2025 Ryder Cup

45th Ryder Cup Matches
DatesSeptember 26–28, 2025
VenueBethpage Black Course
LocationFarmingdale, New York
Captains
United States Europe
Location map
Bethpage Black Course is located in the United States
Bethpage Black Course
Bethpage Black Course
Location in the United States
Bethpage Black Course is located in New York
Bethpage Black Course
Bethpage Black Course
Location in New York

The 45th Ryder Cup Matches will be held in the United States from September 26–28, 2025, on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York. Europe is the holder of the Ryder Cup after its win over the United States in 2023 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. [1]

Format

The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format will be as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 foursome (alternate shot) matches and 4 fourball (better ball) matches
  • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches
  • Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 singles matches

On the first two days there are 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches with the home captain choosing which are played in the morning and which in the afternoon.

With a total of 28 points available, 1412 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes.[2]

Team selection

United States

The United States announced their selection criteria on October 8, 2024. The top six players in the Ryder Cup points list will receive automatic selection, and six players would receive discretionary selection by the captain, Keegan Bradley.[3] Points are awarded as follows:

World number one Scottie Scheffler secured his qualification in June.[4][5]

Position Name Points
1 Scottie Scheffler (Q) 37,180.33
2 J. J. Spaun (Q) 14,851.91
3 Xander Schauffele (Q) 13,733.52
4 Russell Henley (Q) 12,276.82
5 Harris English (Q) 10,880.55
6 Bryson DeChambeau (Q) 10,774.98
7 Justin Thomas 10,467.26
8 Collin Morikawa 10,049.44
9 Ben Griffin 9,745.76
10 Maverick McNealy 8,913.65
11 Keegan Bradley 8,435.00
12 Brian Harman 7,466.91
13 Andrew Novak 7,300.48
14 Cameron Young 7,209.64
15 Patrick Cantlay 6,716.39
Players in qualifying places (Q) are shown in green; captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow.

Europe

Team Europe announced their selection criteria on August 6, 2024. The top six players in the Ryder Cup points list will receive automatic selection, and six players would receive discretionary selection by the captain, Luke Donald.

There was a significant change to the points qualification, with Team Europe switching to one Ryder Cup points list, rather than the previous two. Major Championships have up to five times as many points distributed as other PGA and DP World tour events, with the points per eligible event below:[6]

  • Major Championships: 5,000 points per event.
  • PGA Tour Signature Events, The Players Championship, and FedExCup Playoffs: 3,000 points per event.
  • DP World Tour Rolex Series Events and PGA Tour Regular FedEx Cup Events: 2,000 points per event.
  • DP World Tour 'Back 9' Events: 1,500 points per event.
  • DP World Tour 'Global Series' Events and PGA TOUR 'Opposite' Events: 1,000 points per event.

The leading players in the final points lists were:

Players in qualifying places (Q) are shown in green; captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow; those in italics (q) qualified through the other points list.

Teams

Captains

Keegan Bradley was named the U.S. team captain on July 8, 2024, becoming the youngest Ryder Cup captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963.[8] Luke Donald was named as the European team captain on November 29, 2023, retaining the role from Europe's victorious 2023 campaign. He became the first European to repeat his captaincy since Bernard Gallacher in 1993.[9]

Vice captains

For the U.S. team, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Kisner, Jim Furyk, and Gary Woodland were selected as the five vice captains by Bradley.[10]

For the European team, Thomas Bjørn, Edoardo Molinari, José María Olazábal and Francesco Molinari were selected as the four vice captains, all rejoining with Donald from the previous edition of the competition.[11]

Players

United States team
Name Age Points
rank
World
ranking[12]
Previous
Ryder Cups
Matches Record Win
percentage
Scottie Scheffler 29 1 1 2 7 2–2–3 50.00
J. J. Spaun 35 2 0 Rookie
Xander Schauffele 31 3 2 8 4–4–0 50.00
Russell Henley 36 4 0 Rookie
Harris English 36 5 1 3 1–2–0 33.33
Bryson DeChambeau 32 6 2 6 2–3–1 41.66
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
Europe team
Name Country Age Points rank
(European)[13]
World
ranking[12]
Previous
Ryder Cups
Matches Record Win
percentage
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 36 7 33 16–13–4 54.55
Robert MacIntyre  Scotland 29 1 3 2–0–1 83.33
Tommy Fleetwood  England 34 3 12 7–3–2 70.00
Justin Rose  England 45 6 26 14–9–3 60.87
Tyrrell Hatton  England 33 3 11 5–4–2 54.54
0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
(P) 0–0–0
Captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow. World rankings and match records are prior to the start of the 2025 Ryder Cup.

References

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  2. ^ "Ryder Cup". Ryder Cup. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  3. ^ Gray, Will (February 28, 2022). "Selection criteria announced for 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup Team". Ryder Cup. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  4. ^ "Scottie Scheffler Officially Qualifies for 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup Team at Bethpage Black". Ryder Cup. June 4, 2025.
  5. ^ "Team USA Rankings".
  6. ^ "Qualification Process Confirmed for 2025 European Ryder Cup Team". Ryder Cup. August 6, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  7. ^ "European Team Rankings | European Points". Ryder Cup. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "Ryder Cup: Keegan Bradley named US captain for 2025 against Europe". PGA Tour. July 8, 2024.
  9. ^ "Luke Donald named team captain". Ryder Cup. November 29, 2023.
  10. ^ "Gary Woodland Named U.S. Vice Captain by Keegan Bradley for 2025 Ryder Cup".
  11. ^ "Jose Maria Olazabal Named as Team Europe Vice Captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup". Ryder Cup. April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Official World Golf Ranking". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  13. ^ "Europe Team Rankings". Ryder Cup. Retrieved June 16, 2025.