Exciting opener with USA and their Ryder Cup opponents? (9)
I believe the answer is:
europeans
'their ryder cup opponents?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'exciting opener with usa' is the wordplay.
'exciting' is an anagram indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'opener' put after 'usa' is 'usaopener'.
'usaopener' anagrammed gives 'EUROPEANS'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for europeans that I've seen before include "Irish and French people, say" , "Continentals" , "The French and Italians, say" , "Frenchmen, Irishwomen, for instance" .)