ORGANISERS of the Ryder Cup have reinforced the warning to all golf fans to be vigilant of unscrupulous agents offering forged or invalid tickets for October’s match at Celtic Manor, in Wales.
The second ballot for public match day tickets is now closed and every applicant is being informed of the result by email.
Richard Hills, the European Ryder Cup director, said: “We need to make it clear to anyone intending to be at the 2010 Ryder Cup that tickets are only available through the official channels.
“We are receiving an increasing number of inquiries from the public who have paid for tickets and hospitality through unofficial sources.”
In 2006, several companies contacted Ryder Cup Europe to inquire when their packages would be arriving, only for them to be told they had bought non-existent tickets.
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