Turkey Considers 2022 Ryder Cup Bid
The Ryder Cup could be held in Turkey in 2022 with the president of the Turkish Golf Federation, Ahmet Agaoglu, eager to make a bid for the competition.
Last week the country staged the inaugural European Tour and Agaoglu said he was eager to capitalise on the growth of the sport in Turkey by staging the Ryder Cup. According to reports in The Independent, Agaoglu said: ‘We have the idea to host the Ryder Cup in 2022, but if anyone wants to skip it in 2018 [France] or 2014 [Scotland] we can take it. We will bid for that.’
Agaoglu, added: ‘Turkey is in Europe. But if we need to, we can build a course on the European side of Istanbul. We are candidates for the [the European Tour’s] ‘Race to Antalya’ or ‘Turkey’ in 2016. And what comes after that? The Ryder Cup.’
Chairman of Turkish Airlines, sponsor of the European Tour, Hamdi Topcu, added: ‘We will seriously consider bidding to host the Ryder Cup. We have people in our company working on this and we discussed it with the Turkish Golf Federation on Saturday.’
