DeChambeau, mired in some controversy since joining the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, was left off the 2023 Ryder Cup team and the 2024 Olympic team, despite being one of the U.S.’s best performing players. Esentially, he didn’t have enough points since LIV Golf events aren’t recognized.

Golf fans from around the world will gather at Bethpage Black Golf Course for a week full of national pride and memorable moments in September. The 2025 Ryder Cup, the bi-annual showdown between the United States and Europe that’s been around for nearly a century,

Maverick McNealy joins Golf Today to discuss the PGA Tour's 2026 schedule, playing his first Tour Championship, the ways he has improved his game and more.

Final Tour Event Before Ryder Cup Teams Are Announced

The PGA Tour wraps up its season at the Tour Championship for the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup. Everyone starts at even this year like a normal tournament instead of starting strokes depending on the seeding.

Following last week’s BMW Championship on the PGA Tour, both Bob MacIntyre and Tyrrell Hatton were officially locked into Donald’s team, taking the fourth and fifth spots behind Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose. That leaves just one automatic spot unaccounted for. And it’s down to two players.

The fight to stay in the top 30 was intense at the BMW Championship, with Rickie Fowler and Harry Hall among the main protagonists.

To find a player who won The American Express and played on the U.S Ryder Cup team in the same year you have to go back to 2014.