The next Ryder Cup isn’t until the end of 2025.
So what do you do now? You look ahead to Bethpage and try to predict who will be playing for Team Europe and Team USA of course!
Europe will carry confidence from Marco Simone to the United States, hoping to achieve something Rory McIlroy described as one of the biggest accomplishments in golf – winning an away Ryder Cup.
The fans in New York will look to make sure the USA take back the trophy, but which players will be on each 12-man team? I took a stab at predicting the line-ups for the Ryder Cup 2025 in October 2023. I’ve kept my selections and provided an update underneath each of their names, detailing whether it’s a stinker, a good call or yet to be decided.
Excuse me while I fetch my hard hat for my 2025 Ryder Cup team predictions…
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2025 Ryder Cup team predictions
Europe
Captain: Luke Donald
Reality: Luke Donald
October 2024: I always said to give Luke another go, I honestly don’t see why that would have ever not been the case. How long is the queue of worthy candidates behind him anyway?
A two-time major champion and a super Ryder Cup player. There is no question the Spaniard will be at Bethpage.
October 2024: We had a small hiccup of his move to LIV Golf, but now that Rahm has fulfilled his DP World Tour obligations, I can’t see him out of the captain’s picks if he can’t qualify automatically.
In the back nine of his Ryder Cup career? You’re being modest, Rory. The Northern Irishman can book his flights now.
October 2024: Same story. McIlroy will be at Bethpage, barring injury.
By the time the end of 2025 rolls around, I expect Viktor Hovland to be a major champion and possibly a multi-major champion.
October 2024: Despite almost winning the PGA Championship, 2024 wasn’t Hovland’s year. I’d be stunned if he wasn’t at the 2025 Ryder Cup though.
Tyrrell Hatton has been one of the best European players of the last five years. He can match any American’s game on his day.
October 2024: Like Rahm, my eyebrows raised with his move to LIV Golf. But he’s played four times and kept his DP World Tour membership, and will surely be chosen if he can’t qualify automatically.
Marco Simone will be the first of many, many Ryder Cups for Ludvig Aberg. We are at the start of something special.
October 2024: Super player with more to come in 2025. This wasn’t a tough selection.
The former US Open champion has a poor Ryder Cup record, but he is in a new realm of his career now, and he could be made for Bethpage.
October 2024: The ever-consistent Fitzpatrick is still one of the world’s top players, a major champion and a PGA Tour winner. He’ll be in New York.
Much like the previous seven names, Tommy Fleetwood is set to be a crucial part of Europe’s attempts at a first away win since 2012.
October 2024: Tommy Fleetwood is set to make his fourth straight appearance for Team Europe. He has failed to finish outside the top 30 twice since the Masters.
His passion and drive for the Ryder Cup will surely take Shane Lowry over the line for qualification. If he doesn’t get an automatic spot, the captain will find it hard not to select him.
October 2024: Lowry is still solid. A top 30 player and he came sixth at the 2024 Open at Troon.
A two-time PGA Tour winner who is going from strength to strength. Sepp Straka is becoming a great player and could be an asset for Europe in years to come.
October 2024: Straka is interesting. He made the Tour Championship and is still one of the best players on the PGA Tour. Not a guaranteed spot on Team Europe, but as good a chance as any.
Donald chose Nicolai Hojgaard as a glimpse into the future of Team Europe and I suspect the young Dane could develop into a more solid and effective Ryder Cup player in 2025.
October 2024: He was chosen in favour of Adrian Meronk in 2023, so Donald has invested heavily in the young Dane. I’d say he should still be fine.
Adrien Dumont De Chassart
A player some of you mightn’t be familiar with, but he’s shown a great trajectory at college and on the Korn Ferry Tour. He will be on the cusp of Team Europe I’m sure of it.
October 2024: This is a tough one as he teeters on the edge of losing his PGA Tour status altogether. We need a miracle here.
Vincent Norrman
Vincent Norrman is a recent winner on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour and could add another Scandinavian bow to Team Europe in 2025.
October 2024: Similar to ADDC, we need a huge turnaround from Vincent Normann if he is to earn a Ryder Cup debut. He is ranked 193 in the world.
