Ryder Cup 2025: Saturday Morning Foursome Pairings

By Ryder Cup Digital On September 26, 2025 19:58 UTC

The Friday afternoon Four-Balls are full, and Europe leads the United States 5.5-2.5 after Day 1.

The two squads are again on the tee vivid and early tomorrow for Saturday Foursomes. Here’s the matchups:

Match 1 (7:10 a.m. ET)

Bryson DeChambeau & Cameron Young (USA) vs. Matt Fitzpatrick & Ludvig Åberg

Just as he led off on Friday morning, DeChambeau once more will probably be first out for Saturday Foursomes alongside rookie and U.S. Team vivid spot Cameron Young, who gained his first profession Ryder Cup match on Friday afternoon. DeChambeau was unsuccessful in his Friday Foursomes match with Justin Thomas, and is now 0-3-0 in Foursomes. Cameron Young does have earlier Foursomes expertise within the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow, going 1-1-0. They’re pitted in opposition to a well-oiled European pairing that had a strong Foursomes displaying on Friday: they gained 5&3 over Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley, compiling 7 birdies and claiming 7 of the 15 holes of their match.

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 26: Ludvig Aberg of Sweden and Matt Fitzpatrick of England and The European Team rejoice profitable their match on the fifteenth inexperienced by 5&3 agianst Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley throughout the Friday morning foursomes matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 26, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

Match 2 (7:26 a.m. ET)

Harris English & Collin Morikawa (USA) vs. Rory McIlroy & Tommy Fleetwood (EUR)

It’s a rematch of the opening Foursomes session between English, Morikawa, McIlroy and Fleetwood in Match 2, which resulted in a 5&3 victory in favor of the Europeans on Friday morning. McIlroy and Fleetwood have been up of their match from the primary gap and finally shook fingers on the fifteenth inexperienced as they prolonged their enviable unbeaten Foursomes document within the Ryder Cup to 4-0-0 collectively. It was an imbalance of expertise the primary time round because the U.S. Team got here up in opposition to one in every of Europe’s most profitable Foursomes pairings in current historical past, with English enjoying his first Foursomes match in Ryder Cup historical past. Fleetwood now has a 5-0-0 profession document in Foursomes, McIlroy 8-5-1 and Morikawa 3-1-0.

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 26: Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy of Team Europe embrace after defeating Harris English and Collin Morikawa of Team United States 5&4 throughout the Friday morning foursomes matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 26, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Match 3 (7:42 a.m. ET)

Xander Schauffele & Patrick Cantlay (USA) vs. Jon Rahm & Tyrrell Hatton (EUR)

Match 3 is one in every of acquainted and profitable Ryder Cup pairings. Schauffele & Cantlay claimed the lone Friday morning Foursomes level for the United States, beating Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland, 2-Up within the anchor match. Cantlay and Schauffele are actually 3-2-0 in Foursomes collectively. They’ll go in opposition to one other European pairing that’s etching itself a superb staff historical past in Rahm and Hatton. The two haven’t misplaced a match in Foursomes play, going 3-0-1 collectively in Ryder Cups. Rahm is 5-0-0 in Foursomes, which places him in elite firm, whereas Hatton just isn’t far behind with a 3-1-0 document in Foursomes.

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 26: Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm of Team Europe rejoice defeating Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas of Team United States 4&3 throughout the Friday morning foursomes matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 26, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Match 4 (7:58 a.m. ET)

Russell Henley & Scottie Scheffler (USA) vs. Robert MacIntyre & Viktor Hovland (EUR)

The anchor match within the Foursomes session is a battle of two groups who’re but to style success on this Ryder Cup. While MacIntyre and Hovland have been the one European staff to lose on Friday morning, overwhelmed 2 UP by Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, Donald is assured for them to go once more in the hunt for a distinct outcome. World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is to date 0-2-0 at Bethpage this week, having additionally misplaced his Foursomes match alongside Rookie Russell Henley 5&4 to the spectacular staff of Matt Fitzpatrick & Ludvig Åberg. He may even be hoping to get some factors on the board for the U.S. Team, as he goes in the hunt for bettering a now 0-3-0 profession document in Ryder Cup foursomes.

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 26: Scottie Scheffler of Team United States seems to be over a putt on the ninth gap throughout the Friday afternoon four-ball matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 26, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

In Foursomes, every two-man staff performs one ball per gap with the gamers taking turns till every gap is full. Players alternate hitting tee pictures, with one main off on odd-numbered holes, and the opposite hitting first on even-numbered holes. The staff with the low rating on every gap wins that gap. If their scores are tied, the opening is halved.

To perceive how the captains choose their pairings for these codecs, we put collectively a range primer to assist.