Ryder Cup Wives and Girlfriends

SI Staff | Sep 21, 2006

Ryder Cup Wives and Girlfriends

Introduction

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The Ryder Cup is more than a golf event -- it's a social scene, with the players' wives and girlfriends (conveniently nicknamed the WaGs) part of the show. Planned excursions during the day, formal dinners at night -- it's nice to be in Ireland this week. And while the competition is heated between the U.S. and European men, the women (such as Luke Donald's fiancee, Diana Antonopoulos, and Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren) show us that civility remains a Ryder Cup staple.

Jocelyn Hefner

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Morgan-Leigh Norman

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Morgan-Leigh is the daughter of Greg Norman.

Caroline Harrington

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Elin Nordegren

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Tabatha Furyk

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Laurae Westwood

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Emma Lofgren

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Amy Campbell

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Diane Antonopoulos

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Alison McGinley

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Amy DiMarco

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The captains' wives

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Melissa Lehman (left), wife of U.S. captain Tom Lehman; and Glendryth Woosnam, wife of European captain Ian Woosnam.