From 1 to 24, ranking every player in the 2025 Ryder Cup

The hold is yet over.

The 45th Ryder Cup tees disconnected Friday astatine the Black Course astatine Bethpage Black State Park successful Farmingdale, New York.

The U.S. volition again effort to clasp service connected its location soil; the big squad has won each of the past 5 matches. The past clip a visiting squad captured the Ryder Cup was Europe's memorable 14½-13½ triumph astatine Medinah Country Club successful Illinois successful 2012.

The Europeans person won 8 of the past 11 events, including a 16½-11½ triumph astatine Marco Simone Golf Club and Country Club extracurricular Rome successful 2023.

The U.S. routed the Europeans 19-9 astatine Whistling Straits successful Haven, Wisconsin, successful 2021.

It doesn't fig to get immoderate easier for the Europeans successful beforehand of thousands of rowdy fans connected Long Island this week.

The Americans are favored to triumph again with a roster that includes 7 of the apical 10 golfers successful the Official World Golf Ranking, including satellite No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

"History would archer you it's precise difficult," Rory McIlroy said. "There's a crushed that successful the past decade, each Ryder Cup has [gone] to the location team. It would evidently beryllium large to bring the Ryder Cup backmost to these shores, and we cognize however hard it's going to be. We are nether nary illusion.

"I support saying this: We person a monolithic accidental to bash thing that not a batch of Ryder Cup teams accidental that they person done."

There volition beryllium 4 foursomes (alternate shot) matches and 4 four-ball (better ball) matches connected Friday and Saturday, followed by 12 singles matches connected Sunday.

Europe needs 14 points to clasp the Ryder Cup; the U.S. needs 14½ to instrumentality it back.

Here's a look astatine the golfers who volition vie this weekend:

1. Scottie Scheffler, USA

World ranking: 1
Ryder Cup appearances: 3
Career record: 2-2-3

The world's champion golfer volition effort to erase the memories of his 0-2-2 show successful Rome 2 years ago. Scheffler was successful tears aft helium and Brooks Koepka were connected the wrong extremity of a 9-and-7 loss successful 11 holes successful foursomes, the shortest 18-hole lucifer successful Ryder Cup history. For the Americans to person a existent accidental of winning this week, they request Scottie to beryllium Scottie implicit 3 days. The bully news: Scheffler is inactive reddish hot, having won for the sixth clip connected circuit this season astatine the Procore Championship successful Napa, California, 2 weeks ago.

2. Rory McIlroy, Europe

World ranking: 2
Ryder Cup appearances: 8
Career record: 16-13-4

At 36, McIlroy is the undisputed affectional person of the Europeans. He went 4-1-0 successful Rome; his 4 points were the astir by immoderate golfer connected either side. McIlroy besides was astatine the halfway of a postmatch quality with American caddie Joe LaCava. After becoming lone the sixth men's golfer to implicit the career Grand Slam astatine the Masters, McIlroy suffered a spot of a hangover this season. He yet won again astatine the Irish Open connected Sept. 7.

3. Tommy Fleetwood, Europe

World ranking: 7
Ryder Cup appearances: 4
Career record: 7-3-2

The English golfer enactment unneurotic his champion play connected the PGA Tour, and helium was yet rewarded with his archetypal triumph connected American soil astatine the Tour Championship. Fleetwood has go 1 of astir fashionable golfers successful the world, but that mightiness not beryllium the lawsuit astatine Bethpage Black. He went 3-1-0 successful Rome and was 4-0-0 successful foursomes successful his erstwhile 3 Ryder Cup appearances.

4. Jon Rahm, Europe

World ranking: 73
Ryder Cup appearances: 4
Career record: