2023 Ryder Cup Standings & Qualification: How Are Europe & Team USA Shaping Up?

Let’s look at how the teams currently look in the 2023 Ryder Cup standings, the pinnacle of team golf, being held in Italy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome.

Team Europe, captained by Luke Donald, will host Zach Johnson’s Team USA in the showpiece event from September 29 – October 1, 2023, as the visitors defend the trophy they won so convincingly at Whistling Straits in 2021.

Let’s see how the Ryder Cup teams are lining up and how players can book their place on the 12-man teams for the 44th edition of golf’s biggest team event.

European team Ryder Cup standings & qualification

Qualification for the European team for the 2023 Ryder Cup started after the 2022 BMW PGA Championship on September 11, and runs until September 3, 2023.

The big change for this year is that skipper Donald will have six Captain’s Picks to make instead of the three Padraig Harrington had for the last Ryder Cup in Wisconsin.

Automatic Ryder Cup qualification will still come from two points lists, but this time just three players will qualify from the European Points List, with a further three qualifiers being the top three on the World Points List that aren’t already qualified.

Current Team Europe Ryder Cup standings

(Players in bold qualify automatically)

European Points List:
1. Jon Rahm (3017.98)
2. Rory McIlroy (3003.5)
3. Yannik Paul (1547.89)
4. Victor Perez (1427.58)
5. Adrian Meronk (1404.77)
6. Adrian Otaegui (1346.58)
7. Tommy Fleetwood (1291.1)
8. Shane Lowry (1216.16)
9. Jorge Campillo (1155.23)
10. Pablo Larrazabal (1109.75)

World Points List:
1. Jon Rahm (350.07)
2. Rory McIlroy (271.52)
3. Viktor Hovland (249.89)
4. Tyrrell Hatton (178.67)
5. Matt Fitzpatrick (148.04)
6. Tommy Fleetwood (135.0)
7. Shane Lowry (93.71)
8. Justin Rose (88.79)
9. Sepp Straka (67.14)
10. Seamus Power (66.0)

Team USA 2023 Ryder Cup standings & qualification

Team USA had six Captain’s Picks for the last Ryder Cup, which worked out rather well, so Johnson will have the same option this time around.

The American Ryder Cup qualification system comprises of just one qualifying list, with points allocated over a longer stretch of golf – with seven big events in 2022 including the four Majors having points attached to them.

Ryder Cup qualification points are then awarded at all PGA Tour events from January 2023 with double points awarded for winners of the four Majors.

Current Team USA Ryder Cup standings

(Players in bold qualify automatically)

1. Scottie Scheffler (24,249.368)
2. Wyndham Clark (13,032.353)
3. Brooks Koepka (9,362.608)
4. Xander Schauffele (8,108.079)
5. Max Homa (7,551.285)
6. Patrick Cantlay (7,486.914)
7. Jordan Spieth (7,299.796)
8. Cameron Young (6,811.648)
9. Sam Burns (6,727.053)
10. Collin Morikawa (6,333.613)
11. Justin Thomas (5,821.875)
12. Kurt Kitayama (5,691.829)

Qualifying will end after the second FedEx Cup play-off event on the 2023 PGA Tour schedule, the BMW Championship, on August 20, 2023, with the top six eligible players on the points list securing spots on Team USA.

Johnson will then announce his six Captain's Picks after the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta.