NEW YORK — As part of the “Year to Go” celebration, Ryder Cup captains Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald will address the media Tuesday at the Times Center in midtown Manhattan.
With the Presidents Cup in the rearview mirror, the focus quickly shifts to Bethpage Black, which will host its first Ryder Cup next September. Next year will be the second time the tournament will be held in New York state, after Europeans turned Oak Hill into America's “Chalk Hill” in 1995. Team USA hopes to avoid a similar fate next year on Long Island. It's been 30 years since Sunday's collapse in Rochester.
Qualification for both teams is already underway, with both teams using different criteria.
For the Americans, players could only earn points in five tournaments through 2024: the four majors and The Players at TPC Sawgrass. Americans earned 1 point per $1,000 spent in these tournaments. This means you need to qualify to win. However, the specific criteria for the 2025 event remain a mystery. Given that the PGA Tour announced its 2025 schedule in mid-August, perhaps Bradley and the PGA of America will shed some light on the qualifying procedure on Tuesday.
Europe, on the other hand, already has a clearer qualification system in place. In preparation for this fall's “Back 9” event, the DP World Tour will award 1,500 Ryder Cup points to European members between now and the end of the year. However, Rolex Series events in 2024 and 2025 (equivalent to the PGA Tour's signature event in Europe) will earn you 2,000 points.
Two of the five events remaining on this year's schedule are the Rolex Series events, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Only the top 70 and 50 players in the DP World Tour Race to Dubai rankings will qualify.
The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last month was won by Billy Horschel in an epic play-off against Rory McIlroy, and as it was also a Rolex Series event, there was potential for a lot of points.
European Ryder Cup qualifying began three weeks earlier at the Betfried British Masters in late August, marking the start of the “back nine” portion of the DP World Tour's 2024 schedule.
The full breakdown of European Ryder Cup appearances is below, including details for the 2025 season.
- Major Championship: 5,000 points available
- 2025 PGA Tour Signature Event, The Players Championship, FedEx Cup Playoffs: 3,000 Points Available
- DP World Tour Rolex Series: 2,000 points available
- PGA Tour regular event: 2,000 points available
- 2024 DP World Tour “Back 9” Event: 1,500 Points Available
- DP World Tour “Global Series” Event: 1,000 points available
- 2025 PGA Tour Alternative Event: 1,000 Points Available
USA Ryder Cup Rankings as of October 8, 2024:
The top 20 players are listed below.
- Xander Schauffele — 9,580.956
- Scotty Scheffler — 9,145.556
- Bryson DeChambeau — 6,993,000
- Collin Morikawa — 2,478.133
- Brian Harman — 2,250.561
- Billy Horschel — 2,037.223
- Windham Clark — 1,936.213
- Patrick Cantlay — 1,613.255
- Russell Henry — 1,600.426
- Tony Finau — 1,575.878
- Sahis Segala — 1,234.287
- Max Homa — 1,229.883
- Maverick McNeely — 876.387
- Harris English — 809.343
- Taylor Moore — 762.756
- Cameron Young — 753.991
- Chris Kirk — 739.751
- Adam Schenk — 690.536
- Sam Burns — 662.674
- Justin Thomas — 611.638
European Ryder Cup Rankings as of October 8, 2024:
The top 20 players are listed below.
- Rasmus Hejgaard (Denmark) — 376.92
- Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) — 354.07
- Matt Wallace (England) — 340.90
- Niklas Norgaard (Denmark) — 334.35
- Tyrrell Hatton (England) — 295.84
- Angel Hidalgo (Spain) — 269.17
- Matteo Manassero (Italy) — 227.41
- Jon Rahm (Spain) — 205.30
- Alfredo García Heredia (Spain) — 194.55
- Tommy Fleetwood (England) — 185.63
- Nicolas Corsaerts (Belgium) — 180.32
- Grant Forrest (Scotland) — 158.70
- Matthew Baldwin (England) — 125.92
- Andrew Johnston (England) — 124.89
- Jordan Smith (England) — 120.29
- Alex Fitzpatrick (England) — 111.94
- Jorge Campillo (Spain) — 106.52
- Jeong Weon Ko (France) — 103.55
- Robert McIntyre (Scotland) — 102.32
- Shane Lawrie (Ireland) — 97.87
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