The teams for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York have been finalized. Team USA is captained by St. John’s alum Keegan Bradley, while Europe is led by Northwestern’s Luke Donald. The biennial event kicks off Friday, Sept. 26 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 28.
Here is a look at the college careers of the players competing in this year’s tournament.
United States team
LSU Athletics
Sam Burns
College: LSU
Years: 2015-17
Hometown: Shreveport, La.
Stats: His career scoring average of 71.3 is the best in LSU program history. His 70.04 stroke average in 2016-17 is LSU’s single-season scoring record.
Burns was the 2016-17 NCAA Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year and the SEC Player of the Year. He earned two All-America honors and won four tournament titles, with 15 top-10 finishes in just 27 tournament appearances.
Patrick Cantlay highlights from the 2011 NCAA golf championships
Patrick Cantlay
College: UCLA
Years: 2010-12
Hometown: Los Alamitos, Calif.
Stats: Set a UCLA school record by playing 37 rounds at 30-under par and posting a season stroke average of 70.5 during his freshman season.
Cantlay had an extraordinary freshman season, winning the Nicklaus Award and the Phil Mickelson Award as the nation’s top player and freshman, respectively. He was a consensus First Team All-American and was the world’s No. 1 amateur for a remarkable 55 weeks.
Bryson DeChambeau highlights from his 2015 NCAA golf title
Bryson DeChambeau
College: SMU
Years: 2012-15
Hometown: Clovis, Calif.
Stats: His 71.15 career scoring average is the best in SMU history.
DeChambeau’s time at SMU was highly decorated, culminating in a historic 2015 season. That year, he became the first SMU golfer to win the NCAA Division I individual national championship, posting a final score of 280 (8-under). Just two months later, he won the U.S. Amateur title, defeating Derek Bard 7 & 6 in the final. By winning both the NCAA and U.S. Amateur in the same year, he joined a very exclusive list of players, becoming only the fifth golfer to do so, alongside legends Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore.
Harris English
College: Georgia
Years: 2008-11
Hometown: Valdosta, Ga.
Stats: His career scoring average ranks 12th all-time at Georgia. He is tied for 10th with 17 career top-10 finishes.
A four-year contributor for the Bulldogs, English was a consistent performer. He was named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2009 and was a two-time first-team All-SEC selection and twice named an All-American.
UNC Athletics
Ben Griffin
College: North Carolina
Years: 2014-18
Hometown: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Stats: Griffin set the UNC program’s all-time scoring average record at 71.95.
Griffin, a native of Chapel Hill, was a key player for the Tar Heels, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2015 and 2017, and he was named to the All-ACC Men’s Golf Team in 2015 and 2018. Griffin won three individual titles during his collegiate career. He set a UNC record for the lowest score in a 54-hole tournament with a 19-under par performance.
Russell Henley
College: Georgia
Years: 2007-2011
Hometown: Macon, Ga.
Stats: Won the 2010 Haskins Award as the nation’s top collegiate golfer.
Henley was a three-time All-American at Georgia and a key part of the Bulldogs’ success. In addition to winning the Haskins Award, he also tied for the low amateur at the 2010 U.S. Open as a junior at Georgia. He won the SEC Player of the Year in 2010 and helped lead Georgia to two SEC Championships in 2009 and 2010.
UC Berkeley Athletics
Collin Morikawa
College: California
Years: 2015-19
Hometown: La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.
Stats: He is the only player in Cal history to be a four-time All-American and a three-time First Team All-American.
Morikawa’s collegiate career was marked by exceptional consistency and numerous accolades. He holds the school’s all-time record for career stroke average at 69.78 and posted 22 top-5 finishes and 35 top-10 finishes in 48 stroke-play events. Morikawa’s senior year was particularly noteworthy, as he was named the Pac-12 Men’s Golfer of the Year and was a finalist for several major awards, including the Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Jack Nicklaus Awards. His impressive list of achievements includes five individual wins, with his final one coming at the 2019 Pac-12 Championship.
Xander Schauffele
College: Long Beach State (2011-12) | San Diego State (2012-15)
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Stats: He set an all-time career scoring average record of 71.50 at San Diego State.
As an Aztec, Schauffele earned Third Team All-American honors from both Golfweek and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). He also received All-Mountain West Conference honors every year he was with the team. He holds the record for the lowest tournament score at 17-under par. He won two individual titles at SDSU and was a consistent presence at the top of leaderboards, with 22 top-10 finishes and 16 top-5 finishes in his career.
Scottie Scheffler highlights from the 2017 NCAA golf championships
Scottie Scheffler
College: Texas
Years: 2014-18
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Stats: His career scoring average of 70.45 was the second-best on the team by the end of his collegiate career.
During his time in Austin, he was named the 2015 Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year and a three-time All-American. Scheffler also helped lead the Longhorns to three Big 12 titles. He recorded six top-10 finishes in his freshman season alone. In 2017, Scheffler showcased his potential on a national stage by earning low-amateur honors at the U.S. Open.
