The Ryder Cup never fails to deliver a raft of talking points, with the 2025 event no different as Europe managed to win despite emerging victorious in just one of the 11 singles matches at Bethpage.
The 2025 Ryder Cup saw Europe open up their biggest ever lead after two days after dominating in New York. Brandel Chamblee compared Europe’s performance to Tiger Woods at the 2000 US Open
Ultimately, they just about got across the line. Luke Donald almost paid the price for using his three most important players in all five sessions.
It is hard to imagine that the golfing world will see a Ryder Cup like this past week again anytime soon.
With that, it should come as no surprise that there were plenty of intriguing statistics to emerge from the event in New York. And here, with the help of Data Golf, is a look at five of the most surprising.
Five surprising statistics from the 2025 Ryder Cup, with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler involved
The PGA Tour’s best putter has a nightmare on the greens
Sam Burns gave Keegan Bradley good reason to pick him for the Ryder Cup. He was in contention on Sunday at the US Open. And crucially, he is statistically the best putter on the PGA Tour this year.
However, Burns was the third worst putter at Bethpage. Only Justin Thomas and Rasmus Hojgaard performed worse with the flat stick than Burns. It was somewhat fitting then that he tied his singles match with Robert MacIntyre after struggling on the 18th green.
| Player | Strokes gained putting |
| Justin Thomas | -2.20 |
| Rasmus Hojgaard | -1.64 |
| Sam Burns | -1.62 |
| Xander Schauffele | -1.57 |
| J.J. Spaun | -1.41 |
At the other end of the list, it was Sepp Straka who led the way. The Austrian led the likes of Justin Rose and Shane Lowry.
Ben Griffin fails to shine on his Ryder Cup debut
Ben Griffin seemed to send a message to Bradley with his performance at the Procore Championship. Having already won twice this year, Griffin really should have triumphed in Napa before losing out to Scottie Scheffler.