2025 Ryder Cup score, standings, results: Europe staves off American comeback for first win on road since 2012

The United States put forth a tremendous effort in Sunday singles after struggling across the first two days in New York

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Russell Henley's final putt of the 2025 Ryder Cup fell short ... just like the United States' chances of a would-be epic comeback during Sunday singles at Bethpage Black. Henley, who led the 24th match of the tournament entering the 18th hole, came up inches shy of finding the bottom of the cup, allowing Europe's Shane Lowry to pour in a short putt, tie the match and secure the 14th point the visitors needed to retain the Ryder Cup.

Two matches later, Collin Morikawa and Tyrrell Hatton tied, giving Europe the extra half point it needed to win the Ryder Cup outright, becoming the first side to claim victory on the road since 2012.

The Europeans dominated the Americans across the first two days and four sessions, taking a commanding 11.5 to 4.5 lead into the final 12 matches. Once Viktor Hovland, set to compete in the 28th match of the event, withdrew with a neck injury, an extra half point was added to each side meaning Europe only needed to score 2 points over Sunday's 11 active matches to retain the Ryder Cup, 2.5 points to win it outright.

The U.S. did not go down quietly, however. The Americans scored 5.5 of the first 6.5 points awarded Sunday, putting themselves in position for what would have been the most monumental comeback in event history. Neither side had ever scored more than 8.5 points in Sunday singles.

The U.S. ultimately went 6-1-5 on Sunday, tying that record with 8.5 points in the fifth session but falling two full points shy of turning the tide despite a more-than-respectable effort on Day 3.

While the United States ultimately acquitted itself well with a narrow final score, the hole in which it found itself after 16 matches of foursomes and fourballs proved once again that Europe is a different class when it comes to team golf.

Leading his side to victory at Bethpage Black, Luke Donald joined Tony Jacklin as just the second European captain in history to win the Ryder Cup both at home and on the road.

Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy, who combined to go 7-0-1 for Europe through the first two days, both lost Sunday singles to Justin Thomas and Scottie Scheffler, respectively. Scheffler on Saturday became the first golfer to start 0-4-0 in a modern Ryder Cup and the first world No. 1 to do it in the event's history, but he finally put a point on the board for the Americans to keep hope of a miraculous comeback alive.

Europe has now won nine of 12 Ryder Cups this century with the United States only bringing the trophy home in 2008, 2016 and 2021. 

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2025 Ryder Cup results, scores: Day 3

Europe 15 | United States 13

Session 5 -- Singles

Match	Europe	Score	United States
17	Justin Rose	1UP ➡️	Cameron Young
18	Tommy Fleetwood	1UP ➡️	Justin Thomas
19	Matt Fitzpatrick	TIED	Bryson DeChambeau
20	Rory McIlroy	1UP ➡️	Scottie Scheffler
21	Ludvig Åberg	⬅️ 2 & 1	Patrick Cantlay
22	Jon Rahm	4 & 3 ➡️	Xander Schauffele
23	Sepp Straka	2 & 1 ➡️	J.J. Spaun
24	Shane Lowry	TIED	Russell Henley
25	Rasmus Højgaard	1UP ➡️	Ben Griffin
26	Tyrrell Hatton	TIED	Collin Morikawa
27	Robert MacIntyre	TIED	Sam Burns
28	Viktor Hovland	TIED	Harris English

It was the most shocking Sunday at a Ryder Cup since 2012's Miracle at Medinah. A potential comeback that began as a perceived impossible task by the Americans became a legitimate possibility late in the afternoon. After every significant putt went the Europe's way the first two days, it was the United States' turn to pour in big putt after big putt Sunday. 

The first three matches made it to the 18th tee tied -- albeit in different fashions. Cameron Young had a 3UP lead with six holes to play but watched as Justin Rose clawed his way back to a tie walking off the 16th green. Both players had quality looks at birdie on the 18th, but Rose slid his putt by on the left side of the hole, opening the door for Young to earn his third full point for the Americans. 