Fringe players to watch…
Rasmus Hojgaard
USA
Captain: Stewart Cink
Reality: Keegan Bradley
October 2024: Stewart Cink was a vice-captain for the first time in Rome and, as an Open champion and a five-time Ryder Cup participant, he seemed a logical choice. But Team USA have gone with a younger, more active model in Bradley who could yet be a playing captain.
The World No.1 will definitely be on Team USA at Bethpage, probably as a multi-major winner by then too.
October 2024: No comment needed. Only injury (or jail) could stop Scheffler from being at Bethpage.
Patrick Cantlay is one of the USA’s most consistent performers on the PGA Tour. One of a number of players who are almost guaranteed a spot.
October 2024: He thrives in team match play and is incredibly consistent. Cantlay is somewhat of a new Captain America.
He was my pick to be America’s MVP in Rome. Max Homa has turned into an outstanding player who just needs some major form to solidify his place as one of the world’s best.
October 2024: Although he wasn’t a dead cert for the 2024 Presidents Cup team, Homa has proven to be a popular and fruitful team player. Keeping up his form in 2025, he’ll get a pick at worst, I imagine.
Much like Cantlay, Xander Schauffele has become part of the furniture on PGA Tour leaderboards and certainly in the Team USA dressing room.
October 2024: Like Scheffler, he will be at Bethpage.
I’d be surprised if Justin Thomas’ form continued to slump in the next two years. He had a Ryder Cup to forget in 2023, but he certainly showed much more courage than some of his teammates in Rome.
October 2024: Incredibly, Thomas was chosen for the 2023 Ryder Cup side despite missing out on the FedEx Cup Playoffs, yet missed out on the 2024 Presidents Cup team when making the FedEx Cup Playoffs. He IS Captain America and barring another bad year, he’ll at least get a pick, surely?
I honestly thought long and hard about Jordan Spieth’s place on this side. He was erratic in 2023 and his form would have to improve to be a main player in Long Island.
October 2024: This one could be injury-related. Spieth announced in August that he’d had wrist surgery. He probably won’t play until the New Year so his Ryder Cup selection could depend on if he can get up to speed in time in 2025. This pick is not a guarantee at all.
He didn’t play like the two-time major champion he is in Italy, but Collin Morikawa is an incredible golfer and I’d be stunned if he wasn’t part of this squad.
October 2024: Morikawa had a fantastic 2024 and probably deserved to win a major. Keeping that up, he should make his third straight appearance for Team USA.
Sam Burns didn’t have a Ryder Cup debut to remember, but his PGA Tour career is ascending in a great direction and he clearly has a passion for match play.
October 2024: Sam Burns played in the 2024 Presidents Cup, so he is getting a taste for Team USA and team match play. He is no lock at all, but he is proving a popular pick amongst the American fraternity.
Although his world ranking points routes are restricted, I can definitely see Brooks Koepka winning another major soon and getting himself in this team.
October 2024: As a LIV Golfer, his performances in the majors could be crucial, like they were when he played in the 2023 Ryder Cup after winning the PGA Championship. A solid year with LIV could get him a pick though. I still fancy Koepka’s chances.
Will Zalatoris
It seems incredible to me that Will Zalatoris has never played in a Ryder Cup and won’t until 2025. I’d be stunned if he wasn’t at Bethpage if he was fit and healthy.
October 2024: Will Zalatoris just can’t get going on the PGA Tour. He almost won the Masters on debut in 2021, but he lost in a playoff at the 2022 PGA Championship and narrowly lost to Matt Fitzpatrick at the 2022 US Open.
He was off for nine months last year and has missed seven cuts this year. I’ll need a huge pick-up in form for this pick to become a reality.
Cameron Young
Cameron Young is on the cusp of his first PGA Tour win and with strong showings in majors too, I expect him to make his Ryder Cup debut sooner rather than later.
October 2024: Although Young still made six top-10s and came second again in 2024, his season was rather low key and he wasn’t chosen to play in the 2024 Presidents Cup.
50/50 heading into 2025 for me.
This would be fun. After finally earning his first PGA Tour win at the Fortinet Championship, the floodgates could open for Sahith Theegala and I would love to see him play at the Ryder Cup.
October 2024: This should happen at this stage. He played at the 2024 Presidents Cup and he came third at the Tour Championship.
Fringe players to watch…
Adam Schenk
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