Points Race

SELECTION CRITERIA REVISED FOR 2020 U.S. RYDER CUP TEAM Steve Stricker To Make Six Captain’s Selections PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.

Jon Rahm leapt to the top of the Ryder Cup Points List after his dream Dubai double – sealing his second DP World Tour Championship, Dubai title and becoming just the second Spaniard – after his hero Seve Ballesteros – to be crowned European Number One. The records kept tumbling for the 25-year-old as he topped the season long Race to Dubai Rankings Presented by Rolex with his third win of the season and his six European Tour victory in just his 40th start – the fastest player to that mark.

Ryder Cup USA has its top-8 clinched on points after the conclusion of the PGA Championship. Captain Jim Furyk breaks down the strengths and assets of his first eight team members, with four captain's picks on the horizon.

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Unlike the U.S. Ryder Cup team, which named its first eight players a week ago, Europe has yet to finalize any portion of its team that will compete in the 42nd Ryder Cup Sept. 28-30 at Le Golf National outside Paris.

The 2018 U.S. Ryder Cup team that will take on Europe outside Paris next month boasts competitors who captured three of this year’s four major championships, the reigning Players champion, the likely PGA Tour player of the year and all three of the three-time winners on the PGA Tour this season.

2018 Ryder Cup USA has its first three players clinch spots, with Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and Patrick Reed locking up roster spot on the team headed to Paris.

Michael Kim earned his first PGA Tour win in dominating fashion at the John Deere Classic by finishing 27-under. He used that victory to move up 67 places from No. 117 to No. 50 in the Ryder Cup USA rankings.

Kevin Na ran away from the field Sunday at the Greenbrier Classic, and he also ran up the Ryder Cup USA rankings. Na was 36th heading into this week and moved up 23 spots to No. 13.

Bubba Watson continues to have a strong 2018 as he picks up his third win of the season with an incredible Sunday performance at the Travelers Championship. That win bumps him up two spots to No. 5 in the Ryder Cup USA standings and keeps him firmly in position to pick up one of the eight automatic qualifier spots for the U.S.

Brooks Koepka became just the second player in the last 66 years to win back-to-back U.S. Opens on Sunday.