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Ryder Cup 2025: Team Europe player-by-player guide including Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood

Europe’s Ryder Cup hopefuls discovered their fate as Luke Donald revealed his captain’s picks for Bethpage Black.

With United States counterpart Keegan Bradley electing not to pick himself in a strong home side last week, Donald set about confirming his selection as Europe bid to retain the Cup with a rare success on American soil in September. Having led the team to an excellent performance two years ago, the Englishman kept faith in most of those who played in Rome - with the core of his team intact with Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose among his six automatic qualifiers.

With no restriction on selecting players from LIV Golf, Jon Rahm retained his spot, while Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland will reunite in New York. Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka and Matt Fitzpatrick were the other captain’s picks as the big-hitting Marco Penge, Cornwall’s Harry Hall and Matt Wallace all missed out.

Follow all of the latest reaction after Donald revealed his six wildcards with our live blog below:

Donald names his Ryder Cup captain's picks

It means 11 of the victorious side in Rome will reassemble at Bethpage in New York with Rasmus Hoijgaard replacing his twin Nicolai as the only change.

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Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 15:00

Europe name Ryder Cup team

That’s all from today’s Ryder Cup coverage, thanks for joining us. Stick around on the website for more reaction to today’s announcement shortly.

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 16:37

Donald hails Rahm as a team leader

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."

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 15:44

Player guide to Team Europe

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:

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 15:12

'It's quite nice to have the FedEx Cup champion in your team'

Donald excited about form players Rose and Fleetwood:

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 14:52

Team Europe for 2025 Ryder Cup

Here they are in visual form:

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 14:44

Hojgaard to make Ryder Cup debut

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

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 14:37

Team Europe for 2025 Ryder Cup

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.

Rory McIlroy
Bob MacIntyre
Tommy Fleetwood
Justin Rose
Rasmus Hojgaard
Tyrrell Hatton
Shane Lowry
Jon Rahm
Sepp Straka
Viktor Hovland
Ludvig Aberg
Matt Fitzpatrick

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 14:30

Donald on Fitzpatrick's form

“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.”

Lawrence Ostlere1 September 2025 14:27