Some names are synonymous with the Ryder Cup and on the European side Bernard Gallacher is one.
Eight times a player and three times a Captain, Gallacher oversaw a time of great change in the matches from before European players became part of the team to the height of hostilities at Kiawah Island in 1991.
His chat here with The Thing About Golf host John Huggan as we countdown to the 44th matches to be contested in Rome, Italy, is as compelling as you would expect and the understated Gallacher reveals more than one story that has never been told before.
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