European Ryder Cup standings: Who is going to Bethpage Black?

European Ryder Cup qualification: Find out which players are in line to qualify for Luke Donald's team at Bethpage Black in New York.

Luke Donald
Luke Donald

The race for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team has well and truly begun.

Qualifying for Luke Donald's side began at the British Masters and will conclude at a TBC DP World Tour event in August.

Six players will qualify automatically for Donald's team.

The Englishman - as ever - will also have six captain's picks. 

At this stage of the season, Donald will be thrilled with how European players are performing on the PGA and DP World Tour.

Rory McIlroy will once again be the talisman for Team Europe when they head to Bethpage Black in September.

McIlroy racked up PGA Tour titles at Pebble Beach and TPC Sawgrass before he finally fulfilled his lifetime ambition of winning The Masters in April. 

Donald has also seen members of his 2023 team win in 2025. Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland have all stepped into the winner's circle and it's only April.

Elsewhere, Belgium's Thomas Detry made a big leap in the European Ryder Cup standings with his first PGA Tour win at TPC Scottsdale.

Are LIV Golf players allowed to compete at the Ryder Cup?

LIV recruits Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm have been fined and suspended by the DP World Tour for competing on the breakaway.

Both players have appealed their fines and it is understood their cases won't be heard until after the conclusion of the 2025 matches on the outskirts of New York.

Therefore, it seems more than likely that Hatton and Rahm will feature on the 2025 European Ryder Cup team.

Hatton has been playing well on LIV and also fared well at the first men's major of the year, finishing in a share for 14th at Augusta National.

The fiery Englishman also won the Dubai Desert Classic in January.

Rahm has been a top-10 machine in the LIV Golf League in 2025 and finished in the same position as Hatton at the 2025 Masters.

GolfMagic has listed the current European Ryder Cup standings below.

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*Last updated 28 April 2025

European Ryder Cup standings 2025

Position

Player name

Ryder Cup points

1

Rory McIlroy

2882.7

2

Tyrrell Hatton

990.55

3

Rasmus Højgaard

982.03

4

Justin Rose

870.04

5

Shane Lowry

863.18

6

Ludvig Åberg

810.45

7

Tommy Fleetwood

687

8

Thomas Detry

624.57

9

Matt Wallace

571.52

10

Niklas Norgaard

554.03

11

Laurie Canter

520.62

12

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen

502.2

13

Viktor Hovland

485.51

14

Robert MacIntyre

471.35

15

Paul Waring

465.13

16

Thorbjørn Olesen

461.24

17

John Parry

453.35

18

Jordan Smith

452.78

19

Sepp Straka

442.73

20

Aaron Rai

424.98

21

Antoine Rozner

422.28

22

Julien Guerrier

419.75

23

Jorge Campillo

394.42

24

Dan Bradbury

339.77

25

Angel Hidalgo Portillo

336.13

View full rankings here

How does qualifying for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team work?

The European Ryder Cup qualification process for the 2025 team has been simplified compared to previous editions. 

Here's how it works:

Ryder Cup points list

Instead of the former two-list system (European and world points lists), there is now a single list. 

Players earn points by competing in specific tournaments based on a new ranking structure. 

Here's how that looks:

European Ryder Cup qualification

Tournament

Points available

Majors

5,000

2025 PGA Tour signature events

3,000

DP World Tour Rolex Series events

2,000

DP World Tour 'Back 9' events

1,500

DP World Tour 'Global Series' events

1,000

2025 PGA Tour 'Opposite Field' events

1,000

Qualification period

Qualification began on 29 August at the British Masters. 

It will end next August at a TBC DP World Tour event. 

Team composition

The European Ryder Cup team will consist of six automatic qualifiers from the points list as well as six captain's picks. 

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