Justin Thomas and Fleetwood went back and forth all day, and like Young before him, Thomas pounced at the chance to win on the 18th by rolling in a 12-footer to raise the American fans' belief level and send a shockwave through the New York course. 

One group behind them, Bryson DeChambeau couldn't produce a birdie at the last to win, but his tie with Matt Fitzpatrick felt an awful lot like a victory for the U.S. given Fitzpatrick rushed out to a 5UP lead after seven holes to start the match. DeChambeau steadily walked him down on the back nine and delivered a critical half point to keep the U.S. in it, tying the largest singles comeback at the Ryder Cup. 

Scheffler shook off a rough week to take down McIlroy in a battle of exhausted stars, earning a 1UP win in the duel between the top two players in the world. As he finished, Xander Schauffele closed out another dominant European star on the 15th green, taking down Jon Rahm 4 & 3 in an emphatic win that put 4.5 quick points on the board for the United States. 

The impossible suddenly seemed in play, as there were a lot of red flags on the leaderboard and not much in the way of blue. Ludvig Åberg finally stopped the rot for the Europeans with a 2 & 1 win over Patrick Cantlay, continuing a theme of players who participated in all four team sessions running out of gas Sunday. 

That moved Europe a half point from the 14 points needed to retain the Ryder Cup. After J.J. Spaun closed out Sepp Straka, all eyes were on whether Henley could do the same to Lowry with a 1UP lead going to the 18th. After an incredible recovery from the fairway bunker, Henley left his birdie putt to win short, opening the door for Lowry to secure the clinching point for Europe to retain the Cup. 

That ended any hopes of an American miracle comeback, but a tie would have provided a moral victory for the U.S. and prompted conversation considered by some to be controversy. Europe retaining the Ryder Cup by virtue of the half point they received from Hovland's withdrawal would have been the headline, but the Europeans were able to avoid that storyline by claiming another full point by day's end.  

Hatton over Morikawa secured the winning mark with Robert MacIntyre creating a tie with Sam Burns thanks to a three-putt by the American. Suddenly, Hovland's withdrawal was just a footnote.

It ultimately does not matter how Europe got to the finish line -- considering the difficulty of winning a road Ryder Cup -- but the United States claiming 8.5 points in singles was nothing sport of spectacular and record-tying, making its performance on Friday and Saturday all the more frustrating.

Instead of the embarrassment of a blowout loss, the Americans must answer tough questions about how they were capable of those quality performances as individuals yet but looked completely overmatched in team play. 

For decades, the critique of the U.S. team has been its lack of cohesion. Europe feels like a true unit, where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, while the U.S. is largely a collection of talented players who struggle to create a similar bond. 

That was apparent again this week in New York. The U.S. clearly had the horses to win (perhaps even emphatically) but struggled to come together, allowing their talent to shine as a team. As a result, it's Europe celebrating on American soil for the third time this century.

[Sep 28, 2025 at 5:56 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

On a day that saw nearly every match make it to the 18th hole, the anchor match of Robert MacIntyre and Sam Burns ended in a tie on the 18th green. Burns arrived at the hole with a 1UP lead, but allowed MacIntyre to win the 18th with a par after Burns three-putt from the front of the green. With that half-point going to the Europeans, it meant they won the Ryder Cup by a final score of 15-13 and ensured the Viktor Hovland injury wouldn't become a lasting controversy. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 5:44 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The final half-point needed for Europe to win the Ryder Cup outright was delivered by Tyrrell Hatton in the penultimate match. That's not something anyone anticipated coming into the day, but he and Collin Morikawa battled all day and ultimately tied with pars on the 18th. That prevented a major controversy involving Viktor Hovland's half-point after he withdrew with an injury this morning, and the European celebration could begin in earnest. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 5:33 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The only two players who appeared in just one team session met in singles and played a pretty thrilling match that came down to the 18th. Ultimately, Griffin got the 1UP win with a par to keep hopes alive of a U.S. tie -- which would create some serious controversy with the half-point Europe got with Hovland sitting out due to an injury. That earned Griffin his first ever Ryder Cup point and ends a tough week for him on a high note. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 5:16 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Russell Henley pulled his tee shot on the 18th into the left bunkers off the tee after Shane Lowry striped one down the middle, and it seemed like a huge advantage for the European. However, Henley hit an incredible shot from the upslope to hole high just left of the flag. 

