About The Trust
The Ryder Cup European Development Trust (RCEDT) was set up in order to support golf at grass roots level throughout Europe, aiming to get more people starting to play golf, continuing to play and ultimately succeeding in the game.
The RCEDT uses its share of the nett profits from European Ryder Cup Matches to contribute to golf projects across the continent, reflecting the vastly international reach of the event and providing the opportunity to give back to the sport.
The Trust was created in 2004 when a new Ryder Cup Europe agreement was drawn up to involve the PGAs of Europe through the vehicle of the RCEDT, creating a 20/20/60 split alongside the PGA of Great Britain & Ireland and the European Tour.
Since then, the Trust has supported over 35 projects in more than 30 countries with a fund of over £2.2 million being awarded to projects ranging from free lessons at European Tour events, disabled golf initiatives and junior and educational programmes.
Trust News
Estonian Golf & The Ryder Cup Trust
The PGA of Estonia and Estonian Golf Association were recipients of Ryder Cup European Development Trust funding that aimed to aid the development of golf in Estonia…
10 Years of Trust
The Ryder Cup European Development Trust Celebrates 10 Years of Support to over 35 Projects in 29 Countries…
The Ryder Cup European Development Trust: Developing A Continent
The Ryder Cup European Development Trust (RCEDT) was set up in order to support golf at grass roots level throughout Europe, aiming to get more people starting to play golf, continuing to play and ultimately succeeding in the game.
Blairgowrie Takes Junior Ryder Cup to ‘New-Era’
The 2014 Junior Ryder Cup hosted by The Blairgowrie Golf Club has been hailed a triumph by both Ryder Cup Europe and the PGA of America for raising the level of the event that runs alongside the main Ryder Cup matches just down the road at Gleneagles.
Ryder Cup European Development Trust Launches New Website
The Ryder Cup European Development Trust (RCEDT) has unveiled its completely redesigned website that showcases the many and varied ways that The Trust has supported grass roots golf since its inception in 2004.
Mikael Sorling to Chair Ryder Cup European Development Trust
Sweden’s Mikael Sorling has been appointed as Chairman of the Ryder Cup European Development Trust (RCEDT), the fund that channels profits from the biennial Matches against the USA into pan-continental grass roots development projects.
Ryder Cup Influence Spreads Through Europe
Not so many years ago, The Ryder Cup within Europe was the private fiefdom of the British and Irish golfers. All that changed in 1979 with the introduction of players from Continental Europe, to augment and revitalise a contest that was threatening to be strangulated by a succession of American victories.
Ryder Cup European Development Trust Encourages Golf Participation
It may be more than a year until Europe take on the USA for The 2010 Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort but The Ryder Cup European Development Trust is already hard at work together with national PGAs and governing bodies encouraging people to play and enjoy golf.