If you want to know every part of Seve's contribution to this story, then 'Two Tribes' is your book. Gavin Newsham has been diligent and well as forensic in searching out every angle to how the passion of the World's then No 1 inspired success for a new generation of European golfer and produced something that has been integral to the achievements that our golfers have had in the last few years.

Everyone has contributed - Captains and Lieutenants, players and press, officials and management - and they have revealed to Newsham what made winning possible and defeat unavoidable, whether it was something major or as so often, the smallest thing which changed the course of golfing history.

There are anecdotes of player arrogance and humility, of partisanship and plotting and above all, 'Two Tribes' is a wonderful guide to what makes a team work - or fail. We are all familiar with how very differently TV producers treat the characters that lead teams, how they are portrayed in the printed media. The 'winning' is lavishly told (by Newsham) whilst he ensures you, as the reader, do not miss out on knowing what they had to overcome (or added to) by their personality and influence.

Each Ryder Cup has its own chapter, starting in 1983, two years after the debacle on losing to the best US team ever, one which could have been captained by a rabbit.

'Two Tribes' is not perfect precising but Newsham should win an award for just writing exactly enough about each two years' battle royale. You don't feel rushed but you finish each chapter thinking 'What has he missed out?' then quickly realise that Newsham hasn't missed a vowel or overused one consonant. There is no self indulgence - what-so-ever.

When you consider the economic impact of even bidding for the Ryder Cup, and then all it has done for European Tour in terms of both providing the backbone of its growth - and the players who dominate the World Rankings - there is so much money involved there has to have been some greed and dodgy dealings going on, if other sports are anything to go by. Yet apart from the US team and some discussions that went on around the turn of the Millennium, the Ryder Cup is just about as exciting as it gets, an every two year celebration which is a birdie-fest combined with 'bottle' appreciation society - all captured in this superb book.

'Two Tribes: The rebirth of the Ryder Cup' is published by Atlantic Books, priced £ 25.00 and available from all good book shops and on-line retailers

ISBN No 978-1-84887-700-9