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Khaleej Times
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
Ryder Cup countdown: Tension builds as teams take shape and key decisions loom
Let's take a look at some crucial timelines approaching faster than many of us realise, as the countdown is accelerating. In just 58 days, the 45th Ryder Cup will kick off at the iconic Bethpage Black in New York on 26th September 2025. The anticipation is mounting as players and fans alike await the final team line-ups and the dramatic battles that will unfold on the course. With so much still to be decided, now is a perfect time to highlight some key dates and developments that may have flown under the radar as excitement builds for this prestigious biennial contest. It is only 25 days before Team Europe Captain Luke Donald reveals his six automatic qualifiers, and just 18 days before Team USA's Keegan Bradley announces his seven automatic picks — a week earlier than Donald. The crucial Captain's Picks will follow shortly after, with Donald's selections due in the week commencing 1st September, and Bradley's the week of 25th Captain's Agreement Updated A notable recent change involves the Ryder Cup Captain's Agreement, a set of longstanding rules defining what captains, players, and officials can and cannot do during the event. The latest amendment, agreed by both captains, clarifies that only the Captain can give advice, not Vice-Captains—unless there is a Playing Captain actively competing. In that case, the Playing Captain may delegate advice-giving to a nominated Vice-Captain. This tweak has sparked further discussion around Bradley's role as a potential Playing Captain for Team USA, a debate that is expected to continue until the official teams are confirmed. Captain Donald has announced his fourth of five Vice-Captains, adding Francesco Molinari to Edoardo Molinari, Thomas Bjorn, and Jose Maria Olazabal—all veterans of the 2023 event in Rome. The fifth Vice-Captain will be revealed soon. On the U.S. side, the Vice-Captain roster is complete with Jim Furyk, Kevin Kisner, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, and Gary Woodland. 2031 Ryder Cup heads to Spain In other news, the 2031 Ryder Cup venue has been confirmed as Camiral Golf & Wellness Resort in Girona, Costa Brava, Spain. This will mark Spain's second time hosting the event, following the legendary 1997 competition at Valderrama, which Europe won under Seve Ballesteros. Currently, the European automatic qualifiers for 2025 include Ryder Cup veterans Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, and Sepp Straka. LIV Golf's Jon Rahm, currently 21st in the rankings, is also expected to make the team. Potential Captain's Picks include Rasmus Hojgaard, Justin Rose, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland, and Matt Wallace. Other players who could feature in the mix are Matt Fitzpatrick, Thorbjorn Olesen, and Nicolai Hojgaard, with Donald likely favouring experienced Ryder Cup players over rookies. Only time will tell who makes the final cut—but with the key dates rapidly approaching, the answers are just around the corner. The countdown is truly on, and the excitement is palpable.
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Shane Lowry Insists Team Europe will be ‘prepared' for raucous Ryder Cup crowd at Bethpage Black in New York
SHANE LOWRY insists Luke Donald will have Team Europe prepared for a hostile reception from some fans at the 2025 Ryder Cup in New York. The world's most prestigious Advertisement 2 Shane Lowry says Luke Donald will prepare Team Europe for everything and anything as they head to New York in September 2 Shane Lowry says Team Europe will be ready for the passionate crowd at Bethpage Black And the task at hand for the holders of the famous trophy will be all the more challenging as they look to retain it on US soil. Tempers have flared on and off the course in recent years at the famous match - something The New York crowd are renowned for their patriotic passion, and the European players are expecting a boisterous atmosphere on foreign soil. Advertisement read more on golf But he insists they will be prepared for everything and anything come Friday, September 26. When asked about how European players may handle the away crowd, the Clara native insisted that their skipper will have them ready. He said: 'Yeah, we've talked about it... there's no doubt we've talked about it. 'But it's still ongoing, and you have to figure out a way to deal with certain stuff. Advertisement Most read in Golf 'It might not be as bad as they say - people say it will be bad, but we'll see. 'I think if you're prepared for something, you'll deal with it okay; I think when something happens and you're not prepared for it, that's when it gets hard... Darts star Luke Littler tries out brand new sport and fans reckon they know where he learned his technique 'But we'll be prepared — Luke Donald will prepare his team very well - and we'll be ready to go.' 2019 Open champion Lowry is excited about the task at hand - although the Irishman has not yet qualified, it is expected he would be selected by skipper Luke Donald if he fails to qualify automatically in the standings. Advertisement One person who won't attending is Xander Schauffele's father, the Team USA player's father Stefan Schauffele told
Daily Record
5 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Ryder Cup legend claims Keegan Bradley plan would be '100 per cent chaos'
European hero Sam Torrance believes dual role is a recipe for disaster and he's heard rumours of a skipper switch Ryder Cup legend Sam Torrance has branded a Keegan Bradley player-captain role as "100 per cent chaos". And the European hero has revealed he's heard rumours that Jim Furyk is ready to assume the skipper's mantle at Bethpage Black. Torrance was both a winning player, captain and vice-captain at The Ryder Cup, but the prospect of one man adopting two roles leaves the Scot dumbfounded. Bradley is facing a tough situation with his excellent form making him a viable member of the team, despite the fact that he was awarded the leadership position 15 months ago. Torrance was asked if his participation within he 12-man side could be a great advantage or a recipe for chaos and responded: 'No, it's 100 per cent chaos! I don't see it as even remotely possible to be a playing captain. 'I 100 per cent think the man should be in the team, but you can't be making decisions halfway around a round while you're playing. 'You have to remember, on Friday and Saturday at 12 noon, both days, you have to have your pairings in for the afternoon fourballs or foursomes, whichever they are. 'You can't possibly do that if you're in a match with five holes to go and you're three up: All right, I'll put myself in, I'm playing. And then you lose four of the last five holes. You'd be thinking: Oh no, what have we done there? 'No, it's too important a role. He's a fabulous player, I think he's number seven in the world. He should be in the team.' Talking to Lottoland, Torrance added: "I've heard rumours that maybe he'll pass the captaincy on to Jim Furyk. Then he can voice all his opinions in team meetings and everything. But there's just too much pressure, too much going on outside of playing for the captain. You can't do both.' Bradley revealed at The Open last week that Tiger Woods is offering in-depth advice and support after he did the dual role during America's 2019 Presidents Cup triumph over The Internationals at Royal Melbourne. He said: 'Tiger has been really helpful. He obviously turned this position down and it came to me, so he's been very helpful in this process. Tiger has been really, really great to me over the course of my career. "He does a lot of things for us players that he doesn't do for the media. so he's been really helpful to me my whole life. 'Really kind to me, actually. During this process, he's been one of the most helpful people that I've had. 'So many times in my career I've leaned on other players to help me go through situations, whether it's endorsements or certain situations or how I feel in tournaments. I have no one to talk to about this. I can't call someone who's done it. 'Tiger did it at the Presidents Cup. I've spoken to him a ton about this. There's a few other guys that have done it in the Presidents Cup. The Ryder Cup is a much different animal. 'I want to obviously wait until the time comes to pick the players and see how I'm doing and, if there's somebody that is playing great that can take my spot, I'll be thrilled for that. "I just want to put the best team on the course at Bethpage. I have to really figure out how this would work, but we have a plan. We have a 'for instance' that could happen. 'That can obviously change during the week. You've got to see how each player is playing. But we're learning as we go just like everybody else.'
Fox News
5 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Collin Morikawa turning attention to 'biggest honor' of representing USA at Ryder Cup after overseas struggles
Collin Morikawa would like to forget about his trip overseas. The two-time major champion, who won the 2021 Open Championship at Royal St. Georges in England, missed the cut at both the Scottish Open and this year's final major at Royal Portrush. In a normal golf season, players can fine-tune their game for the end of the regular season to gear up for the FexEx Cup Playoffs - but this year, there's arguably an even bigger opportunity at hand. The Ryder Cup returns to the United States this year, with the 2025 edition heading to Bethpage Black in Farmingale, New York. Morikawa has played for Team USA on four occasions - two Ryder Cups and two Presidents Cups. He also participated in the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. Morikawa, 28, believes it is the "biggest honor." "Any time you have the red, white, and blue on, it's like nothing else," Morikawa told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "We play such an individual sport – even though we have a team behind us, we're the ones that get all the credit when we play. But when you play for the red, white and blue, when you represent your country, whether it's the Presidents Cup, Olympics, Ryder Cup, it's the big one. It's not just playing for your team, it's not just playing for the stakes, you're playing for the entire country. And when you have people in all walks of life come together at this one tournament rooting for your team, it's truly the biggest honor. "That's all you can ask for, and when you have that weight you're holding for that week, and you're representing that, you'll never lose that. It's something you'll carry for the rest of your life, but in that moment, you want to do everything you can to bring the best golf and human you are." Morikawa has only three finishes in the top-20 or better since the RBC Heritage three months ago. However, he's been at the pinnacle of the sport before, and knows what it takes for a quick turnaround. "It's so interesting. Sometimes, you feel like you're so far away from great golf, but you're actually a lot closer than you are. It's a degree here and there, a bounce here and there, a break in the first or second round that just kind of changes the entire week," Morikawa said. "We play four days, it's a lot of golf, it's a lot of time overspent that you have to just dwell on, but it's just one little thing, and you never know what that's going to be. "That's why we wake up every day, keep working to try to get better. You have to accept it, and it's just part of what we do. Yes, the past month hasn't been what I wanted, but doesn't mean that tomorrow can't be great, doesn't mean the playoffs won't be amazing, you just have to keep working and essentially not give up." Morikawa currently ranks eighth among American-born golfers in FedEx Cup points following his trip to the United Kingdom - the top-six automatically qualify for the 12-man team. His recent struggles, especially overseas, have none him no favors, and he knows it. However, with the never-give-up mentality he expressed, he feels he may be just fine (surely, his veteran presence gives him some bonus points). "It's a little bit of work to get to that automatic six," Morikawa said, "but I'm very hopeful about it."
New York Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Ryder Cup 2025 roster projection: Who will make the U.S., Europe teams?
With major championship season now in the rearview mirror, all road signs now directly point to the last week in September and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. That also means the opportunities to make a case for yourself are dwindling, though history suggests someone will get very hot in August and force themselves into the Ryder Cup discussion in a way no one saw coming. That type of 11th-hour push is not always successful, though, with many captains instead taking a longer view and trusting the bigger body of work. Advertisement That's why our latest Ryder Cup roster projections will feel much more set in stone than other iterations over the last three months have. For Brody Miller, who took on the role of U.S. captain Keegan Bradley, and Hugh Kellenberger, acting as Team Europe boss Luke Donald, the job is now about poring over the final one or two spots and filling in any gaps the team may have. The broader picture of the U.S. Ryder Cup team appears dramatically more stable than it did just three months ago, when projections were reaching for anyone in even partially good form or any big name with cup experience. Suddenly, the problems for Bradley are about leaving off players you'd love to have in their current form, or Bradley himself playing so well that it's less about whether he deserves to be on the team than it is about whether he should stay in the captaincy role. He'll have to decide if he's comfortable leaving off all-time cup greats versus brushing off golfers currently winning tournaments and competing for majors. Really, really deserving golfers will be left off this team, no matter what Bradley decides. But with a month until teams get finalized, let's predict what Bradley will do. Scottie Scheffler: Moving on. Xander Schauffele: His past two months have consistently had him living in the top 10 and 20 of leaderboards again as he's gaining two strokes on the field. He'll be just fine. J.J. Spaun: This is not purely somebody on a team because he won the U.S. Open. He's been runner-up at the Players and the Cognizant this year. He's No. 20 in the world on DataGolf, playing solid golf all year. Even if he might ultimately only be the 12th-best player on the U.S. team, you're very happy to have him. Russell Henley: I felt confident Henley would be on this team 10 months ago, as he thrived at the Presidents Cup and positioned himself as the perfect Scheffler pairing. Now, it's so much more. Henley won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and has finished top 10 at four of his last six majors. He can be both a good four-ball partner, as the steady rock finding fairways while his partner gets aggressive, and he's a great alternate shot teammate who is world-class with his irons and won't ever put his partner in bad position off the tee. Plus, he's a fantastic putter. It's no longer just a nice story. He's simply one of the best players in the world. Advertisement Bryson DeChambeau: No conversation needed. A top-four player in the world and the longest hitter by far. Bethpage go boom. Harris English: When English won at Torrey Pines, he still wasn't anywhere near this list. Nor was he after a T12 Augusta. Or even really when he finished runner-up at the PGA Championship. Credit where it's due. English is fully back. Now at 35, three years removed from back surgery that stunted his career, the 2021 Ryder Cup winning player is simply killing it. Two major runner-ups and three top 20s. And the U.S. will take all the good putting it can get. Even if he gets surpassed for automatic qualifying, he'll be on the team. Justin Thomas: Hey, maybe his one year left off a cup team served its purpose! Despite an extremely disappointing season at majors, Thomas is back to being the No. 8 player on DataGolf, the fifth-highest ranking on the team. All that with the memories of his 7-4-2 Ryder Cup record lingering. There's no doubt this time. Collin Morikawa: You are more than welcome to worry about his play the last three months. It's been a steep dropoff. But Morikawa is still one of the five best iron players on Earth and a guy with four Ryder Cup match wins and a 4-1 record last year at the Presidents Cup. Don't be silly. Keegan Bradley: This is not the big captaincy debate. You can read that here. For now, I'm just projecting what I think will happen, and this is no longer a situation where Bradley is on the bubble for the final spot. I'd argue he's been the sixth- or seventh-best U.S. player in 2025. He won with incredible clutch play at the Travelers in June. He hasn't finished worse than 41st at any tournament since April. And you cannot deny the passion he brings and the way crowds respond to him. The only reason to leave Bradley off is purely because you believe his captaincy is that important. If that's how you feel, it is completely understandable. But if you are picking the 12 best, it's not even a debate. Advertisement Ben Griffin: The missed cut at the Open is a disappointment, and if he has a terrible August, this can be revisited. But Griffin's play has not merely been a nice heater over the summer (although what a heater it was). He's been in contention in tournaments every single month of the season, going back to January. And again, sometimes the vibe test adds something. Griffin at Bethpage? Immaculate vibes. Patrick Cantlay: What are we doing here? Suddenly, there's a strong conversation that Cantlay shouldn't be a lock. People, he's a lock. After decades of hearing Americans bemoan the Europeans having all these form-agnostic killers like Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood who win no matter what, now the U.S. has the best cup player of the 2020s and is nitpicking him? My goodness. Also, he's not even having a bad year! A poor major run, absolutely. But if we're going off overall statistical golf, he's been the ninth-best American. He's played in 10 signature events this year and been top 20 in eight of them! If anything, last year was the real down year for Cantlay, and he still was the absolute star of the Presidents Cup. Stop this madness. Sam Burns: Woof, this was hard. He's played overall better golf this year than Jordan Spieth, Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak or Chris Gotterup. From the RBC Heritage through the Travelers, he essentially earned two strokes on the field every week he went out. He's been here before, and he'll be perhaps the best putter in the entire competition. I've said in every projection this year that if Spieth plays perfectly solid golf — which he has — then you have to have him on the team. But at the end of the day, too many golfers like Spaun, English and Griffin went out and earned spots. Final thoughts • Chris Gotterup making the team would be awesome, and his absurd length off the tee makes him a perfect fit. It's very encouraging to see the 25-year-old bomber do so well on the biggest stages, like his third-place finish this week at the Open. But it's just a little too in-the-moment for me. If he tears it up this August? Absolutely. He should be considered. I just don't want to make a rash decision. • Deep down, the best thing that could happen is Maverick McNealy or Spieth winning a tournament in the next month. McNealy has played such impressive golf all season long. He is more than deserving of playing in a Ryder Cup. He just hasn't been better than the 12 golfers picked. But I'd love nothing more than for McNealy to win in Memphis or the BMW and grab a spot. The same goes for Spieth. Advertisement • Don't rule out Andrew Novak. Captain Bradley went out of his way recently on the 5 Clubs podcast to toss Novak's name in, saying, 'Guys like Andrew Novak have shown throughout the year what a tough competitor he is. I love his mindset and his attitude.' It wouldn't be a bad pick at all. The only thing holding me back is him slowing down a bunch since his April-May heater. When Europe decided to run it back for 2025, enlisting Luke Donald again as captain and watching as he reassembled his vice-captain team, it all felt very intentional. To be the first road team to win a Ryder Cup since 2012, keep as much as you can with what worked and build off of that. It's a dramatic contract from the U.S. squad, facing their latest existential crisis about leadership and passion. So if you're going to bring back Donald and four of his vice-captains, including analytics wizard Dodo Molinari, why not also bring back the players? So that's what I'm doing here — between the six automatic qualifiers and my captain's picks, 11 of the 12 European teammates in 2023 are returning. All 11 brought home at least one full point in Rome, the result of their talent but also of a cohesive approach where veteran Justin Rose was willing to be paired with nervous rookie Robert MacIntyre in fourball and sit the foursomes sessions. MacIntyre's career has taken off since then, and he currently sits second in the European points rankings. Rory McIlroy, of course, is on top, and already automatically qualified, though there's little doubt he waited until that news to book his tickets to New York. Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton and Shane Lowry are Nos. 3-5, and will again be foundational elements of the lineup. Hatton and Fleetwood each played four matches in Rome, and Lowry is a ready-made partner for our sixth automatic pick, Sepp Straka. Of all of these men, Straka has the most nervous road to Bethpage. He missed the first three majors cuts of the year and finished T52 at the Open, and will need some positive results in the PGA Tour's playoffs to not need a captain's pick. Jon Rahm has not done well enough outside of LIV to qualify on points but c'mon, how can you not bring the Spaniard? His good is still better than most's best, and he hits it a mile off the tee. You need that at this course. This is where the questions begin, and you have to have at least some doubt about what you're getting from them during Ryder Cup week. Advertisement Viktor Hovland is going to be on the team, which is not something I would have guaranteed at different points over the last two years. The Norwegian has figured out his game enough to earn the spot, though the boom-or-bust nature of his game the last four months has me worried. Could he win 3 1/2 points again? Sure. Could he be a disappointment and struggle? Also yes. Ludvig Åberg's PGA Tour season has been a definite sophomore slump, with a regression off the tee and around the greens causing him to be a middle-of-the-pack player. Among just Europeans, he's 12th in strokes gained overall the last three months, behind several players not on this team. So why take him? One, he's Ludvig Åberg and the long-term view is still him as one of the most exciting young players in golf. But the unique format of the Ryder Cup would allow an enterprising captain to use Åberg in foursomes, setting him up for his still-strong iron play to be a weapon on approaches and the par-3s. Rose will be 45 by the end of September and he needs to be a role player at Bethpage. After his playoff loss at the Masters, he regressed badly for several months, until a sixth-place finish at the Scottish Open and T16 at the Open Championship. He's a good player, but would it be entirely shocking if he has an off week? Not at all. The last veteran to make the team is Matt Fitzpatrick. His performance at Royal Portrush, playing in the last group on Saturday and finishing in the top five, was a very loud announcement that the Englishman is back. Over the previous three months, he has been sixth in the world in strokes gained, and it's not weighted toward one particular category. Overall, he's been very efficient. All four of these players have earned their spots, and you'll take the risk because of the potential. If two or three (or four) all struggle and you lose the cup, that'll be unfortunate, but you can live with it because you still gave yourself the best chance to win. That leaves just one spot and a handful of contenders. Nicolai Højgaard is powerful off the tee and trending in a positive direction. Thomas Detry won in Phoenix earlier this year against a good field. If you're looking strictly at current form, then Harry Hall and Aaron Rai must be on the long list. Advertisement There's also Sergio Garcia. He's a Ryder Cup legend, no doubt. He caught fire for a month, winning LIV Hong Kong and backing it up with two top fives. But nothing in the last three months has approached that level of play, making him an unnecessary reach and potential liability. No, I'm going with Rasmus Højgaard. While he'll be the lone Ryder Cup rookie on this team, he was a part of things in Rome. When twin brother Nicolai made it, Donald invited Rasmus to come and have a role, to be around the team room as much as he desired. It's an example of an approach to leadership that builds buy-in and continuity, taking what could be an awkward situation and making it as comfortable as possible. Two years later, Rasmus is the brother who's seventh in the Ryder Cup points standings, with enough positive results that he cannot be ignored. Do we expect him to be a killer? No. But he'll do his job, and another true driver of the golf ball is the final piece that Europe needs. (Illustration: Eamonn Dalton / The Athletic; Photos: David Cannon, Richard Heathcote / Getty Images; Zac Goodwin / PA Images via Getty Images; Stuart Franklin / R&A via Getty Images)
