Editing Ryder Cup (section)

====2001 Ryder Cup====
{{Main|2002 Ryder Cup}}
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.