2025 Ryder Cup
| Dates | September 26–28, 2025 | ||||
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| Venue | Bethpage Black Course | ||||
| Location | Farmingdale, New York | ||||
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The 45th Ryder Cup Matches will be held in the United States from September 26–28, 2025, on the Bethpage Black Course, 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, 141⁄2 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 8 October 2024. The top six players in the Ryder Cup points list will receive automatic selection, and six players would be receive discretionary selection by the captain, Keegan Bradley.[3] Points are awarded as follows:
- 2024 Major Championships: 1 point per $1,000 earned.
- 2024 The Players Championship: 1 point per $1,000 earned.
- 2025 Major Championships: 1.5 points per $1,000 earned.
- 2025 PGA Tour events: 1 point per $1,000 earned at standard PGA Tour events through the BMW Championship. No points were awarded in "alternate" events.
World number one Scottie Scheffler secured his qualification in June.[4][5]
| Position | Name | Points |
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| 1 | Scottie Scheffler (Q) | 25,918.25 |
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- 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 6 August 2024. The top six players in the Ryder Cup points list will receive automatic selection, and six players would be 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:
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- 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 8 July 2024, becoming the youngest Ryder Cup captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963.[8] Luke Donald was named as the European team captain on 29 November 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, and José María Olazábal were selected as the first three vice captains—all rejoining with Donald from the previous edition of the competition.[11]
Players
| Name | Age | Points rank |
World ranking[12] |
Previous Ryder Cups |
Matches | Record | Win percentage |
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| Scottie Scheffler | 29 | 2 | 7 | 2–2–2 | 50.00 | ||
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| Name | Country | Age | Points rank (European)[13] |
World ranking[12] |
Previous Ryder Cups |
Matches | Record | Win percentage |
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| Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 36 | 7 | 33 | 16–13–4 | 54.55 | ||
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- Captain's picks (P) are shown in yellow. World rankings and match records are prior to the start of the 2025 Ryder Cup.
References
- ^ "Ryder Cup 2025". PGA of America. July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ "Ryder Cup". Ryder Cup. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ Gray, Will (February 28, 2022). "Selection criteria announced for 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup Team". Ryder Cup. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ "Scottie Scheffler Officially Qualifies for 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup Team at Bethpage Black". Ryder Cup. June 4, 2025.
- ^ "Team USA Rankings".
- ^ "Qualification Process Confirmed for 2025 European Ryder Cup Team". Ryder Cup. August 6, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ "European Team Rankings | European Points". Ryder Cup. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "Ryder Cup: Keegan Bradley named US captain for 2025 against Europe". PGA Tour. July 8, 2024.
- ^ "Luke Donald named team captain". Ryder Cup. November 29, 2023.
- ^ "Gary Woodland Named U.S. Vice Captain by Keegan Bradley for 2025 Ryder Cup".
- ^ "Jose Maria Olazabal Named as Team Europe Vice Captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup". Ryder Cup. April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ a b "Official World Golf Ranking". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
- ^ "Europe Team Rankings". Ryder Cup. Retrieved June 16, 2025.