Brandt Snedeker won the Fedex Cup by winning the final event in the four-week series. The win at the season-ending Tour Championships meant that McIlroy was pipped at the post. McIlroy who won the previous two tournaments was the undisputed favourite going into the final event but come Sunday, had to stand by and watch as Snedeker ran away with the Tour Championship and the $10 million dollar Fedex Cup prize.

In previous years, the Fedex Cup has never quite delivered, with golf tournaments played with the $10 million jackpot already decided and overly-complicated points systems which no one understood.

However, this year the tournament has come of age with players such as Lee Westwood planning their schedules to give them the best opportunity to take the lucrative prize. Despite these improvements, the Fedex Cup will be quickly forgotten with the 2012 Ryder Cup just days away. With the two strongest teams ever selected and many players finding recent form, the Ryder Cup is sure to be unmissable viewing.

The Ryder Cup matches begin on Friday at Medinah Country Club, Chicago. With foursomes and fourballs to be played on the first two days and 12 singles matches on Sunday.

At Andrew Waple Golf, we wish Team Europe every success and look forward to watching the stories unfold.