Three of the six automated qualifying spots for the U.S. Ryder Cup staff have now been crammed, with J.J. Spaun and Xander Schauffele becoming a member of Scottie Scheffler on captain Keegan Bradley’s roster.
Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau and Harris English enter the ultimate week of automated qualifying on Monday within the Nos. 4-6 spots, respectively, within the U.S. rankings.
The highest six after this week’s BMW Championship will symbolize Staff USA towards Staff Europe at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y., from Sept. 26-28. The squad can have six extra captain’s picks, with Bradley probably competing as a taking part in captain.
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Spaun secured his spot with a runner-up end Sunday on the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, the place he misplaced to England’s Justin Rose in a playoff. The 2025 U.S. Open champion is as much as No. 6 within the Official World Golf Rating after beginning the 12 months exterior the highest 100.
Schauffele, who has made 70 consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour, completed T22 on Sunay to mathematically clinch his spot.
Scheffler completed T3 on Sunday however has lengthy been a lock for the squad with wins on the PGA Championship and the Open Championship this 12 months, together with victories on the Memorial and the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Russell Henley has 11,904.82 Ryder Cup rankings factors, adopted by DeChambeau (10,774.98), English (10,439.55) and Justin Thomas (10,347.59).
Gamers achieve one level per $1,000 earned at every non-major PGA TOUR occasion and achieve 1.5 factors per $1,000 earned at main championships. The BMW Championship, with a $20 million purse, opens Thursday at Caves Valley Golf Membership in Owings Mills, Md.
DeChambeau, who competes with LIV Golf, has no probability to earn extra factors this week. Nevertheless, Bradley stated final month that there could be a spot on the staff for the two-time U.S. Open champion whether or not he stays within the high six or not.