder Cup in [[2004 Ryder Cup|2004]] (rather than 2003) and thereafter in even-numbered years. This change also affected the men's [[Presidents Cup]] and [[Seve Trophy]] and women's [[Solheim Cup]] competitions, as each switched from even to odd years.

====2020 Ryder Cup====
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In July 2020, the Ryder Cup, scheduled to be held at [[Whistling Straits]] in Wisconsin, was postponed for a year due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/53246674 |title=2020 Ryder Cup postponed until 2021 because of impact of coronavirus |work=BBC Sport |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> As a consequence, all future editions of the Ryder Cup are again taking place in odd-numbered years from 2021, as was the case up to 1999. As a consequence, the Presidents Cup and Solheim Cup competitions reverted to even-numbered years from 2022 and 2024 respectively, as were the case up to 2000 and 2002, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/54964880 |title=Solheim Cup to move to even years from 2024 to avoid Ryder Cup clash |website=BBC Sport |date=16 November 2020}}</ref>