The Biggest Ryder Cup Snubs

Most people love to outline the “10 biggest snubs for the Ryder Cup.” In my mind, there’s just never that many.

With the Ryder Cup rosters now official for both teams, I think there are two players from each side who have legit “snub” claims.

And the biggest one is the American captain.

Biggest Ryder Cup Snubs

Keegan Bradley

The Team USA captain could’ve picked himself and no one would have blamed him. He played great golf for most of 2025, won the Travelers Championship in June, and is undoubtedly one of the best 12 Americans. But he did what was best for the team.

This snub pick comes down to one thing: if anyone else was the captain of this team, Bradley would be bringing his sticks to Bethpage Black.

Maverick McNealy

McNealy was No. 10 in the U.S. rankings when Bradley made his captain’s picks. It’s pretty rare for that spot to miss out on the team. In 24 starts this season, Mav made 20 cuts, finished inside the top 10 seven times, and the top 25 11 times. Plus, he won for the first time at the end of November ‘24 (The RMS Classic), and is one of the best putters in the world.

But Bradley decided to lean on experience with his picks, and that was probably the right thing to do. Two of his automatic qualifiers, J.J. Spaun and Russell Henley, will make their Cup debuts, so it’s easy to see why he went that direction.

Matt Wallace

Wallace, who was 12th in the European rankings when Donald made his picks, wants the Ryder Cup more than anything. After tying for second at the European Masters this past weekend, he broke into tears as it became clear that he’d probably be left off this year’s time.

Back in 2018, he won three times on the DP World Tour, and that still wasn’t enough to be picked by captain Thomas Bjorn.

Harry Hall

Hall, 17th in the rankings, balled out from the end of March on. In his final 16 TOUR starts of the season, the Englishman finished T-28 or better 14 times, including three top 10s. It just wasn’t enough to make Donald’s team, and the writing was on the wall at the BMW Championship.