The 2014 Ryder Cup kicks off three weeks from today in Gleneagles, Scotland, but European Ryder Cup officials are already looking ahead to 2022 -- they've announced that seven countries have formally expressed an interest in hosting the Ryder Cup that year. There's no England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales, which have hosted every European Ryder Cup except for the 1997 edition in Spain. Instead, the list includes Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Austria, Denmark and Turkey. Spain, of course, has a long and storied golf history, and that 1997 Ryder Cup -- which, incidentally, was my first overseas Ryder Cup -- was a success by all accounts. More...