Today’s Quadrilateral kicks off Ryder Cup week looking at course setup ploys dating to the 1950s and how in many ways the gamesmanship was taken to strange new places in the last two Cups.

Plus, I wonder not very subtly whether Whistling Straits a different beast for the home team? And round up some random preview reads and Tweets.

Two items I don’t want you to miss just in case reading about course setup ploys in one newsletter is asking a lot on a Monday: Ward Clayton has the stunning tale of Skip Alexander’s place in Ryder Cup lore. This was a totally new one to me and fascinating to learn about.

And The Fried Egg offered this vignette and discussion of the venue: