Captain America has made his picks.
Keegan Bradley introduced on Wednesday that Justin Thomas, Colin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Younger and Sam Burns will symbolize Crew USA within the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black on Lengthy Island starting Sept. 26.
Maverick McNealy and Brian Harman are two notable names left off the record along with the captain.
There was hypothesis that Bradley could decide himself to be the primary player-captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963. Bradley — who was famously left off the 2023 group as then captain Zach Johnson chosen gamers he was extra aware of — was greater than certified to take part as he was a member of the 2012 and 2014 squads in addition to rating forward of Younger, Cantlay and Burns within the Ryder Cup standings. Nonetheless, the 39-year-old — who performed golf at St. John’s — is not going to be taking over the additional accountability.
“The decision was made a while ago that I wasn’t playing,” Bradley stated on Wednesday. “We had the team set. We weren’t scrambling at all. This was a really tough decision. There was a point this season where I was playing [after winning the Travelers Championship in June] and all these guys stepped up in a major way and played their way onto this team.”
Thomas, Morikawa, Cantlay and Burns have earlier Ryder Cup expertise. Thomas has probably the most expertise of the bunch together with his 7-4-2 report in Ryder Cup play, together with an ideal 3-0-0 singles report coming into his fourth profession look. Morikawa shall be making his third look, whereas Burns and Cantlay make their second consecutive U.S. squad.
Younger and Griffin shall be making their first profession appearances within the biennial occasion. Nonetheless, Younger shall be doing so on house turf. The Briarcliff, N.Y., native shall be making his Ryder Cup debut on the famed New York State park.
The six captain’s picks will be part of Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau, Russell Henley and Harris English as they tackle a Europe squad led by Rory McIlroy as they search vengeance for his or her 2023 loss at Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership in Rome.
McIlroy shall be joined by Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Tyrell Hatton and Rasmus Hojgaard because the certified members.
European Captain Luke Donald will announce his six choices on Monday, Sept. 1. Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry and Ludvig Aberg are anticipated to be among the many choices for Donald.
No house Ryder Cup group has misplaced since Crew USA in 1995. Bethpage, positioned in Farmingdale, and often called ”The Individuals’s Nation Membership,” will host its first main golf occasion because the 2019 PGA Championship.
The Ryder Cup is a three-day occasion operating from Sept. 26-28. It’s a match play occasion between Crew USA and Europe that options completely different codecs of aggressive golf equivalent to alternate shot, four-balls and Sunday’s singles match play. There are 28 matches price one level every and the primary to 14.5 factors wins the cup.
The US enters with probably the most victories, having gained the Ryder Cup 27 occasions, whereas Europe has gained 15.
Initially Revealed: August 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM EDT
