Munster

SATURDAY 30 AUGUST—FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2025

The teams, coaches and players beyond Europe’s biggest leagues that we’ll be keeping an eye on during the 2025-26 campaign

Martin Hopley, director at Match Play World Rankings, looks at some of the Ryder Cup’s best performers over the years and picks the players who should make their respective teams…

Rory McIlroy is Europe’s top-ranked player heading into the Ryder Cup. Can he be a talisman once again, and has he now established himself as the best male player the continent has ever produced?

USA THE LOCKS

After so many agonising near misses, the Red Roses are determined to bring home the bacon on their own turf