Let’s empty the notebook on some lessons from the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage.
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — What Justin Rose did on the greens at the 2025 Ryder Cup was truly incredible. I’d say it was unbelievable, but that wouldn’t be true, because actually it’s entirely believable. Rose basically did exactly the same thing two years ago. In three rounds at the 2023 Ryder Cup, Justin Rose gained 4.95 SG: Putting—the best of any player on either side. It was a historic performance on the greens.
In one round at the 2025 Ryder Cup—not even, actually, because Rose only needed 16 holes with Tommy Fleetwood to win their Saturday fourball match—Rose gained 4.56 SG: putting. That’s 92 percent of his total from Rome. The next closest player on the day was Shane Lowry, who gained just over one stroke. Rose took a step back on Sunday, but for the second time in as many Ryder Cups, the Englishman put the proverbial putting clinic.
