How do European players qualify for the 2025 Ryder Cup and what are the latest standings following the Open Championship?

Shane Lowry will get to enjoy some downtime, two weeks to be exact, before hitting the road again for the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, in which he is currently 16th in the standings. He is set to play the St Jude Classic, the BMW and then all the way to the Tour Championship, that finale confined to the top 30 on the standings.

Sergio Garcia's Ryder Cup fate is in Luke Donald's hands, but the Spaniard has two trump cards that could land him on the team.

Luke Donald selected Shane Lowry for the European Ryder Cup team. Getty Images. He won the 2019 British Open and his most recent win was the 2022 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour.

Ryder Cup promises to be one of the most thrilling in history as Team Europe look to beat their American arch rivals in New York. Luke Donald led Europe to a dominant win over USA in Rome