The United States continued to flop at the 2025 Ryder Cup on Saturday, again falling short against a dominant showing from Europe. Europe is already up to 11.5 points through Saturday (to only 4.5 for the United States), and needs just 2.5 points to retain the Ryder Cup and three points on Sunday to win it outright.
Europe’s lead going into Sunday is not only its largest lead entering singles play in European team history, but it is also the largest lead entering singles play by any road team in the history of the competition.
Here are some takeaways from Saturday’s action.
United States trotted out the same losing pairings from Friday
The day got off to an ominous start for the United States when captain Keegan Bradley decided to send out the same pairings from Friday that were humiliated by Europe on the first day of the competition.
The most baffling of those decisions was to again send out the pairing of Harris English and Collin Morikawa after they were routed on Friday. They were only marginally better on Saturday, but still not good enough.
At the end of the day, it still comes down to players making good shots, but it’s been a complete teamwide failure for the United States all weekend. From both the players and their captain.
Scottie Scheffler’s Ryder Cup struggles continue
When he’s on the PGA Tour, Scottie Scheffler is as dominant as any active golfer. He is the No. 1 player in the world and a constant threat to win any tournament and any major, having already won four of them (two Masters, one PGA Championship and one Open Championship) in his career. But something happens to him every two years in the Ryder Cup where he just … loses it. Where something does not click for him and everything just falls apart.
He made some history on Saturday, and it was not the type of history any world-class golfer wants to be associated with.
He became the first golfer in the history of the Ryder Cup to go 0-4-0 through the first four rounds of the competition, dating back to 1979 when it became the United States vs. Europe.
