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[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Sep 27, 2025; Bethpage, New York, USA; Team USA\u2019s Bryson DeChambeau bumps fists with Cameron Young on the 2nd hole during the foursomes on the second day of competition for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Mandatory Credit: Paul Childs-Reuters via Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Paul Childs-Reuters via Imagn Images<\/p>\n
U.S.Cameron Young \u2013 A<\/p>\n
Record: 3-1
Strokes gained total: +5.06
Comments: After sitting the opening session, the rookie could not be denied. He gained over five shots per round to lead the U.S., and his only loss came alongside Justin Thomas in Saturday four-balls, a day after the two throttled Ludvig Aberg and Rasmus Hojgaard, 6 and 5. His closing birdie on No. 18 in singles against Justin Rose was the first domino to fall for the Americans on Sunday.<\/p>\n
J.J. Spaun \u2013 A-<\/p>\n
Record: 2-1
Strokes gained total: +2.27
Comments: Another standout rookie, as Spaun flashed his elite ball-striking. He birdied each of his last two holes to flip a Saturday four-ball match against Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka, then beat Straka again on Sunday. He should\u2019ve played more.<\/p>\n
Xander Schauffele \u2013 B+<\/p>\n
Record: 3-1
Strokes gained total: +0.78
Comments: Another guy who probably had a case to go all five sessions, though he struggled mightily with the putter in Saturday foursomes. Otherwise, he was exactly what he\u2019s been for these U.S. teams over the years \u2013 a dependable performer and leader.<\/p>\n
Justin Thomas \u2013 B<\/p>\n
Record: 2-2
Strokes gained total: +0.94
Comments: Got off to a disastrous start alongside Bryson DeChambeau in that Friday foursomes match but settled in nicely after that. He got 2 down early to Tommy Fleetwood in singles before flipping the match right after the turn. He also birdied the last, right after Young, to provide another spark to a comeback-hopeful American side. Like Schauffele, these U.S. teams need his leadership.<\/p>\n
Bryson DeChambeau \u2013 C+<\/p>\n
Record: 1-3-1
Strokes gained total: +3.62
Comments: The record probably looks worse than how he actually played. It\u2019s still hard to ignore that he\u2019s 2-5-1 in team play with seven different partners, including four this week. Stormed back in singles after being 5 down to Matt Fitzpatrick to earn a half-point, though he needed a full point there.<\/p>\n
Scottie Scheffler \u2013 C+<\/p>\n
Record: 1-4
Strokes gained total: +0.32
Comments: Another guy whose record was not indicative of his performance. He became just the third player ever to lose in each of the first four sessions, though his 1-under round on Sunday was enough to fend off an exhausted Rory McIlroy. If you want to blame an area of his game this week, it was the chipping more than the putting.<\/p>\n
Russell Henley \u2013 C-<\/p>\n
Record: 0-2-1
Strokes gained total: +3.1
Comments: Didn\u2019t earn a full point, but statistically, he was the best in singles; he just ran into a buzzsaw in Shane Lowry. On the other hand, his foursomes success with Scheffler never re-materialized after Montreal.<\/p>\n
Patrick Cantlay \u2013 C-<\/p>\n
Record: 1-3-1
Strokes gained total: -2.79
Comments: Had a promising start with a Friday foursomes win with buddy Schauffele, but it all fell apart after that. He went all five sessions, yet it was easy to forget he was even playing.<\/p>\n
Collin Morikawa \u2013 D<\/p>\n
Record: 0-2-1
Strokes gained total: -1.13
Comments: His foursomes partnership with Harris English was never going to work if you believed Data Golf, which ranked that combo as the worst among 132 options for the U.S. And yet, they were sent out like pigs for slaughter not once but twice. This performance isn\u2019t surprising, considering Morikawa has been off for months, notably with the flatstick, but at least he gutted out a half-point while gaining nearly a shot on the greens in Sunday singles.<\/p>\n
Harris English \u2013 D-<\/p>\n
Record: 0-2-1
Strokes gained total: -3.33
Comments: Mr. Envelope\u2019s half-point came via Viktor Hovland\u2019s injury withdrawal in singles, and his foursomes struggles alongside Morikawa were mentioned above. Hard to see English making a third Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n
Ben Griffin \u2013 D-<\/p>\n
Record: 1-1
Strokes gained total: -4.81
Comments: The rookie played just twice, lost the most strokes on the American side, and the only reason he won his singles match is because Rasmus Hojgaard played just worse enough.<\/p>\n
Sam Burns \u2013 F<\/p>\n
Record: 0-1-2
Strokes gained total: -5.93
Comments: Harsh? Sure, but the PGA Tour\u2019s best putter lost an average of 1.64 strokes on the greens, second worst on his team and third worst in the field. Much was expected in Burns\u2019 second Ryder Cup, and he could only muster a half-point in singles as his traditionally average iron play cost him more than the putter.<\/p>\n
Keegan Bradley \u2013 D+<\/p>\n
Comments: Where Bradley fell short can be summed up by this quote on Saturday night with his team trailing by seven: \u201cI think historically we play faster greens on the PGA Tour than they do.\u201d This isn\u2019t 1991. Every member of this year\u2019s European team plays full-time on Tour (or LIV); some have done so for over a decade. The course setup was a major issue, as the lack of rough and overall difficulty negated any advantage guys like Scheffler or DeChambeau would\u2019ve had. The Europeans are no longer a collective of plodders; McIlroy, Rahm, even rookie Rasmus Hojgaard hit the ball far. And yet, Bradley\u2019s passion clearly rubbed off by Sunday, as his players salvaged a respectable two-point defeat. It sounds crazy, but with the setup out of the U.S. captain\u2019s control in Ireland in 2027, why not run Bradley back and create some sense of continuity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 45th Ryder Cup is in the books, and it was Europe holding off the U.S., 15-13, despite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-178835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}