The rider cup is a competition between an all star european team and an all star american team, 12 players on each team. It's gone back and forth over the year, as a us. Used to dominate, then the uros have really dominated. And now theAmericans are trying to claw their way back. O which team wasorion he plays for? The irish golfer rori mackleroy, who lives in the us. A lot of european golfers like to come to the us. To play the p g tour here because it's more remunerative than Florida or Texas.