when are ryder cup pairings announced

The Ryder Cup pairings for the 2025 event were announced at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 25, 2025. The captains, Keegan Bradley for the United States and Luke Donald for Europe, revealed their choices live, alternating picks to set the four foursomes matches for Friday morning at the Ryder Cup held at Bethpage Black. The specific pairings for the Friday morning foursomes session (starting 7:10 a.m. ET) were announced just the day before the matches, on the afternoon of September 25. This included matchups like Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton vs. Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas, among others. The pairings for subsequent sessions of the event were submitted closer to each session based on the captains' strategic decisions during the competition days.