Our 24 Ryder Cup locks for 2025: "No debates, these players are in"

Anticipation is slowly building for the 2025 Ryder Cup matches. 

Over the next few weeks, players on both sides of the pond will be jockeying for position hoping to qualify automatically for Team USA and Team Europe. 

On the European side, Masters champion Rory McIlroy has already booked his plane ticket to Bethpage Black. 

Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood have also punched their tickets to New York. 

They'll be joined by three others at the conclusion of the British Masters next week. 

Captain Luke Donald will then name his six wildcards on the week beginning 1 September. 

It is expected Donald's team that prevailed two years ago at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Italy will remain largely unchanged. 

Nicolai Hojgaard will highly unlikely make the team as his form has dropped off this season. 

That leaves one - potentially two - spots vacant. 

Predicting Team USA's line-up is proving a much tougher task. 

Keegan Bradley will have four-time major champion and runaway World No.1 Scottie Scheffler in his line-up. 

He's already confirmed LIV Golf recruit Bryson DeChambeau will be part of his dozen. 

Xander Schauffele and JJ Spaun are also locks. 

Justin Thomas, Russell Henley, Harris English and two-time major champion Collin Morikawa also look assured of places in the team. 

Captain Bradley, 38, is contemplating whether to pick himself as a player on the team. 

Should he decide to play, he will become the first playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963. 

Beyond that? There are plenty of options. 

GolfMagic's Andy Roberts and Ben Smith have provided their final team predictions below. 

Andy Roberts' predictions: