140 Random Facts About 2025’s Ryder Cup Golfers That Will Make You Sound Smart While Watching

The 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black is rapidly approaching. For most fans of golf, this bi-annual competition of USA vs Europe is one of if not the most exciting events on the golf calendar.

For the others, for those who don’t live and breathe golf, now is the time to freshen up on Ryder Cup golfer trivia so you can sound like a knowledgeable fan before the action starts at Bethpage Black.

Ryder Cup Golfer Trivia: 24 Ryder Cup Facts To Make You Sound Smart

Here we go through each Ryder Cup golfer on the 2025 Team USA and Team Europe squads. I have laid out bullet points for each golfer with trivia on their past and present so you can sound like a legit golf fan when the Ryder Cup rolls round. We’re going in alphabetical order!

Team Europe: Ludvig Åberg

• His second Ryder Cup (’23)
• Ranked 14th in the world
• 1 PGA Tour win in 2025, 2 career wins
• One of Luke Donald’s captain’s picks
• As a kid, he preferred soccer to golf and his dad bribed him with ice cream to stay on the course longer

Team USA: Sam Burns

• From Shreveport, LA and played college golf for the LSU Tigers
• 6 Top 10s in 2025 (0 wins), 5 career PGA Tour wins
• Beat Scottie Scheffler in a 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge playoff after making a 38ft birdie putt
• Sam Burns was a captain’s pick at the 2023 Ryder Cup
• Has a son named ‘Bear’ and Sam previously the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year (College)
• Regularly plays golf with the President

Team USA: Patrick Cantlay

• Ranked 21st in the world and making his 3rd Ryder Cup appearance (5-2-1 record)
• 8x winner on the PGA Tour, 5 Top 10s in 2025
• From Long Beach, CA, played college golf at UCLA
• Held the record for the most consecutive weeks ranked #1 in amateur golf (54) until Jon Rahm broke his record
• His favorite film director is Quentin Tarantino

Team USA: Bryson DeChambeau

• One of the most exciting golfers in the game and face of the Crushers GC team in LIV Golf
• 2x U.S. Open winner, 2x PGA Championship runner-up, 9 PGA Tour wins before LIV
• Has an engineering-style approach to the game
• Played college golf at SMU
• Focuses heavily on YouTube-style golf content to grow his personal brand after leaving PGA Tour
• Can write his name backward with his left hand (he’s right-handed)
• Names each of his golf clubs individually

Team USA: Harris English

• Ranked 10th in the world, 1 PGA Tour win in 2025 (5 career wins), 4 Top 10s
• Played his college golf as a University of Georgia Bulldog
• Harris English led his H.S. golf team to four straight state titles
• This will be his 2nd Ryder Cup appearance
• Loves to hunt, says his best achievement outside of golf was bagging an 11-point buck
• Diehard ‘Jeopardy!’ fanatic

Team Europe: Matthew Fitzpatrick

• Ranked 29th in the world, making his 4th Ryder Cup appearance, 2 career PGA Tour wins
• From Sheffield, England, came to Chicago to play college golf at Northwestern U., now lives in Jupiter, Florida
• Diehard fan of Sheffield United and he was a +4 handicap before turning pro
• Had holes-in-one at the 2023 U.S. Open and the 2022 Waste Management
• Has a 1-7-0 Ryder Cup record and USA fans should remind him of that often

Team Europe: Tommy Fleetwood

• Got his first PGA Tour win at the 2025 TOUR Championship
• Has over $43 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour
• Turned pro with a +5 handicap in 2010
• Married his manager in 2017, they have one son together
• Roots for Everton instead of Liverpool
• Is 7-3-2 all-time at the Ryder Cup and making his 4th appearance

Team USA: Ben Griffin

• 2x winner on the PGA Tour in 2025, 11 top 10s this season
• Making his Ryder Cup debut
• Originally from Chapel Hill, he played college golf for UNC
• Great-grandfather was a pitcher for the Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies
• Stepped away from pro golf in 2021 to work as a loan officer but returned to greatness
• Wears sunglasses because he suffers from ‘eye floaters’

