{"id":292470,"date":"2023-09-28T22:33:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=292470"},"modified":"2023-09-28T22:33:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:33:52","slug":"ryder-cup-diary-inside-the-glamorous-ryder-cup-gala-dinner-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/golf\/ryder-cup-diary-inside-the-glamorous-ryder-cup-gala-dinner-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"RYDER CUP DIARY: Inside the glamorous Ryder Cup Gala Dinner menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>RYDER CUP DIARY: Inside the glamorous Gala Dinner menu, it&#8217;s all smiles so far on the green &#8211; and next year&#8217;s Team Europe captain is already causing a headache<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 44th Ryder Cup tees off on Friday at the Marco Simeone Golf Club in Rome\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>There were more organisational issues as fans walked a mile to reach the venue\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler were in excellent spirits in Thursday&#8217;s practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the threads may have cost a fortune, the reds did not.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, WAGs in their finest dresses and their suited-and-booted other halves headed to a rooftop terrace at Terme di Caracalla for the glamourous Ryder Cup Gala Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>However, a menu obtained by Diary reveals Europe and the United States\u2019 stars and their partners were served \u00a312.99 bottles of wine at the swanky shindig.<\/p>\n<p>Diners were offered a choice of a Villa Antinori Tuscan red or white of 2020 vintage, along with a similarly priced 2022 Puglia rose.<\/p>\n<p>All retail at around \u00a312.99 online. Moet &amp; Chandon was also available for the champagne drinkers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75952109-12573029-image-a-5_1695936881882.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The highly-anticipated 44th Ryder Cup tees off on Friday at the Marco Simeone Golf Club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75955515-12573029-Brooks_Koepka_s_wide_Jena_Sims_was_among_the_WAGs_in_attendance_-m-10_1695937939675.jpg\" height=\"525\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brooks Koepka&#8217;s wide Jena Sims was among the WAGs in attendance at the gala dinner<\/p>\n<p>For dinner, guests were treated to a calamari and rockfish starter with olives, capers and a red gurnard ragout, before a main of beef fillet with Barolo reduction and snow peas. Vegetarian options were available.<\/p>\n<p>Desserts were from the Federico Prodon Patisserie.<\/p>\n<p>An exclusive show from Georgia singer-songwriter Phillip Phillips capped off the night before coaches transported those involved back to their hotels.<\/p>\n<h2>More organisational issues&#8230;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>For the first time on Thursday, serious crowd numbers descended on the Marco Simone Golf &amp; Country Club, arriving on buses \u2014 only to then endure a walk of around a mile to enter the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have designed a somewhat convoluted route, and a number of angry punters confronted staff in yellow bibs to ask the entirely rational question of why they could not just walk in a straight line to the entrance.<\/p>\n<p>With temperatures of 30\u00b0C expected throughout the weekend and a large number of elderly spectators, it is to be hoped common sense prevails.<\/p>\n<h2>Europe&#8217;s captain crisis\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The choice of Europe captain at the next Ryder Cup is already causing head-scratching. The emergence of LIV has narrowed the pool considerably, with the likes of Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia out of contention having signed up for the breakaway competition.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders believe that, should he oversee victory here, Luke Donald will be a very strong candidate to retain the position at Bethpage Black in New York two years from now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75955173-12573029-image-a-6_1695937124063.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Luke Donald (above) is thought to be a very strong candidate to retain the position as Team Europe&#8217;s captain if he wins in Rome<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75955153-12573029-image-a-7_1695937180483.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Team Europe&#8217;s Jon Rahm cuts a relaxed figure during practice on Thursday morning in Rome<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s all fun and games until&#8230;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>While there may well be a mood change when the serious action starts on Thursday morning, it has been all smiles so far on the chipping and putting greens at Marco Simone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have happily shared the practice areas, swapping jokes and good wishes.<\/p>\n<p>At one point Jon Rahm walked in front of a Scottie Scheffler chip, with the ball rebounding off the Spaniard\u2019s basket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That was going in!\u2019 laughed the American.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12573029\/RYDER-CUP-DIARY-Inside-glamorous-Ryder-Cup-Gala-Dinner-menu-smiles-far-green-years-Team-Europe-captain-causing-headache.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RYDER CUP DIARY: Inside the glamorous Gala Dinner menu, it&#8217;s all smiles so far on the green &#8211; 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