IRELAND'S ECONOMY RECEIVED
143 MILLION EURO BOOST FROM
2006 RYDER CUP HOSTING

The amount of money injected into the Irish economy by the 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland reached a record €143 million, according to a new report by Deloitte & Touche, jointly commissioned by Ryder Cup Europe and Fáilte Ireland (The Irish Tourism Development Authority).
The Total Direct Economic Impact figure of €143 million exceeded pre-event predictions of €130 million and represented a significant 32% increase on the impact of the 2002 Ryder Cup in England and an 80% increase on that of the 1997 Ryder Cup in Spain.
The bulk of the impact came from event organisers and from spectators who each spent an average of €350 per day while at the 2006 Ryder Cup overseas spectators spent the most, at €526 per day.
In the corporate sector the average guest spent €500 each day, while those from the United States spent an average of €600 per day.
Deloittes point out in the report that total spectator spending was up 60% compared to The Belfry in 2002, mostly due to the increased week-long attendance of 260,000 in 2006 compared to 147,000 in 2002.
Ireland also benefited from a more than 50% increase in spending by spectators outside the event compared to 2002, with overseas spectators staying longer and spending more than ever before on extended holidays around The Ryder Cup.