Team Europe: Tyrrell Hatton

• Making his 4th Ryder Cup appearance (5-4-2), currently plays on the LIV Golf Tour
• Ranked 25th in the world, has 1 career PGA Tour victory, 1 LIV Golf victory, 8 DP World Tour wins
• Tyrrell Hatton drives a purple Lamborghini Huracan that symbolizes the ‘Joker’ from the Batman series
• Has 11+ career holes-in-one and vacations in The Maldives when he’s not rooting for Liverpool

Team USA: Russell Henley

• 1 PGA Tour win in 2025 (5 career wins) and 10 top-10s this season
• Making his Ryder Cup debut in 2025
• From Macon, GA, he played college golf for the University of Georgia
• Has $46.7 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour
• His wife, Teil Duncan, is a famous artist from Charleston, S.C.
• Is superstitious and won’t talk about scores of upcoming rounds

Team Europe: Rasmus Højgaard

• Ranked 57th in the world, has 0 PGA Tour wins and 1 top 10, 5 DP World Tour wins
• Third-youngest player to ever win on the DP World Tour
• From Denmark, took up golf with his identical twin brother at the ages of 4
• He and his twin brother were first twins to play in the Open Championship

Team Europe: Viktor Hovland

• Ranked 15th in the world, this will be his 3rd Ryder Cup appearance
• 1 PGA Tour win in 2025 (3 top-10s), 7 career wins
• Born in Oslo, Norway, he played college golf at Oklahoma State
• Turned pro when he was the #1 ranked amateur golfer in the world
• Favorite bands are Metallica, Tool, and System of a Down — Diehard Heavy Metal fan
• First-ever Norwegian golfer to compete in a Ryder Cup

Team Europe: Shane Lowry

• Ranked 24th in the world, making his 3rd Ryder Cup appearance, has 3 career PGA Tour wins
• From Clara, Ireland and played college golf at the University College Dublin
• Over $30 million in career PGA Tour earnings, also has 6 DP World Tour wins
• Was a single-digit handicap golfer before  he was 15 years old
• Dad was a professional Gaelic football player, Shane remains a huge fan of the sport
• 2019 Open Championship winner, has a career 2-3-1 record in the Ryder Cup

Team Europe: Robert MacIntyre

• 2-time winner on the PGA Tour, had 6 top-10’s this season, ranked 9th in the world
• From Oban, Scotland and played college golf at McNeese State in Louisiana
• $16.3 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour, got both career PGA Tour wins in 2024
• Bought his mom a new kitchen after his first big payday, finishing 2nd in the 2019 British Masters
• This will be his 2nd Ryder Cup appearance, 2-0-1 in 2023
• Grew up idolizing Phil Mickelson as a left-handed golfer

Team Europe: Rory McIlroy

• Knows ball
• 3x money list winner, 5x Major champion,
• Won his first Masters in 2025 to complete the Career Grand Slam
• Has 40 career wins: 29 PGA Tour, 11 International, and nearly $108 million in PGA Tour earnings
• Making his 8th Ryder Cup appearance, is 16-13-4 in his previous 7

Team USA: Collin Morikawa

• Ranked 8th in the world, went to Cal-Berkeley, has 6 career PGA Tour wins, 2 Majors, and 4 top-10s this past season
• Collin has made over $42 million on the PGA Tour but has not won since the 2023 Zozo Championship
• Got his first win after 6 months on the PGA Tour and through his 2nd win he had more wins than missed cuts
• Born in Los Angeles, college in the Bay Area, now lives in Summerlin in Las Vegas with his wife Katherine who was a collegiate golfer at Pepperdine
• Changed his caddie five times on the PGA Tour in the 2025 season, making his 3rd Ryder Cup appearance

