U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Keegan Bradley previously said that his 12-man team would be gathering in Napa, California, for the first tournament of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall as a team building opportunity and to dust off any rust from the post-Tour Championship break before the Ryder Cup is held two weeks later.
On Friday, 10 members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team officially committed to the Procore Championship, which will be held Sept. 11-14 at Silverado Resort’s North Course. But the more interesting news would be who didn’t register: Xander Schauffele.
The 31-year-old two-time major winner failed to make it to East Lake for the first time in his career and so had an additional one week, unpaid vacation. Asked at the BMW Championship if he planned to play at the Procore Championship, he said, “I don’t know how many guys have signed up or not, but I wouldn’t say there’s an expectation for us to play, but a lot of us do want to play just to stay fresh, knock off some rust. I’ll have an even longer break, so we’ll see how that goes.”
Wyndham Clark, who competed in the Procore Championship last year ahead of the 2024 Presidents Cup, said that he competed in the tournament for one specific reason. “I think the last time I screwed up,” he said of his debut in international team competition at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. “I took too much time off and wasn’t prepared for the Ryder Cup…There’s no preparation better than playing against the best players. I think this is the best prep you can have.” He added: “I would never prepare for a big event where I had five weeks off between one tournament to the next.” The Ryder Cup doesn’t begin at Bethpage Black in Farmington, N.Y., until Sept. 26.
The Napa tournament is expecting to welcome one of the strongest fields in its history, as Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa, Cameron Young, Russell Henley, Harris English, Ben Griffin and Sam Burns have committed to compete at the annual Silverado Resort stop.
“We are thrilled to offer our fans the opportunity to watch some of the best stars on the PGA Tour compete,” said Mike Damaso, the Chairman of Impact Through Golf Napa Valley.
Scheffler, the world No. 1 and two-time major winner this year, will be making his Procore Championship debut. Spaun, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is making his 10th start at the Procore Championship this year.
Thomas will be making his seventh start in Napa, having finished second in 2023. Cantlay will return to his home state to compete in the Procore for the fifth time in his career. Morikawa, another California native, made his last start at Napa in 2020, when he tied for 10th. Young will play at Silverado for the first time since 2022.
The 2025 Procore Championship will mark English’s eighth appearance in the event while Griffin returns to the for the first time since 2023. Burns will tee it up at the Procore Championship for the third time in his career, with his last appearance at Silverado Resort coming in 2021.
Bryson DeChambeau is the only other member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team not playing Napa but he’s banned from PGA Tour events after joining LIV Golf. DeChambeau had hoped that an exception would be made but it appears the Tour won’t budge on his suspension.
Efforts to reach Schauffele’s manager for confirmation of his plans weren’t answered before this story was published. PGA Tour members have until 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT on Friday, Sept. 5 to commit to the 2025 Procore Championship. So, it’s still possible that Schauffele could join his teammates. The full field will be announced later that day.
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