San Diego State Athletics
J.J. Spaun
College: San Diego State
Years: 2008-12
Hometown: San Dimas, Calif.
Stats: Had a 70.82 scoring average his senior year, which ranked ninth in SDSU’s single-season history.
Originally a walk-on, Spaun quickly proved his talent, earning All-America honors twice during his career — a third team selection in 2011 and a second team nod in 2012. He was also a three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection and was named the Mountain West Player of the Year as a senior in 2012.
Highlights from Jordan Spieth vs. Justin Thomas in 2012 NCAA Championship
Justin Thomas
College: Alabama
Years: 2011-12
Hometown: Goshen, Ky.
Stats: In his lone season, he set school records with four tournament wins and nine top-10 finishes, and his 70.44 stroke average was a program best at the time.
Thomas was an immediate sensation at Alabama. As a freshman in 2012, he became the first player in history to win both the Haskins Award and the Jack Nicklaus Award, which are presented to the nation’s top collegiate golfer. He also earned the Phil Mickelson Award as the National Freshman of the Year and was named the SEC Player of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year. He helped lead the Crimson Tide to the program’s first-ever NCAA National Championship in 2013.
Wake Forest Athletics
Cameron Young
College: Wake Forest
Years: 2015-19
Hometown: Scarborough, N.Y.
Stats: He had his best season as a senior, winning three tournaments and shooting a career-best round of 63.
Young’s college career was marked by consistent improvement and success. He was a two-time All-ACC selection and a 2018 honorable All-American. He won three times in his senior season, which was the most for a Demon Deacon since 2004.
Europe team
Ludvig Åberg
College: Texas Tech
Years: 2019-23
Hometown: Eslöv, Sweden
Stats: He is only the seventh player ever to win college golf’s “Big Three” awards — the Ben Hogan, Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus awards — in the same season.
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Åberg was a generational talent in college, becoming the top-ranked amateur in the world and the first player to earn a PGA Tour card directly through the PGA Tour University program. His senior year was particularly impressive, where he recorded seven top-five finishes and had a scoring average of 68.78, ranking fifth in the country. He was also a three-time First Team All-Big 12 selection.
Northwestern Athletics
Matt Fitzpatrick
College: Northwestern
Years: 2013
Hometown: Sheffield, England
Stats: Co-champion of the Rod Myers Invitational in 2013.
Matt Fitzpatrick’s time at Northwestern was brief (just one academic quarter) but his amateur career leading up to his enrollment made him one of the most highly anticipated freshmen in the history of college golf. He enrolled in the fall of 2013 after becoming the first Englishman to win the U.S. Amateur Championship since 1911 and finished as the low amateur at The Open Championship to win the Silver Medal. Fitzpatrick played in just five events as a Wildcat before pursuing a pro career.
Viktor Hovland & Matthew Wolff highlights: 2018 NCAA golf title
Viktor Hovland
College: Oklahoma State
Years: 2016-18
Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Stats: He was the low amateur at both the 2019 Masters and the 2019 U.S. Open at three-under par and four-under par respectively.
Hovland was a standout in college. He won the 2019 Ben Hogan Award as the nation’s top collegiate golfer and was an All-American in each of his three seasons at Oklahoma State, earning First Team All-American honors as a sophomore and junior. He also became the first Norwegian to win the U.S. Amateur in 2018.
McNeese State Athletics
Robert MacIntyre
College: McNeese State
Years: 2014-15
Hometown: Oban, Scotland
Stats: He set a program record with a 63 in the Arizona Intercollegiate.
In his lone season at McNeese State, MacIntyre was a key player, leading the team with a scoring average of 71.81. He won one event and had three top-five finishes, tying for first at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic.
Jon Rahm
College: Arizona State
Years: 2012-16
Hometown: Barrika, Spain
Stats: Had a career scoring average of 70.21 and a career low of 61.
Rahm was a standout for the Sun Devils. He holds the record for the best scoring average in a season with 69.15, which he achieved in 2014-15. He also broke a record set by Jack Nicklaus when he became the 2014 World Amateur winner and set the record for the lowest 54-hole tournament final score with a 21-under 192. His strong performance also led Arizona State to its first Pac-12 individual conference title in 2016.
He was the 2016 Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year, the first two-time recipient of the Ben Hogan Award in 2015 and 2016, and he finished his college career as the top-ranked amateur in the world.
Georgia Athletics
Josef “Sepp” Straka
College: Georgia
Years: 2011-16
Hometown: Vienna, Austria
Stats: By his senior year, he had a season-low average of 71.50 and five top-20 finishes.
Straka was a consistent performer for the Bulldogs. He was named to the 2016 All-Conference Second Team and was an Honorable Mention PING All-American. He helped Georgia win the 2016 SEC Championship title.
Note: The following players on Team Europe did not play college golf in the U.S. and instead turned professional or were standout amateurs in Europe.
Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)
Tommy Fleetwood (England)
Justin Rose (England)
Tyrrell Hatton (England)
Rasmus Højgaard (Denmark)
Shane Lowry (Ireland)
