PGA of America Announces Qualification Process
for
2025 United States Junior Ryder Cup Team
Nassau Country Club and Bethpage Black to host top junior
golfers from U.S. and Europe
FRISCO, Texas (June 24, 2024) – The PGA of America today
announced the qualification process for the United States Team that will
compete against Europe in the 13th Junior Ryder Cup to be held September 23-25,
2025.
The
2025 Junior Ryder Cup will take place over three days. Foursomes and four-ball
matches will be contested at Nassau Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 23 and
Wednesday, Sept. 24. The decisive single matches will be contested at Bethpage
Black, site of the 2025 Ryder Cup, on Thursday, Sept. 25, and streamed live on
Peacock. This marks the first time the U.S. Ryder Cup venue will host the
Junior Ryder Cup singles matches on the eve of the Ryder Cup.
The
U.S. Team, which owns a 7-4-1 record in the event, will consist of six girls
and six boys who are U.S. citizens and are members of the high school
graduating class of 2026 or younger.
“The
Junior Ryder Cup continues to serve as an international showcase for golf’s up
and coming stars,” said PGA of America President John Lindert, Director of Golf
at The Country Club of Lansing. “We look forward to hosting the U.S. and
European teams at two incredible venues, and are
excited to watch as the best junior golfers across the U.S. earn their place on
the team.”
The
2025 U.S. Team points list for qualification will begin at the 2024 Junior PGA
Championships, taking place July 30 - August 2 at Congressional Country Club in
Bethesda, Maryland. The final U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team will be announced by
the PGA of America on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, following the 49th Junior PGA
Championships, July 29 - Aug. 1, 2025.
All
potential players must compete in the 2025 Girls or Boys Junior PGA
Championship to be eligible, unless exceptional circumstances prevent the
player from competing.
Ten
players will secure berths on the U.S. Team through the following exemptions:
the top two finishers in the 2025 Girls and Boys Junior PGA Championships; the
2025 U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion; the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion and the
top two girls and boys on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup points list.
The
final two spots, one girl and one boy, will be selected as captain’s picks. The
PGA of America will consider multiple national ranking systems such as the
Junior Golf Scoreboard, Rolex AJGA Rankings, World Amateur Golf Rankings as
well as the remaining top Junior Ryder Cup points finishers.
Established
in 1896, Nassau Country Club (NCC) has made an undeniable impact on the history
of golf. NCC is home of the Nassau Bet as member J.B. Coles Tappan devised this
system of scoring in 1900. The Nassau Bet is a highly-popular
betting format that breaks the game into three segments, allowing players to
compete over the front nine, back nine and the total 18 holes.
Franklin
Nelson Doubleday, publishing magnate and Nassau member, was credited with the
invention of the Goat Tournament, which became a popular tournament throughout
the first half of the 20th century. The Goat Tournament was a golf
competition for which pocket pieces containing a “Goat
Rampant” inscribed on one side and the member’s name on the other. Members
entering the competition purchased one of the pocket pieces and were then
eligible to challenge another entrant. The loser surrendered his ‘goat’ to the
winner.
The
Calamity
Jane, the most famous putter in golf history, was given to Bobby Jones at
Nassau by PGA of America Golf Professional Jim Maiden.
Numerous
notable golf course architects have made their mark on NCC, including Tom
Bendelow, Seth Raynor, Herbert Strong, Devereux Emmett, Bob Cupp, Cynthia Die
McGarey, Tom Marzolf and Fazio Design.
“We
are honored to be a part of this special occasion,” said current Nassau Country
Club President, Kerrill O’Mahony. “Having the best 24 teenage young men and
women from the U.S. and Europe come and showcase their skills over our historic
links is a great thrill to us as hosts and we welcome them warmly.”
Since 1997, the Junior
Ryder Cup has matched the top junior golfers from the United States against the
top junior golfers from Europe in a biennial competition that leads into the
Ryder Cup. The international showcase of golf’s next generation is designed to
continue to build international friendships among the top junior golfers in the
world.
Major
champions, PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour players are among the notable Junior Ryder
Cup alumni including: Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas,
Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau, Lexi Thompson, Rose Zhang, Yealimi Noh and
Brittany Altomare of the United States; and Rory McIllroy,
Nicolas Colsaerts, Suzann Pettersen, Emily Pedersen and Carlota Ciganda of Europe.
Nick
Dunlap was a member of the 2021 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team, and recently
captured his first PGA TOUR victory at the 2024 The American Express. Miles
Russell, who represented the U.S. at the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup, became the
youngest player to make the cut in the history of the Korn Ferry Tour when the
15-year-old shot 5-under 66 on Friday at the 2024 Lecom
Suncoast Classic. Russell accepted a sponsor exemption to make his PGA TOUR
debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
