U.S. Ryder Cup standings: Who is going to Bethpage Black?
Ryder Cup standings: Check out which U.S. golfers are in line to book their spots onto Keegan Bradley's team that will head to Bethpage Black in New York.
Automatic qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team will conclude this August at a TBC PGA Tour event.
The top six players in the standings at this point will be heading to Bethpage Black in New York with skipper Keegan Bradley.
Bradley will also have six captain's picks to choose from and he has already promised to make sure they have the strongest side possible.
In other words, he has precisely zero plans to snub LIV Golf players such as Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka should they require a pick.
Bradley might also make some bold choices elsewhere so the narrative that the U.S. team is simply a 'boys' club' can be shifted.
That means Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas might have to play his way onto the team.
At this stage of the season, Bradley hasn't seen the locks for his team produce their best stuff.
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Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele were forced to miss a few weeks of the campaign with injuries.
Scheffler stabbed his hand on the stem of a wine glass over Christmas and only returned in February. He is yet to win on the PGA Tour in 2025.
But Scheffler looked as though he was getting back into the swing of things when he finished runner-up to Min Woo Lee at the Texas Children's Houston Open.
Schauffele's form will also be of concern to Bradley, with the golfer admitting that his return from a rib injury was proving more difficult that anticipated.
Meanwhile, Harris English, Russell Henley and Brian Campbell are the only American golfers to have won on the PGA Tour this year.
English made his Ryder Cup debut at Whistling Straits in 2021.
Here's how things are currently looking:
*Last updated 31 March 2025
Position | Player | Ryder Cup points |
1 | Scottie Scheffler | 12486.75 |
2 | Xander Schauffele | 10025.06 |
3 | Collin Morikawa | 8037.1 |
4 | Russell Henley | 7244.2 |
5 | Bryson DeChambeau | 6993 |
6 | J.J. Spaun | 4634.97 |
7 | Maverick McNealy | 4042.4 |
8 | Justin Thomas | 3831.24 |
9 | Patrick Cantlay | 3762.91 |
10 | Lucas Glover | 3332.58 |
11 | Billy Horschel | 3230.58 |
12 | Tony Finau | 3121.54 |
13 | Wyndham Clark | 3043.84 |
14 | Harris English | 2981.55 |
15 | Brian Harman | 2892.7 |
16 | Akshay Bhatia | 2818.61 |
17 | Michael Kim | 2785.62 |
18 | Tom Hoge | 2641.18 |
19 | Keegan Bradley | 2410.98 |
20 | Daniel Berger | 2240.2 |
21 | Denny McCarthy | 2149.66 |
22 | Joe Highsmith | 2095.86 |
23 | Jacob Bridgeman | 1950.03 |
24 | Davis Thompson | 1850.13 |
25 | Sahith Theegala | 1847.39 |
View full rankings here.
How the U.S. Ryder Cup team is selected
The top six players in the U.S. Ryder Cup points standings automatically qualify.
The points system rewards players for their performances in major championships and PGA Tour events.
More points are awarded for majors, hence why Xander Schauffele has already amassed a significant amount.
The qualifying period spans a two-year cycle, starting after the previous Ryder Cup and concluding a month before the next.
Captain's picks
Bradley will have six captain's picks but this has not always been the case.
Before the 2008 Cup at Valhalla, the U.S. captain was given two picks by the PGA of America.
The number was increased to four by then-captain Paul Azinger.
It was a strategy that ultimately proving successful, as the red, white and blue ran out 16 1⁄2 – 11 1⁄2 winners.
Tom Watson decided to have three captain's picks in 2014 and Jim Furyk chose four in 2018.
Steve Stricker and Zach Johnson opted for six in 2021 and 2023 respectively.
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