Lowry stuffed one inside Henley's ball, but was at the mercy of whether the American would make his birdie putt to win the match. Henley, who had 8 birdies on the day, shockingly left the putt short and opened the door for Lowry to secure the clinching half-point for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup. 

Lowry celebrated wildly, but now the attention shifts to whether this will be an extremely controversial 14-14 tie or an outright victory for the Europeans. They need a half-point from one of the final three matches, but are trailing by 1 in two of them and tied in the other. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 5:04 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

A half-point won't be enough for the U.S. in any of the final four matches, and Russell Henley is the next man trying to win a match on the 18th. He takes a 1UP lead on Shane Lowry to the 18th tee after two pars on the 17th, as the world No. 3 has made eight birdies today in a phenomenal performance to bounce back from a brutal first two days. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

This wasn't something anyone really expected to be in play, but because the Europeans are the defending champions, they would retain the cup with a 14-14 tie. That's why when you see scoreboards it says they only need 14 points compared to 14.5 for the U.S., as the Americans have to win outright to hoist the Ryder Cup. 

Today, at tie would be especially controversial given Viktor Hovland's neck injury pulling him out of singles play. Ryder Cup rules make that match a draw, where the Solheim Cup (the women's version of the competition) makes it a full point forfeit. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:54 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Spaun was down two early to Straka, but charged through the middle of the round and went dormie at 3UP thru 15. Straka pushed the match to the 17th, but a two-putt par from Spaun was enough to close that match out 2 & 1 and put another point on the board for the Americans, pulling them within 13.5-10.5 as they continue to make an incredible charge in Sunday singles. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:46 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The most anticipated singles match of the day lived up to the billing, as Scottie Scheffler out-lasted Rory McIlroy for a 1UP victory to pull the U.S. within four points of Europe. Scheffler had two putts from just outside 20 feet on the 18th green to win after McIlroy found the bunker off the tee and could barely get on the front edge of the green. Scheffler coaxed his birdie putt up close to get the win and keep hopes of a miracle at Bethpage alive. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:44 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

A point Europe surely thought they'd put on the board turned into only a half-point, as Bryson DeChambeau charged back on Matt Fitzpatrick to tie the Englishman with a pair of pars on the 18th hole. That prevented Europe from putting a 14th point on the board to retain the cup, and now there is serious drama coming down the back nine in the closing matches as it's 13.5-8.5, but the U.S. leads in four of the six matches on the course. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:40 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The only lead Europe had on the board has finally turned into a full point, as Åberg beats Cantlay 2 & 1 with a pair of pars on the 17th. 

That moves Europe one point closer to retaining the Ryder Cup -- although if they ended 14-14 it would be wildly controversial given the injury tie with Hovland. With Fitzpatrick and DeChambeau tying in improbable fashion, Europe now has 13.5 points and are tied in two matches and trailing by one in two others. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:32 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The Americans have cut the lead to 12-8 with a third straight match victory, as Xander Schauffele dominated Jon Rahm, finishing that match off with a 4 & 3 win on the 15th green. If DeChambeau can find a way to win his match with Fitzpatrick on the 18th, the comeback hopes for the Americans, as impossible as they seemed a few hours ago, will be a legitimate possibility. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:26 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

An absolute wild scene at Bethpage right now as the Americans have put two full points up in the first two matches and have red flags all over the leaderboard. After Cameron Young made a birdie putt on No. 18 ahead of him to beat Justin Rose 1UP, Justin Thomas followed his lead to do the same to Tommy Fleetwood and trim the European lead to just five. 

