2025 Ryder Cup

The 45th Ryder Cup Matches was a golf tournament in 2025 for the Ryder Cup, a biennial competition between Europe and the United States. It was held in the United States from September 26–28 on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York. Europe beat the United States by a score of 15 to 13, becoming the first away team to win the event since 2012.
The behavior of the American crowds during the event was criticized, with Sky News calling it "the most abusive Ryder Cup in almost a century of matches" and Rory McIlroy stating that "golf should be held to a higher standard". The President of the United States, Donald Trump, attended the event as a spectator, the first time a sitting president has attended the Ryder Cup.

Venue

In 2013, the PGA of America announced that Bethpage Black, a public golf course in Bethpage State Park on Long Island, New York, would host the 2019 PGA Championship as well as the 2024 Ryder Cup. Opened in 1936, Bethpage Black was designed by Joseph H. Burbeck and A. W. Tillinghast. It hosted Metropolitan PGA events such as the New York State Open and was first chosen as a venue for a top-level tournament at the 2002 U.S. Open, which Tiger Woods won.
It was the second time the state of New York had been selected as host of the Ryder Cup, after the 1995 Ryder Cup at Oak Hill Country Club, which Europe won to.

Course

Format

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

Day 1 – 4 foursome matches in the morning, and 4 fourball matches in the afternoon
Day 2 – 4 foursome matches in the morning, and 4 fourball matches in the afternoon
Day 3 – 12 singles matches

The sessions in which the foursome and fourball matches are played on the first two days were chosen by the home team captain; Keegan Bradley's decision was announced on August 25.
With a total of 28 points available, points were required to win the Cup, and 14 points were required for the defending champion to retain the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.

Teams

Captains

was named the U.S. team captain on July 8, 2024, becoming the youngest Ryder Cup captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963. 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.

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.
For the European team, Thomas Bjørn, Alex Norén, Edoardo Molinari, José María Olazábal and Francesco Molinari were selected as the five vice captains, all apart from Norén rejoining with Donald from the previous edition of the competition.

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.
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.

Position	Name	Points
1	Scottie Scheffler	37,180.33
2	J. J. Spaun	14,851.91
3	Xander Schauffele	13,733.52
4	Russell Henley	12,276.82
5	Harris English	10,880.55
6	Bryson DeChambeau	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
16	Sam Burns	6,688.29

Europe

Team Europe announced their selection criteria on August 6, 2024. The top six players in the Ryder Cup points list received automatic selection while six players would receive discretionary selection by the captain, Luke Donald. Donald brought back most of his defending championship team, just switching Nicolai Højgaard with his brother Rasmus Højgaard.
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:

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:

Position	Name	Points
1	Rory McIlroy	3489.21
2	Robert MacIntyre	1709.94
3	Tommy Fleetwood	1622.11
4	Justin Rose	1545.72
5	Rasmus Højgaard	1283.56
6	Tyrrell Hatton	1279.33
7	Shane Lowry	1275.51
8	Sepp Straka	1264.27
9	Ludvig Åberg	1140.44
10	Viktor Hovland	1031.34
11	Matt Fitzpatrick	899.53
12	Matt Wallace	881.12
13	Thomas Detry	817.19
14	Marco Penge	810.38
15	Aaron Rai	754.86
...
24	Jon Rahm	582.39

Prior playing records

Event summary

Friday's matches

On Friday, President Donald Trump attended the event, the first sitting President of the United States to attend the Ryder Cup.

Morning foursomes

The opening round of four foursome matches started at 7:10 am local time. Pairings were announced on Thursday, September 25. The first point was won by Europe, with Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton winning, 4 and 3, against Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas. Europe won the second point of the morning with Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood winning, 5 and 4, against Collin Morikawa and Harris English.
Europe won their third consecutive point with Ludvig Åberg and Matt Fitzpatrick winning 5 and 3, against Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley. The Americans got their first point with Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay winning 2-up, against Robert MacIntyre/Viktor Hovland.
Europe had a 3–1 lead after the first session.

Afternoon four-ball

The opening round of four four-balls started at 12:25 pm local time. Pairings were announced at the end of the morning foursome matches. In the third match, Justin Thomas and Cameron Young were dominant making seven birdies in thirteen holes, winning their match 6 and 5, against Ludvig Åberg and Rasmus Højgaard, cutting the Europe lead to 3–2. In the first overall match Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka won 3 and 2, against Scottie Scheffler and J. J. Spaun, extending the Europe lead to 4–2. In the second match Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose won 1-up against Ben Griffin and Bryson DeChambeau, pushing the Europe lead to 5–2. In the final match Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry halved their match with Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay which gave the European side a 5–2 lead heading into the weekend play.

Saturday's matches

Morning foursomes

The foursomes matches for Saturday were announced Friday night after the completion of day one. In the first overall match, Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Åberg lost 4 and 2 to Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young, reducing Europe's lead to 5–3. In the second overall match, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood won 3 and 2 against Harris English and Collin Morikawa, increasing Europe's lead to 6–3. In the third overall match, Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton won 3 and 2 against Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, pushing Europe's lead to 7–3. In the final match, Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland won 1-up against Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler, increasing Europe's advantage to 8–3 heading into the afternoon four-ball session.

Afternoon four-ball

The four-ball matches for Saturday were announced after the completion of the morning foursomes. In the first match, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry took on Justin Thomas and Cameron Young. McIlroy and Lowry were 2-up after winning both the 4th and 5th holes respectively, before Thomas and Young won the 7th and 9th holes to make it all square leading into back nine. On the 14th, McIlroy and Lowry took a 1-up lead before winning the 18th hole to win 2-up. In the second match, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose faced Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau. Fleetwood and Rose would win the 3rd hole before Scheffler and DeChambeau would win both the 4th and 5th. Fleetwood and Rose then won the 7th and 8th to lead 1-up going into the last nine holes. Winning the 10th hole gave Fleetwood and Rose a 2-up lead, before Scheffler and DeChambeau would win the 11th hole. Fleetwood and Rose would win both the 12th and 14th, and with the rest of the holes being tied, Fleetwood and Rose won 3 and 2. In the third match, J. J. Spaun and Xander Schauffele won the Americans' only point of the afternoon, winning against Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka. After being 1-down going into the 17th hole, they ended up winning both of the last two holes to win the match 1-up. For the final match of the day, Tyrrell Hatton, replacing an injured Viktor Hovland, and Matt Fitzpatrick faced off against Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay. Being tied going into the 18th hole, Europe won the hole, winning 1-up.
Team Europe took a 11–4 lead heading into Sunday singles: the highest lead on any side in Ryder Cup history since Europe's introduction in 1979.