Ryder Cup 2025 live: Luke Donald reveals captain’s picks as Team Europe confirmed

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Five of Donald’s wildcard picks were the players next in line on the points list, with Spain’s Rahm – who competes on the LIV Golf circuit – also included as the captain’s second pick, to make his fourth Ryder Cup appearance.

“Jon sets the standard for us. He is meticulous with what he does,” Donald said.

“He is first up and last out of the team room. He understands the history of the Ryder Cup and what it represents, following in the footsteps of some amazing Spanish players.”

Europe’s confidence grows behind stalwarts Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood with Luke Donald confirming his six captain’s picks for Bethpage Black. Here’s a player-by-player guide:

Donald excited about form players Rose and Fleetwood:

Here they are in visual form:

Hojgaard is indeed the only Ryder Cup rookie, having automatically qualified along with McIlroy, Fleetwood, MacIntyre, Rose and Hatton.

Just one change from the team which won so convincingly in Rome, then, as Rasmus Hojgaard replaces his twin brother Nicolai. It is essentially the same team, genetically speaking.

1. Rory McIlroy
2. Bob MacIntyre
3. Tommy Fleetwood
4. Justin Rose
5. Rasmus Hojgaard
6. Tyrrell Hatton
7. Shane Lowry
8. Jon Rahm
9. Sepp Straka
10. Viktor Hovland
11. Ludvig Aberg
12. Matt Fitzpatrick

“Nobody statistically been as good as Matt in the past few months. He’s playing tremendous golf right now, six top 10s in his late eight starts. It’s really impressive.”

Fitzpatrick takes the final spot!