Ryder Cup: Staff USA, Europe rankings forward of ‘12 months-to-Go’ occasion

NEW YORK — As a part of the ‘12 months-to-Go’ celebration, Ryder Cup captains Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald will deal with the media on Tuesday at The Occasions Middle in Midtown Manhattan.

With the Presidents Cup now within the rearview mirror, the main target instantly shifts to Bethpage Black, which is able to host the Ryder Cup for the primary time subsequent September. Subsequent 12 months will mark the second time the state of New York hosts this competitors, because the Europeans turned Oak Hill into ‘Choke Hill’ for the People in 1995. Staff USA hopes to keep away from an analogous destiny on Lengthy Island subsequent 12 months, which is able to mark 30 years since that Sunday collapse in Rochester.

Qualifying for each groups is already underway, with both aspect utilizing totally different standards.

For the People, gamers might earn factors at solely 5 occasions throughout 2024: the 4 majors and The Gamers at TPC Sawgrass. People earned one level per $1,000 at these tournaments, that means they needed to make the reduce to take action. Nevertheless, the precise standards for 2025 occasions stay a thriller. Maybe Bradley and the PGA of America will make clear the qualification procedures on Tuesday, provided that the PGA Tour unveiled its 2025 schedule in mid-August.

The Europeans, in the meantime, have a way more pronounced qualification system already in place. For its ‘Again 9’ occasions this fall, the DP World Tour will award 1,500 Ryder Cup factors to its European members between now and the tip of the 12 months. Nevertheless, 2,000 factors can be up for grabs on the Rolex Sequence Occasions in 2024 and 2025—the European equal of the PGA Tour’s Signature Occasions.

Two of the 5 occasions remaining on this 12 months’s schedule are Rolex Sequence Occasions: the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Solely the highest 70 and 50 gamers within the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai rankings qualify for these, respectively.

Final month’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, received by Billy Horschel in an epic playoff over Rory McIlroy, was additionally a Rolex Sequence Occasion, that means loads of factors had been up for grabs.

Ryder Cup qualifying for the Europeans started three weeks earlier than that, on the Betfried British Masters in late August, which kicked off the ‘Again 9’ portion of the DP World Tour’s 2024 schedule.

The complete breakdown for making the European Ryder Cup follows under, which incorporates particulars for the 2025 season:

• Main Championships: 5,000 factors obtainable
• 2025 PGA Tour Signature Occasions, The Gamers Championship, FedEx Cup Playoffs: 3,000 factors obtainable
• DP World Tour Rolex Sequence: 2,000 factors obtainable
• PGA Tour Common Occasions: 2,000 factors obtainable
• 2024 DP World Tour ‘Again 9’ Occasions: 1,500 factors obtainable
• DP World Tour ‘World Sequence’ Occasions: 1,000 factors obtainable
• 2025 PGA Tour Alternate Occasions: 1,000 factors obtainable

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American Ryder Cup Rankings as of Oct. 8, 2024:

The highest 20 gamers observe under:

1. Xander Schauffele — 9,580.956
2. Scottie Scheffler — 9,145.556
3. Bryson DeChambeau — 6,993.000
4. Collin Morikawa — 2,478.133
5. Brian Harman — 2,250.561
6. Billy Horschel — 2,037.223
7. Wyndham Clark — 1,936.213
8. Patrick Cantlay — 1,613.255
9. Russell Henley — 1,600.426
10. Tony Finau — 1,575.878
11. Sahith Theegala — 1,234.287
12. Max Homa — 1,229.883
13. Maverick McNealy — 876.387
14. Harris English — 809.343
15. Taylor Moore — 762.756
16. Cameron Younger — 753.991
17. Chris Kirk — 739.751
18. Adam Schenk — 690.536
19. Sam Burns — 662.674
20. Justin Thomas — 611.638

European Ryder Cup Rankings as of Oct. 8, 2024:

The highest 20 gamers observe under:

1. Rasmus Højgaard (Denmark) — 376.92
2. Rory McIlroy (Northern Eire) — 354.07
3. Matt Wallace (England) — 340.90
4. Niklas Nørgaard (Denmark) — 334.35
5. Tyrrell Hatton (England) — 295.84
6. Angel Hidalgo (Spain) — 269.17
7. Matteo Manassero (Italy) — 227.41
8. Jon Rahm (Spain) — 205.30
9. Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spain) — 194.55
10. Tommy Fleetwood (England) — 185.63
11. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) — 180.32
12. Grant Forrest (Scotland) — 158.70
13. Matthew Baldwin (England) — 125.92
14. Andrew Johnston (England) — 124.89
15. Jordan Smith (England) — 120.29
16. Alex Fitzpatrick (England) — 111.94
17. Jorge Campillo (Spain) — 106.52
18. Jeong Weon Ko (France) — 103.55
19. Robert MacIntyre (Scotland) — 102.32
20. Shane Lowry (Eire) — 97.87

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