Luke Donald’s Team Europe are cruising towards a successful defence of the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York.
Donald’s defending champions well and truly turned the screw on Saturday to take a giant seven-point lead (11.5-4.5) into the 12 Sunday singles matches.
Europe won both the foursomes and fourballs on day two by a 3-1 scoreline to take complete control of the biennial contest.
Their seven-point lead marks the largest entering the singles in Ryder Cup history since 1979.
Should Europe go on to win the 2025 Ryder Cup, which is now expected given the strength of their lead, they will become the first away team to be victorious since Medinah in 2012.
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Donald is also looking to become the first captain to win consecutive Ryder Cups since his compatriot Tony Jacklin in 1989.
Not only will Europe be looking to wrap things up quickly in the final day singles, but the visitors might just also have one eye on setting a new record in the process.
The record winning margin in Ryder Cup history is 10 points (19-9) – something USA achieved fairly recently at Whistling Straits in 2021.
For some players on the European team this week, that week in Wisconsin marked one of their most painful memories as a professional.
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It was a defeat that even reduced Rory McIlroy to tears, a player who once again received shocking abuse and insults from a minority of American fans on Saturday.
McIlroy has notched an impressive 3.5 points from four sessions at Bethpage, and he now has the chance to pull level with late great Seve Ballesteros on the all-time European list with 22.5 total points.
Rory McIlroy has now moved ahead of Jose Maria Olazabal into seventh place on the all-time European points list at #RyderCup
McIlroy can now pull level with late great Seve Ballesteros with a singles win on Sunday.
McIlroy has 21.5 points in his Ryder Cup career. pic.twitter.com/IJbmAqC5ly
— Andy Roberts (@AndyRobertsGolf) September 27, 2025
Seven points clear heading into Sunday, Europe will now have a golden chance to set the record straight after their 19-9 trouncing at the hands of Steve Stricker’s USA in 2021.
But the first job for the Europeans will be to get the job done and win the 2025 Ryder Cup.
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It looks assured, but you never know with a total of 12 points on the line.
Let’s check out the tee times for Sunday…
Ryder Cup 2025: Singles Matches and Tee Times – Sunday 28 September
Tee times local (+5 UK)
Match
Time
USA
Europe
1
12.02pm
Cameron Young
Justin Rose
2
12.13pm
Justin Thomas
Tommy Fleetwood
3
12.24pm
Bryson DeChambeau
Matt Fitzpatrick
4
12.35pm
Scottie Scheffler
Rory McIlroy
5
12.46pm
Patrick Cantlay
Ludvig Aberg
6
12.57pm
Xander Schauffele
Jon Rahm
7
1.08pm
JJ Spaun
Sepp Straka
8
1.19pm
Russell Henley
Shane Lowry
9
1.30pm
Ben Griffin
Rasmus Hojgaard
10
1.41pm
Collin Morikawa
Tyrrell Hatton
11
1.52pm
Sam Burns
Robert MacIntyre
12
2.03pm
Harris English
Viktor Hovland
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