You won’t have to do as much reading of the tee times and schedule of play for the Ryder Cup, compared with a major championship.
For the first two days of action, only eight groups play the golf course all day, taking up a fraction of the slots that a major would use, or what the US Open would have used when Bethpage hosted it in 2002.
Each day, there are two sessions: foursomes and fourballs match play. Team USA have opted to start with foursomes in the morning session of the 2025 Ryder Cup, which is what Europe chose to do in 2023.
In 2025, the first tee shot will be struck at 7.10 am Eastern time in the States, which is 12.10 pm in the UK.
This year on day two, the fourball matches will start at 12.25 pm Eastern time, which is 5.25 pm UK time.
The Sunday singles will begin at 12.02 pm and finish at 2.03 pm local time, which is from 5.02 pm UK time.
All in all, there are 28 matches, and the first team to 14.5 points wins the Ryder Cup. The defending team can reach 14 points and retain the cup with a draw.
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Friday, 26 September (UK times – Minus 5 hours for US times)
Session 1 – Foursomes
12.10 pm – Match 1: Jon Rahm & Tyrrell Hatton 4&3 vs Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas
12.26 pm – Match 2: Ludvig Aberg & Matt Fitzpatrick 5&3 vs Scottie Scheffler & Russell Henley
12.42 pm – Match 3: Rory McIlroy & Tommy Fleetwood 5&4 vs Collin Morikawa & Harris English
12.58 pm – Match 4: Robert MacIntyre & Viktor Hovland vs Xander Schauffele & Patrick Cantlay 2 up
Score after Session 1: USA 1-3 Europe
Session 2 – Fourballs
5.25 pm – Match 1: Jon Rahm & Tyrrell Hatton 3&2 vs Scottie Scheffler & J.J. Spaun
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5.41 pm – Match 2: Tommy Fleetwood & Justin Rose 1 up vs Ben Griffin & Bryson DeChambeau
5.57 pm – Match 3: Ludvig Aberg & Rasmus Hojgaard vs Cameron Young & Justin Thomas 6&5
6.13 pm – Match 4: Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry vs Sam Burns & Patrick Cantlay A/S
Score after session: USA 2.5-5.5 Europe
Saturday, 27 September
Session 3 – Foursomes
12.10 pm – Match 1: Matt Fitzpatrick & Ludvig Aberg vs Bryson DeChambeau & Cameron Young 4&2
12.26 pm – Match 2: Rory McIlroy & Tommy Fleetwood 3&2 vs Harris English & Collin Morikawa
12.42 pm – Match 3: Jon Rahm & Tyrrell Hatton vs Xander 3&2 Schauffele & Patrick Cantlay
12.58 pm – Match 4: Bob MacIntyre & Viktor Hovland 2 up vs Russell Henley & Scottie Scheffler
Score after session: USA 3.5-8.5 Europe
Session 4 – Foursomes
5.25 pm – Match 1: Justin Thomas & Cameron Young vs Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry 2 up
5.41 pm – Match 2: Scottie Scheffler & Bryson DeChambeau vs Tommy Fleetwood & Justin Rose 3&2
5.57 pm – Match 3: J.J. Spaun & Xander Schauffele 1 up vs Jon Rahm & Sepp Straka
6.13 pm – Match 4: Sam Burns & Patrick Cantlay vs Matt Fitzpatrick & Tyrrell Hatton 1 up (Viktor Hovland withdrew with a neck injury)
Score after session: USA 4.5 – 11.5 Europe
Sunday, 28 September
Singles
5.02 pm – Match 1: Cameron Young vs Justin Rose
5.13 pm – Match 2: Justin Thomas vs Tommy Fleetwood
5.24 pm – Match 3: Bryson DeChambeau vs Matt Fitzpatrick
5.35 pm – Match 4: Scottie Scheffler vs Rory McIlroy
5.46 pm – Match 5: Patrick Cantlay vs Ludvig Aberg
5.57 pm – Match 6: Xander Schauffele vs Jon Rahm
6.08 pm – Match 7: J.J. Spaun vs Sepp Straka
6.19 pm – Match 8: Russell Henley vs Shane Lowry
6.30 pm – Match 9: Ben Griffin vs Rasmus Hojgaard
6.41 pm – Match 10: Collin Morikawa vs Tyrrell Hatton
6.52 pm – Match 11: Sam Burns vs Robert MacIntyre
7.03 pm – Match 12: Harris English vs Viktor Hovland
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