The U.S. leads in four other matches on the course and what looked like an impossible task is now in play. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:24 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Things are happening at Bethpage. A third consecutive match will arrive at the 18th tee tied, as Bryson DeChambeau has completely erased Matt Fitzpatrick's 5 hole lead from the front nine. DeChambeau has been playing great golf on the back nine, and Fitzpatrick has cooled off, most recently bogeying the par-3 17th from just off the left side of the green on the collar. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:13 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Young probably didn't expect to need a birdie on the 18th to win his match with Rose when he was 3UP on the 13th tee, but after a huge battle back from the European veteran, Young finally got it done on the 18th. After Rose left his birdie attempt from just outside Young out to the left, the American rookie rolled his in to win the match and secure a necessary point for the Americans. 

Young went 3-1-0 in his Ryder Cup debut, securing top scorer honors for the U.S. side in his first experience in the event in his home state. Rose finishes 2-1-0 for the Europeans, making an incredible late charge to try and scratch out a point to push Europe closer to the victory, but couldn't make the last birdie they needed. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 4:06 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

In a match that's featured a lot of scratchy pars and even a hole won with a bogey, we finally got the kind of fireworks we hoped for in the match featuring the top two players in the world. On the tough 15th, McIlroy rolled a beauty in from above the hole and gave a big reaction to the crowd. Scheffler, who stuffed one inside 10 feet, calmly answered with a birdie of his own to maintain his lead going to the final three holes. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 3:54 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Two matches that looked like guaranteed points for both sides are now very much in doubt. The first match featuring Justin Rose and Cam Young had been an American lead from the jump, but Rose has won three holes in the last four following the lengthy drop situation on the 13th and arrived at the 17th tee tied with Young. 

Two holes behind, Matt Fitzpatrick once led 5UP thru 7 but has seen Bryson DeChambeau claw all the way back to just one behind, with the crowd roaring with every DeChambeau shot. His latest was stiffing one on the 15th, while Fitzpatrick went a bit deep onto the collar. The Englishman ran his birdie putt well past and opened the door for DeChambeau to whip the crowd into a frenzy again with a 6-footer. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 3:49 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

McIlroy looks completely out of gas, but has been able to hang with Scheffler (who also looks tired having also played all five sessions) for most of the day. However, on the 14th, Scheffler hit a sporty chip from the fringe cut for a par, while McIlroy flubbed his chip from the right rough and couldn't hit a lengthy par putt. That gave Scheffler a 1UP lead with four to play in the highly anticipated battle between the two best in the world. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 3:39 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Rahm has been the boogeyman for the U.S. Ryder Cup team going back to 2023, but Schauffele is the one taking it to the Spaniard on Sunday. After firing another dart with an iron on the 12th, he moved to 3UP on Rahm as that match appears to be a near lock for the Americans. 

That probably wasn't the expected outcome given Rahm's dominance in Ryder Cup play, but it's a very strong performance from Xander when he really needed one given the year he's had. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 3:26 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

Spaun was 2DN early to Straka, but he has now turned that into a 1UP lead for the U.S. after his third hole win in the last six holes with a par on the tough 10th. That gives the Americans the lead in five matches currently, with Europe up in only three. Only two of those matches features a lead greater than 1UP, so there's plenty of points still up for grabs as most matches make their way to the back nine. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 3:16 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

There was a traffic jam on the 13th hole after Justin Rose went way over the green with his second and took 15 minutes to settle the drop situation as he was up against a grandstand but by a road. Keegan Bradley got involved as he was not happy with how long things were taking, with the group behind them wandering up to the green to see what was happening as they waited. 

Ultimately Rose hit a ridiculous chip to close range and won the hole with a birdie after Cam Young's birdie putt missed by an inch, and he trimmed Young's lead to just 2UP going to the final five holes. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 3:10 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After Bryson tried to fire up the crowd with wild fist pumps after curling in a birdie putt on the 12th, Fitzpatrick answered with a birdie of his own and told everyone to calm down. 

That kept Fitzpatrick 3UP on DeChambeau with six holes to play, as he moves ever closer to putting a full point on the board for Europe that would move them just one away from securing the Ryder Cup. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 2:57 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The Americans now lead in three of the first four matches out, which is exactly what they needed to build some belief this afternoon. Thomas' lead may be the most impressive, as he's flipped the match from 2DN to Tommy Fleetwood to 1UP after three straight holes won to start the back nine. 

