Luke Donald has announced his captain’s picks for Team Europe at the 2025 Ryder Cup, and the resulting team is a familiar one. With one exception, the team is the exact same one that demolished the United States at Marco Simone in Rome two years ago.
The captain’s picks include:
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Shane Lowry: Two-time Ryder Cup player, 2-3-1 record. Lowry is the ultimate European team player, a grinder and loyal wingman who can thrive in a hostile environment.
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Jon Rahm: Three-time Ryder Cup player, 6-3-3 record. Rahm is simply one of the finest players on the planet, now dominating LIV Golf the same way he once dominated the PGA Tour.
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Sepp Straka: One-time Ryder Cup player, 1-2-0 record. A two-time winner on the PGA Tour, he narrowly missed automatically qualifying for the team.
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Viktor Hovland: Two-time Ryder Cup player, 3-4-3 record. Despite a slight recent slide in seasonal performance, Hovland remains a valuable and fierce match play challenge.
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Ludvig Åberg: One-time Ryder Cup player, 2-2-0 record. Two-time PGA Tour winner who’s still incredibly early in his career; he looks to be headed to a decades-long run on this team.
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Matt Fitzpatrick: Three-time Ryder Cup player, 1-7-0 record. The 2022 U.S. Open champion, he basically played his way onto the team in the last few weeks after a rough start to the season.
The six captain’s picks join the six who already qualified: Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Rasmus Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton. The only difference from the 2023 team is a swap of Højgaards, Rasmus for Nicolai.
United States captain Keegan Bradley announced his six captain’s picks last week. The Ryder Cup tees off later this month at the famed Bethpage Black in New York.
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