There were a lot of scenarios being predicted for what the 2025 Ryder Cup might look like heading into Sunday singles at Bethpage Black. A European blowout, however, wasn’t necessarily high among them. After all, the home teams in recent years were the ones who were taking command of the competition and the raucous New York crowds would only seem to add more credence to the Americans doing the running away.
Yet here we are, Europe leading 11½-4½, thanks to some historically brilliant play over the first three days. Captain Luke Donald seemingly has done no wrong, and his top players, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood, have stepped up to etch their places in Ryder Cup loar.
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The question now seems to be what kind of fight do the Americans put up on Sunday. Since the Ryder Cup expanded to Europe in 1979, no team has overcome more than a four-shot deficit entering singles play. For the U.S. to pull this one off, it will have to go 10-2 on Sunday (or some combination there of). On paper, doable. In reality, it seems too tall a task—although if somehow they could pull it off, it potentially would go down as the greatest comeback in sports history.
OK, so just how much drama we see on Sunday is up in the air. But the Ryder Cup only comes once every two years, so we’re going to be soaking it all in, providing live updates with insights and commentary to help you enjoy this 45th edition of the match. Settle in and hang out with us on Day 3 for the latest score, news, highlights and analysis.
(Scroll down for the latest Ryder Cup 2025 live updates from our crew. Newest items at the top.)
1:41 p.m.: Brad Faxon just said on the broadcast that he spoke with Edoardo Molinari, Europe’s stats guru, who said that the benign setup favors the European team. The U.S. has notably set up the course to have wider fairways, practically no rough and when combined with the soft conditions, Bethpage has played far easier than usual. Molinari, a three-time winner on the DP World Tour and frequent Golf Digest contributor, has been praised by Luke Donald for being crucial to Europe’s game plan and success. While wider fairways and short rough has long been understood to aid the Americans (see: Hazeltine in 2016), Molinari’s observation seems to suggest the stats have shifted.
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1:31 p.m.: “It’s about the spin here,” said NBC’s Paul McGinley as Justin Thomas’ approach was in the air on the par-4 sixth. JT said not to worry as his 79-yard approach took two hops and dunked in the hole for an eagle! He wins the hole to move back to 1 down to Tommy Fleetwood.
1:20 p.m.: A quick look at the live odds from Data Golf …
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Keegan has been referencing the Patriots’ 28-3 Super Bowl comeback in 2017 as cause for at least a little hope, and it’s worth noting that at times in the second half of that game, the Patriots odds to win were less than one percent … just sayin’.
1:07 p.m.: While the crowd is certainly still pro American, there’s a noticeably larger turnout from European fans on Sunday, likely the result of ticket prices plummeting on the secondary market last night and early today. As Europe moves closer to clinching the cup this afternoon, they should have plenty of energy to feed off and celebrate with in the crowd.
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12:57 p.m.: Bryson DeChambeau three-putts the third green from roughly 15 feet to lose hole and fall 2 down to Fitzpatrick. DeChambeau raced his birdie putt well past the hole, one of several instances already in which players have been too firm with putts. According to the commentators, the greens are rolling faster having dried out some over the last few days. Something to keep an eye on.
12:41 p.m.: U.S. captain Keegan Bradley was asked on TV about his thoughts over Viktor Hovland’s injury WD and how the two teams each got a half point because of it. making it that much harder for the U.S. to pull off an attempt at a comeback on Sunday. “It’s tough … it’s a strange rule but we’ve got to go with what the rules say.” Interestingly, if the same thing happens in the Solheim Cup, a full point goes to the other team.
12:37 p.m.: It was a wish of many coming into the Ryder Cup … how great would it be if World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler faced World No. 2 Rory McIlroy in Sunday singles?!? Well … it’s happening, albeit in a little different context than many presumed given what’s happened to Scottie (going a stunning 0-4 so far this week) and Rory (being the brunt of the some over-the-line jeers this week).
12:27 p.m.: The specter of Bryson DeChambeau driving the first green at Bethpage Black has been a crowd-pleasing dream all week. And damn if he didn’t nearly pull it off with this 351-yard drive to start his match with Matt Fitzpatrick.
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12:16 p.m.: As you settle in for the afternoon’s play, take a minute to look at our grades so far for all 24 players at this year’s Ryder Cup. We decided to get a jump on it last night.
12:12 p.m.: Everything must break right for the U.S. on Sunday to have any hope of a comeback. Well … thing No. 1 happens with Young making a birdie to take a 1-up lead on Rose. Now 763 more things to go.
12:04 p.m.: Justin Rose and Cameron Young are away as the first match is underway. Just a reminder of how big a task the Americans are facing: The biggest comeback on the final day of the Ryder Cup since 1979 was the U.S. trailing by four to win in 1999 at The Country Club and Europe trailing by four to win at Medinah in 2012. The U.S. is trailing by SEVEN.
11:38 a.m.: One of Saturday afternoon’s more intriguing storylines played out in the fourball match between Justin Rose/Tommy Fleetwood and Bryson DeChambeau/Scottie Scheffler. On the 15th green, Rose was lining up his putt when DeChambeau’s caddie, Greg Bodine, walked close to his line. The two exchanged words, and the arguments continued as the group walked to the 16th tee. That’s when cameras caught Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott, jawing with European vice captain Francesco Molinari, who was trying to calm things down. Well … it appears there’s been a truce between Scott and Molinari.
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11:25 a.m.: About those Sunday singles matches, however, Viktor Hovland has been officially scratched from the final match due to his neck injury. Per the captain’s agreement, his match with Harris English will be considered tied, which actually hurts the U.S. team since it lost the chance to win a full point in that match. So now, the U.S. must 9½ of the remaining 11 points to win the Ryder Cup.
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11:09 a.m.: OK, need to have a bit of scene setter here with the actual lineup for Sunday singles:
11:03 a.m.: Unsurprisingly, the grandstands surroundings the first tee and 18th green at Bethpage are already at capacity with an hour still until the first Sunday singles match begins. But this mornings stands have a lot more European colors than the previous two days, according to our team on the grounds. A nod perhaps to the lopsided score entering play? A reasonable theory is that a few European fans looked at the secondary ticket market, where you can grab something for less than half the original $725 price as our Alex Myers wrote this morning, and be witness to only the fifth European win on the road.
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