Ryder Cup 2025: Team USA vs Team Europe – venue, lineups, format, schedule, live streaming info

The 45th edition of the Ryder Cup, a biennial men’s golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States, is set to be held from September 26 to 28 at the Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York.

Here is all you need to know about the Ryder Cup:-

What is the Ryder Cup?

Contested since 1927, the Ryder Cup pits a team of the best professional golfers from the United States against the best players born in Europe. At first, the competition was between the U.S. and Great Britain; the British team was expanded to include Ireland in 1973, then all of Europe in 1979. The teams go head to head in match play over the course of three days.

What is the format and how is the competition scored?

In match play, instead of counting total strokes, matches are scored by who wins the most holes. Three formats are utilized across two-on-two and one-on-one action.

On Friday and Saturday morning, the American and European teams will send out four duos for “foursomes,” also known as alternate shot. Each pairing takes turns playing the same ball on each hole.

The afternoon sessions on those days will be “fourball,” or best ball. Each golfer plays his own ball, and the pairing takes the lower score at each hole.

On Sunday, all 12 players from each side will face off in a singles match.

Each match is worth one point, with a total of 28 points up for grabs. That means the first to 14.5 wins the Cup. If the teams were to tie 14-14, Europe would retain possession of the Cup since it won the last edition.

What is the head-to-head record?

USA has won the competition 27 times while Europe has emerged victorious 15 times. The editions in 1969 and 1989 ended in ties.

Europe has captured eight of the past 11 Cups.

Who is representing the U.S. this year?

Keegan Bradley was named the American captain last year in a surprising move. At 39, he is the youngest Ryder Cup captain since Arnold Palmer, and he nearly became the first playing captain since Palmer, too, but he did not select himself to the 12-player roster.

Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau qualified for the team on points. Bradley rounded out the group with Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns. Henley, English, Griffin and Young are Ryder Cup rookies.

Who is representing Europe this year?

Luke Donald returns as the European captain after leading the victorious 2023 team, and 11 players from that roster are back as well. The only newcomer, Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard, is the twin brother of 2023 team member Nicolai Hojgaard.

The rest of that roster: Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm.

How is the Bethpage Black golf course?

Bethpage Black (par-70, 7,352 yards) is among the most prestigious and most difficult public courses in the country. The fourth hole, a risk-reward par-5, is considered the easiest relative to par, yet approach shots will be severely uphill toward a protected green. It’s a similar story at the par-4 15th, where just landing it on the green is a difficult task.

And matches could be won or lost at the devilish par-3 17th, where the diagonally-angled green is surrounded by five monstrous bunkers.

Where to watch Ryder Cup 2025 in India?

The live stream of the Ryder Cup 2025 will be available in India on FanCode app/website.

What is the daywise schedule of Ryder Cup 2025?

September 26

Morning Foursomes matches begin at4:40 p.m. IST

Afternoon Four-Ball matches begin at 9:55 p.m. IST

September 27

Morning Foursomes matches begin at 4:40 p.m. IST

Afternoon Four-Ball matches begin at 9:55 p.m. IST

September 28

Singles matches begin at 9:32 p.m. IST

Published on Sep 25, 2025