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    The Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits: Who’s on the teams — and who isn’t. Who has the TV coverage. And what to know if you’re going.

    by Joel Boyd, Chicago Tribune Sep 22, 2021 6 minutes

    The 43rd Ryder Cup matches, delayed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, will finally get underway this week at Whistling Straits just outside Sheboygan, Wis. — only 150 miles from downtown Chicago.

    Here’s what you need to know as the United States looks to take back the cup after a European rout three years ago in France.

    The series

    While the U.S. still holds a healthy 26-14-2 all-time lead after dominating the first 56 years of the biennial event, the tide turned after the Great Britain and Ireland team expanded to include continental Europe in 1979.

    Starting with the 1985 matches, Europe has won or retained the cup in 12 of the last 17 meetings, including nine victories in the last 12 editions. That includes a memorable final-day collapse by the Americans in 2012 at Medinah Country Club. The U.S. hasn’t won it in Europe since 1993.

    Last year’s postponement was the second this century; the 2001 matches in England were pushed back a

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