Talk:2021 Ryder Cup

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Should the name of the article be changed back to 2020 Ryder Cup? The official website says it is still 2020 Ryder Cup. Click on rydercup.com/. SethWhales^talk 16:55, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I think that calling it "2020" is just plain confusing. The same thing happened in 2001/2002 and we've used 2002 Ryder Cup for that one. In that article someone has added "In a case of anachronism, the display boards at The Belfry still read "The 2001 Ryder Cup", and U.S. captain Curtis Strange deliberately referred to his team as "The 2001 Ryder Cup Team" in his speech at the closing ceremony." and I'd have thought some text here would suffice. The media are all calling it the 2021 Ryder Cup and we should go with that, as common usage. Nigej (talk) 18:46, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree - While the media seems mixed in usage, sometimes using both names on the same page ("The 2020 Ryder Cup -- being played in 2021" says CBS) - the usage on the official website and from both the US broadcaster and UK broadcaster and some other media such as the BBC are still refering to it as the 2020 Ryder Cup. It's still on the logo which is on all the players gear and features heavily in the broadcast. Also, other non-annual sporting events that were postponed from 2020 to 2021 but never changed official name remain on Wikipedia using 2020, such as 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics and UEFA Euro 2020. Warpfactor (talk) 16:43, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Seems we need a formal WP:RM. Nigej (talk) 18:02, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Although I would say in the case of other sporting events keeping 2020 in their name, they are still maintaining the same year pattern in between events I.e. every 4 years for the Olympics and the Euros - 2020 (2021), 2024, 2028 etc. Whereas the Ryder Cup has adjusted the years to be played in the future, 2020 Ryder Cup became 2021, 2022 RC became 2023, 2024 became 2025 and so on. Jimmymci234 (talk) 18:22, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, you wonder what the logic was in retaining the "2020 Ryder Cup" name for the delayed 2020 event, when presumably the delayed 2022 event in Italy will be called the "2023 Ryder Cup". The organisations running the Curtis Cup did manage to change their logo from 2020 to 2021 (eg http://www.walesgolf.org/tickets-now-on-sale-for-the-41st-curtis-cup-at-conwy/) and refer to it as the "2021 Curtis Cup" even though, as far I know, the next event will be in 2022. Anyway, I suspect that in 2023 in Italy we'll all be talking about the 2021 event as the "2021 Ryder Cup". Nigej (talk) 06:44, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It does seem confusing that the title says 2020 when it is 2021, but as been mentioned, because of COVID, this has affected other sporting events. It will be interesting if these events will revert to the previous method of using the current year instead of a previous year. Jurisdicta _Talk Jurisdicta (talk) 05:48, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree I think we are just suppose to report the facts as they are presented to us, if the organization says its 2020 then I say we just refer to it as 2020. EliteArcher88 (talk) 00:13, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]