The Sentry in Maui marks a brand new starting for the PGA Tour, its gamers, and its followers. It all the time serves because the kick-off for the brand new 12 months, an opportunity for the highest golfers to start their seasons on the precise foot.
This 12 months’s Sentry can also be the primary time an everyday, non-major PGA Tour occasion will rely towards this 12 months’s Ryder Cup qualifying course of. In spite of everything, it’s a Ryder Cup 12 months, which is on the forefront of everybody’s thoughts from now till the tip of August, when automated qualifying concludes on the BMW Championship—the penultimate occasion on the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Right here is how qualifying will work:
Eventually 12 months’s majors and The Gamers, gamers who made the lower retroactively earned one (1) Ryder Cup level per $1,000 earned. That very same method now applies to each PGA Tour occasion in 2025, starting at this week’s Sentry in Maui. However, notably, gamers at reverse occasions, such because the Puerto Rico Open and the Corales Puntacana Championship, won’t obtain any factors.
For the 2025 main championships, all gamers who make the lower will earn 1.5 factors per $1,000 earned, making them extra essential for Ryder Cup qualifying.
In fact, The Masters will return to Augusta Nationwide, because it does yearly, and Scottie Scheffler will arrive because the defending champion. Xander Schauffele will look to defend his titles on the PGA Championship and The Open Championship, which return to Quail Hole in Charlotte and Royal Portrush in Northern Eire, respectively. The U.S. Open heads again to Oakmont for a document tenth time as Bryson DeChambeau will eye back-to-back titles exterior of Pittsburgh.
After the ultimate spherical of the BMW Championship on August 17, 2025, the highest six gamers within the standings will robotically qualify for the U.S. Ryder Cup staff at Bethpage Black. Captain Keegan Bradley will then make six captain’s picks to solidify his staff of 12 after the Tour Championship.
Listed here are the present standings as we start the 12 months:
1. Xander Schauffele — 9,580.96
2. Scottie Scheffler — 9145.56
3. Bryson DeChambeau — 6993.00
4. Collin Morikawa — 2478.13
5. Brian Harman — 2250.56
6. Billy Horschel — 2037.22
The highest 6 gamers earn automated spots
7. Wyndham Clark — 1936.21
8. Patrick Cantlay — 1613.26
9. Russell Henley — 1600.43
10. Tony Finau — 1575.88
11. Sahith Theegala — 1234.29
12. Max Homa — 1229.88
13. Maverick McNealy — 876.39
14. Harris English — 809.34
15. Taylor Moore — 762.76
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. Observe him on X @jack_milko.
