FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — U.S. captain Keegan Bradley has done his part to make sure the 2025 Ryder Cup matches, a most anticipated edition of the biennial competition against Europe, will get off to a most explosive start Friday morning at Bethpage Black.
Two-time U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau, with all his power and energy, will be leading off in foursomes for the Americans.
The visitors will counter with an equally fiery Jon Rahm, the two-time major champion from Spain who has never lost a foursomes match in three previous Ryder Cup appearances.
DeChambeau will have Justin Thomas, perhaps the most outwardly passionate American, as his partner in the opening match. Rahm is with England’s Tyrrell Hatton again. They also were sent off first two years ago at Marco Simone and delivered the first point for Europe.
Bradley, the 39-year-old New England native who played in two Ryder Cups (on losing teams in 2012 and 2014) but is in the captain’s cart for the first time, and Luke Donald, the 47-year-old Englishman making his second straight appearance as Europe’s captain after four times as a player (all on winning teams), announced their opening pairings Thursday afternoon.