The Ryder Cup often delivers its share of unexpected storylines, but few would have predicted that Scottie Scheffler would reach the Sunday singles at Bethpage still searching for his first point of the week.
Scheffler’s 2025 season was another strong one, capped by two more major titles. While not his biggest win of the year, his Procore Championship victory sent an early message to Team Europe ahead of the Ryder Cup.
But it turned out to be a week to forget for the world number one in New York.
He lost all four sessions over the first two days. His only point came on Sunday when he beat an exhausted Rory McIlroy, giving Keegan Bradley’s side hope of an unlikely comeback.
Jon Rahm sheds light on Scottie Scheffler’s Ryder Cup form
Scheffler’s difficulties in the 2025 Ryder Cup were not isolated. He also failed to secure a single victory in Rome during the 2023 tournament.
That is something the next US captain will be keeping an eye on ahead of Adare Manor in 2027. But according to Jon Rahm, there is a straightforward reason behind why Scheffler struggled this time around.
Rahm, speaking on Subpar, said he felt Team USA were simply up against it from the start.
“I saw a lot of highlights. We made so many putts those first two days. I think Justin Rose on those Friday fourballs was gaining five strokes putting. He was making everything,” the Spaniard began by saying.
“I was putting great. I was chipping in. Same with Tyrrell, putting amazing. The way Rory and Shane were playing, it was incredible. You don’t want it to stop, but I think it was just roles reversed.
“And on Sunday, everything was going right for the US and nothing was going right for us. Thankfully, we had the lead. There was about an hour there where it was bad.
“For people that say that [about Scheffler not winning over the first two days], I think it was Bryson and Scottie, they were eight under through 12 and they were two down. What are you going to do?
“There’s nothing you can do against good golf. It is what it is.”
Justin Rose’s putting display one for the Ryder Cup history books
Rahm is right in pointing out just how exceptional Justin Rose was on the greens during that Ryder Cup.
Rose picked up 4.56 strokes with the putter during the Saturday afternoon session, according to Data Golf, and no other player came close to that mark over a single session all week.
The only other player to gain more than two strokes putting in a session was Sepp Straka, who did it on Sunday. That made J.J. Spaun’s win even more noteworthy.
Rose’s performance undeniably cemented his status as a Ryder Cup legend.
Before the event, European fans might have been worried about seeing the 45-year-old and Tommy Fleetwood matched up against Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau late in the week.
But Fleetwood and Rose were outstanding. Even against one of the world’s best, they held their own.
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