AI inference-ready networks are essential infrastructure for turning AI's potential into performance. The Ryder Cup is an almost-century-old tournament pitting Europe against the United States in an elite showcase of golf skill and strategy. At the 2025 event, nearly a quarter of a million spectators gathered to watch three days of fierce competition on the fairways. From a technology and logistics perspective, pulling off an event of this scale is no easy feat. The Ryder Cup's infrastructure must accommodate the tens of thousands of network users who flood the venue (this year, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York) every day. To manage this IT complexity, Ryder Cup engaged technology partner HPE to create a central hub for its operations.

The Ryder Cup returns, and it's on a golf course like no other: Bethpage Black, also known as the People's Course. It's one of the toughest tests in golf, built by working-class New Yorkers. Samantha Johnson takes a look at the history of Bethpage Black, a course that sees history, class and identity colliding on the fairways.

This also becomes something of a wild card around another major marketing point for EA's game: The Ryder Cup. A press preview event in mid-January made reference to the inclusion -- in some fashion -- of the Ryder Cup, the highly popular semiannual event that pits the top golfers from the U.S. against their European peers. Presumably, a full Ryder Cup mode would include playable rosters for each side, similar to the Pro Bowl rosters in EA's Madden NFL franchise. But will all of those players be available in the game if the rosters include LIV golfers in real life?

When we run a major championship, we build a small town to support it,