Ryder Cup Europe and the European Golf Association have today confirmed the selection process for the 2025 European Junior Ryder Cup team.

Six boys and six girls will take on the United States in New York from September 23-25, 2025, with the first two days of the Junior Ryder Cup being played at Nassau Country Club before the decisive singles matches are held at Bethpage Black, the Ryder Cup venue, on the eve of the 45th edition of the biennial contest between Europe and the United States.

Three boys and three girls will earn a place on the European Junior Ryder Cup team through a season-long ranking system, which has been organised by the European Golf Association, while the remaining six players will be selected by Stephen Gallacher, the European Junior Ryder Cup Captain.

Players will earn points for the Rankings based on their finishing position in selected elite amateur events in 2025 and these points will be allocated using the World Amateur Golf Ranking system. The qualification process will end following The R&A Girls’ and Boys’ Amateur Championships on August 16, 2025.

“I would encourage these talented players to try and qualify because after watching our team play in Rome last year on the same course as the Ryder Cup, it was a special opportunity and a lifetime experience,” said Gallacher.

“These kids will make memories and learn a lot about themselves as golfers. For me it’s a great viewing platform to watch these talented young players and a huge honour for me to be Captain.

“I’m really looking forward to getting to some events during the year and working with the most exciting future talent in Europe once again.”

Boys and girls will have the chance to compete in up to nine tournaments during the season to score points and the total of each player’s four highest point scores will count towards their final tally on the Rankings.

Players are not required to sign up to be included in the Rankings, or to play in a minimum number of events to be considered for selection. Eligible players competing in the counting events will automatically be included in the Rankings.

Boys and girls who are citizens of a European country as defined by the International Golf Federation’s Nationality Policy by no later than January 1, 2025, under 18 years of age on January 1, 2025, have not represented a non-European country in an international golf competition during 2025, and who are not enrolled at, or committed to attend, a college in the USA during 2025 are eligible to participate in the 2025 Junior Ryder Cup.

The Junior Ryder Cup has produced a plethora of golfing stars and once again in 2025 the best male and female junior amateurs from Europe and the USA go head-to-head in the mixed event.

Rory McIlroy, Nicolai Højgaard and Nicolas Colsaerts, the 2023 European Ryder Cup Vice-Captain, all triumphed in the junior event before also winning the Ryder Cup, while Suzanne Peterson, Carlota Ciganda and Emily Kristine Pedersen succeeded as amateurs before lifting the Solheim Cup.

THE EVENTS

The counting events, listed below, are a selection of the strongest amateur and junior tournaments in Europe:

*Points for the European Team Championships will be awarded based on finishing position in the stroke play qualifying only. The allocated points will be based on WAGR’s standard ‘power’ and distribution method.