Team Europe: Jon Rahm

• Former world #1 ranked golfer, making his 4th Ryder Cup appearance
• Currently on the LIV Golf Tour, has 11 career PGA Tour wins, 2 LIV Golf wins, and won the 2021 U.S. Open and 2023 Masters
• Played college golf at Arizona State after growing up in Biscay, Spain
• Had 11 wins in college which only trails Phil Mickelson’s 16
• Listened to Eminem and Kendrick Lamar to help himself learn to understand and speak English better
• Was active in Jai Alai and kung-fu as a kid before focusing entirely on golf
• A diehard Athletic Bilbao fan, they inspired ‘The Lions’ which is his LIV Golf team nickname

Team Europe: Justin Rose

• At 45 years old, he is making his 7th Ryder Cup appearance, is 14-9-3 in the previous 6
• Has 12 career PGA Tour wins, 1 in 2025 (5 top 10s), and 11 career DP World Tour wins
• Over $73 million in career PGA Tour earnings, won the 2013 U.S. Open
• First broke 70 at just 11 years old
• His wife Kate is a former international gymnast
• Splits time between homes in the UK, Florida, and Albany, Bahamas

Team USA: Xander Schauffele

• Making his 3rd Ryder Cup appearance, 4-4-0 in previous two appearances
• Ranked #3 in the world, won 2 Majors (PGA and Open) in 2024
• 9 career PGA Tour wins, 1 international, and has over $60 million in PGA Tour earnings
• Born in San Diego, played college golf for Cal State Long Beach before transferring to SDSU
• Played college golf with his caddie at San Diego State
• A diehard cigar smoker whose favorite cigar is the Montecristo No. 2

Team USA: Scottie Scheffler

• The best golfer the world has seen since Tiger Woods
• Won 6 times in the 2025 season including last week in Napa
• Born in NJ but raised in Dallas, Scottie played college golf for University of Texas-Austin
• Has already won 4 majors before turning 30 years old
• Is terrified of heights
• Was arrested before the 2nd round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla
• PGA Tour Player of the Year the past 3 seasons
• Has nearly $100 million in career earnings already

Team USA: J.J. Spaun

• Making his Ryder Cup debut after winning the 2025 U.S. Open
• Has 2 career wins on the PGA Tour and $25.7M in career earnings
• A native of Los Angeles, California, was a walk-on golfer at San Diego State University
• Diehard fan of the LA Dodgers and a season pass holder at Disneyland in LA

Team Europe: Sepp Straka

• Making his second Ryder Cup appearance, 2 PGA Tour wins  in 2025 (4 career)
• Ranked 15th in the world, has a 1-2-0 record in his previous Ryder Cup appearance
• Born in Vienna, Austria, he moved to Valdosta, Georgia at 14 years old
• Played college golf for the University of Georgia with his twin brother
• First-ever Austrian golfer to hold a PGA Tour card
• Diehard Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta Braves fan
• Used to travel with his own supply of Diet Coke if a tournament sold Pepsi products

Team USA: Justin Thomas

• Ranked 5th in the world and making his 4th Ryder Cup appearance (7-4-2)
• Had 1 win in 2025, has 16 career PGA Tour wins, and won the PGA in 2017 and 2022
• Played college golf for the University of Alabama
• His dad and grandfather played pro golf, grandpa once got paired with Arnold Palmer in the U.S. Open
• Lives in Jupiter, FL and is a close friend of Tiger Woods
• Holds more course records than we can keep track of and has the ability to go low at any given moment
• Founded a sunscreen company, WearSPF, after a weird mole on his leg in 2019

Team USA: Cameron Young

• Making his Ryder Cup debut, Cameron Young had 1 PGA Tour win in 2025 and 8 top-10s
• Played college golf for Wake Forest University
• Born in Scarborough, New York where his dad was the head pro at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Westchester County
• PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2021/22
• Home course is The Dye Preserve in Florida
• Shot a 59 at the 2024 Travelers Championship
• Used to play ice hockey as a kid when he wasn’t golfing

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