Given Fleetwood has been Europe's most dominant player at 4-0-0, that would be quite the feather in Thomas' cap and also a critical point for the Americans as they try to pull off the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup history. They now lead in five matches, with Europe up in two and four others tied. That's not enough to get the job done, but the U.S. should, at minimum, be trying to win the singles session to take something decent away from this year's Ryder Cup. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 2:49 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The U.S. now leads in four matches after Collin Morikawa goes eagle-birdie on the 4th and 5th holes to flip that match early against Tyrrell Hatton. Morikawa has had a dreadful week, losing twice in foursomes with Harris English, but can salvage something for himself this Ryder Cup if he can take down Hatton and put a point on the board for the Americans. 

Ahead on the back nine, Scheffler went 1UP on McIlroy with a bogey on the 10th after both players made a mess of the long par 4. McIlroy had another incident with a fan using a squeaky toy while he got ready to play then hit a snap hook into a bunker. Scheffler didn't play the hole much better, but did manage to get in for bogey with Rory still not on the green in four and takes a lead in the highest profile match of the day. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 2:41 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After falling 2DN and struggling with his swing on the front nine, Thomas has found something on the back nine and pulled back even with Tommy Fleetwood in the second match out with back-to-back hole wins. That's taken another blue flag off the board, and there are now seven matches tied, two European leads and two American leads as there's now at least a bit of tension in Sunday singles. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 2:31 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The top two players in the world are going toe-to-toe at Bethpage in a Sunday singles match everyone hoped to see. There's not much drama with who which team will win the Ryder Cup, but this match still carries plenty of intrigue. 

So far, it's been a tight, tense affair with neither player able to take much of an advantage. McIlroy went up early but Scheffler quickly tied things up and since then neither player has had their best. Most recently, Scheffler had a short birdie putt to win the 9th but left another putt on the low side and they walk to the back nine tied. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 2:24 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

A disastrous start had Bryson DeChambeau 5DN to Matt Fitzpatrick after 7 holes, but DeChambeau has now picked up back-to-back hole wins as he makes the turn to the back nine to try and build some momentum and get himself back into the match. He's still behind the 8-ball, but at least has a chance to scratch out some kind of result for himself in a match that could be decisive if he doesn't. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 2:08 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

All 11 matches are now in play and the theme of the week continues with Europe leading in Sunday singles, much as they have in each of the four team sessions. All the Europeans need are two points to retain the cup and 2.5 to win it outright, and they have leads of two or better in three matches at present. The American hopes of a fast start out of the gates hasn't materialized, and it has all the feel of a European coronation at Bethpage is on the way this afternoon. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 1:43 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

No one was going to be surprised if Europe won Sunday singles after winning the first four sessions, but there were some matches that the Americans expected to win. One of those was Bryson DeChambeau against Matt Fitzpatrick, but the Englishman is destroying Bryson on the front nine, taking a 4UP lead thru 6 as DeChambeau is in danger of getting run off the course at Bethpage. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 1:28 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

The Americans have not gotten off to the start they wanted on Sunday, and it takes something special to win holes against this European side. Justin Thomas delivered something special on the 6th when he holed out from the first cut for an eagle from 79 yards away to trim Tommy Fleetwood's lead to just one in their singles match. 

The U.S. still finds themselves down in five matches and up in just one, but three of those deficits are just one hole. If nothing else, there's pride on the line for each player, as no one aside from Cameron Young can feel like they've put their best foot forward this week. 

[Sep 28, 2025 at 1:11 pm ET · Robby Kalland]

After Schauffele missed a birdie putt on No. 1, Rahm had a chance to win the hole, but like DeChambeau on the 3rd, he jammed his first putt well past the cup and then missed the comeback effort. That finally puts a red flag on the leaderboard, but the Americans need a lot more as they trail in four matches already in the first hour of singles play.