{"id":448430,"date":"2025-09-24T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448430\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:29:15","slug":"celebs-hit-the-golf-course-in-new-york-for-ryder-cup-all-star-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448430\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebs hit the golf course in New York for Ryder Cup All-Star match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beckham, the eldest son of former Manchester United star David Beckham, showed off his golfing talents in the one-day event at Bethpage Black in New York.<\/p>\n

Two teams of celebs from the US and Europe faced off in a 10-hole competition in a format similar to the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

Beckham teamed up with the likes of actress Zeta-Jones and Harry Potter stars Tom Felton and Oliver Phelps.<\/p>\n

Team USA includes tennis legend John McEnroe, two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning and singer Noah Kahan.<\/p>\n

Also spotted on the course over the last 24 hours was ex-Chelsea star Gianfranco Zola, who is part of Europe’s Ryder Cup backroom team.<\/p>\n

Zola is vice-captain Francesco Molinari’s designated on-course buggy driver throughout the week.<\/p>\n

The Italian, who is a keen golfer and plays off 1.5, is a long-time friend with his countryman and has been invited into Luke Donald’s backroom team.<\/p>\n

Justin Rose, a Chelsea fan, admitted he was “star-struck” when he discovered Zola was there.<\/p>\n

“Obviously he’s a Chelsea legend, clearly I’m a Chelsea fan,” Rose said.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know he was coming this week. So it was a huge surprise, and literally, he was one of the first people I bumped into.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last night, the golfers and their partners stepped out in style at the Ryder Cup<\/a> welcome dinner, with Rory McIlroy and wife Erica Stoll one of the first couples to arrive.<\/p>\n

The traditional opening dinner took place at the stunning 20th century New York Hempstead House estate.<\/p>\n

As well as McIlroy, other members of Team Europe stepped out at the glitzy event, including the likes of Ireland\u2019s Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland.<\/p>\n

They are all competing under Team Europe captain Luke Donald. <\/p>\n

\"Catherine<\/p>\n

Catherine Zeta-Jones (left) during the All-Star Celebrity match at the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. Mike Egerton\/PA Wire.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy shares special moment with daughter Poppy after Irish Open win<\/p>\n

Appearing hand-in-hand with Erica \u2013 who sported an elegant black dress – Holywood golfer McIlroy was dressed sharply in an eye-catching black suit and tie.<\/p>\n

Following closely behind was two-time major winning Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, accompanied by wife Kelley \u2013 who wore a bronze gown with crystal detailing. The pair were pictured together smiling for photos.<\/p>\n

The partners of the star golfers also gleefully posed for a selfie later in the eventing.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, McIlroy joined the other European players for their own formal photo together as Team Europe.<\/p>\n

The welcome dinner is a well-loved and long standing tradition for the event, giving a chance for the players and their partners to enjoy some rest and relaxation before the intensity of the competition.<\/p>\n

The Ryder Cup, one of the biggest sporting events in the calendar, tees off on Friday.<\/p>\n

But the competition has already seen disruption, with the opening ceremony brought forward 24 hours to Wednesday due to expected bad weather in New York.<\/p>\n

The ceremony had been scheduled to take place on Thursday beside the course at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy of Team Europe and wife Erica Stoll arrive for the the Ryder Cup Teams’ Welcome Dinner. Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump is expected to make an appearance on Friday morning. He is due come to Bethpage Black to support US golfer and recent Open victor Scottie Scheffler.<\/p>\n

The biennial competition returns to the US for the first time since the Americans\u2019 victory at Whistling Straights in Wisconsin in 2021.<\/p>\n

Team Europe won back the cup in 2023 at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Italy.<\/p>\n

In 2027, the competition will come to the island of Ireland for only the second time, played on the greens of Co Limerick\u2019s Adare Manor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beckham, the eldest son of former Manchester United star David Beckham, showed off his golfing talents in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[108813,2826,4287,4321,79,16,15,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-448430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-gabrielle-swan","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-rory-mcilroy","11":"tag-ryder-cup","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115260461346017444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}