Finally, the 2025 Ryder Cup is here, and we now know the players who will go out first at Bethpage Black to kick off the international showdown.
Team USA captain Keegan Bradley and Europe’s Luke Donald both announced their four groupings for the Friday morning foursomes session during an appearance on Golf Channel.
Here’s how they’ll line up bright and early at Bethpage:
(All times Eastern)
Match 1 — 7:10 a.m.
Europe: John Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton vs. USA: Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas
Notes: Rahm and Hatton are good friends, who also play together on Legion XIII on the LIV tour. … They have Ryder Cup experience together in the past and have been great in foursomes. Rahm is 4-0 in foursomes; Hatton is 2-1. … The two players are 2-0-1 overall in their Ryder Cup matches. … For Team USA, this is the first time DeChambeau and Thomas have been paired together. … Thomas has a 2-3-0 career record in foursomes; DeChambeau is 0-2-0 in foursomes.
Match 2 — 7:26 a.m.
Europe: Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick vs. USA: Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley
Notes: Fitzpatrick is 1-7-0 for his career in the Ryder Cup; Aberg is 2-2-0 after making his debut in 2023 at Rome. … Scheffler and Henley were teamed up together at the Presidents Cup where they were Team USA’s best duo. … Scheffler is 0-2-0 for his foursomes play with a 2-2-3 career Ryder Cup record. … Henley is making his Ryder Cup debut.
Match 3 — 7:42 a.m.
Europe: Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood vs. USA: Collin Morikawa, Harris English
Notes: McIlroy obviously is one of the most accomplished players in Ryder Cup history, having won five times in seven Ryder Cups. He has a 16-13-4 match record, winning 54.5% of his points. He and Fleetwood teamed together in Rome and went 2-0-0 together. McIlroy’s career foursomes record is 7-5-1. … Fleetwood has been solid if not elite in all three of his Ryder Cup appearances. He’s won 67% of his points, and he comes in with a perfect 4-0-0 foursomes record. … Harris English went 1-2-0 at Whistling Straits in 2021, his only Ryder Cup appearances, with his win coincidentally coming against Rory McIlroy in a four-ball match. … Morikawa is 4-3-1 in his two Ryder Cup appearances, but three of those four wins came with Dustin Johnson in 2021. He’s 2-1-0 in foursomes for his career.
Match 4 — 7:58 a.m.
Europe: Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland vs. Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay
Notes: Hovland has been a Ryder Cup star in two appearances, going 3-1-1 … MacIntyre, meanwhile, has yet to lose a Ryder Cup match at 2-0-1. … Hovland has a 2-2-0 record in foursomes; MacIntyre didn’t play foursomes in 2023. … Schauffele and Cantlay will be playing their fifth match together; the duo is 2-2-0, all in foursomes. … Cantlay has a won five of his eight Ryder Cup matches, and Schauffele is 4-4-0 for his career.
How Ryder Cup Foursomes Work
As always, Ryder Cup scoring is based on match play on a hole-to-hole basis. Foursomes play is also known as an alternate-shot format. Only one player will tee off on each hole, and they will alternate shots with their teammates until completing the hole. There will be a foursomes session on both Friday and Saturday.
The home team has scored more points in foursomes in each of the last nine Ryder Cups. Since 2006, the home team is 45-16-11, with Team USA going 19-9-4 in foursomes over that span.
Ryder Cup Schedule: Day 1 Foursomes Matchups for USA vs. Europe