Team Europe golfers Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton celebrate after beating Team USA during the final day of the 44th Ryder Cup golf competition at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.

European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald's 12-man squad looks a lot like the one that routed the U.S. in Rome two years ago by the score of 16 1/2-11 1/2.

Donald made his six captain's picks on Monday to complete his team, welcoming back Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg, Jon Rahm, Sepp Straka, Viktor Hovland and Matt Fitzpatrick. All six have previous Ryder Cup experience and were part of the team in 2023. In fact, the only new player on the team is Dane Rasmus Hojgaard, who replaces his twin brother Nicolai from the winning side in Rome.

Let's take a closer look at the six captain's picks who joined automatic qualifiers Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre and Rasmus Hojgaard.

Team Europe 2025 Ryder Cup captain's picks

Shane Lowry

After getting knocked out of the automatic six by Ramsus Hojgaard on the final week of qualifying, Lowry was selected by Captain Donald and will make his third straight appearance on the European team. Lowry owns a 2-3-1 career Ryder Cup record in 2021 and 2023. The 38-year-old Irishman is ranked No. 23 in the world. He has teamed twice with Sepp Straka and once with Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton. Lowry made it to East Lake this season but was winless this year and hasn’t record a top-10 finish on the PGA Tour since the Truist Championship in early May.

Sepp Straka

The 32-year-old Austrian native had a banner year, winning twice this season on the PGA Tour at the American Express in January and Truist Championship in May.

Straka cooled off considerably after finishing third at the Memorial on June 1. He made the Tour Championship but finished last. He reached a career-best No. 7 in the world earlier this season but has slipped back to No. 13. This is his second straight appearance on Team Europe. He went 1-2 in Rome in 2023.

Ludvig Aberg

The 25-year-old Swedish sensation won the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines in February and climbed to No. 4 in the world. He made a Sunday charge at the Masters that fizzled late and endured back-to-back missed cuts at the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. He dipped to 14 in the world but is finding better form of late. He finished T-9, T-7, T-21 in the three FedEx Cup playoff events.

Aberg’s meteoric rise after turning pro in the summer of 2023 was capped off by going 2-2 in Rome in 2023, including partnering with Viktor Hovland for a 9-and-7 beat down of Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka.

Viktor Hovland

The Norwegian is back for his third consecutive tour of duty on Team Europe. Hovland won the Valspar Championship in March and finished third at the U.S. Open but continues to search for the form that had him at the peak of his game in 2023 in Rome. He’s dropped from No. 3 in the world to No. 15.

Hovland, 27, could be a pivotal player in determining the outcome of the Ryder Cup. In 2021, he went 0-3-2 in Europe's defeat at Whistling Straits but made amends for his performance with a 3-1-1 record in Team Europe's victory in 2023.

Jon Rahm

The Spaniard, 30, joins Tyrrell Hatton as one of two LIV Golf members on Team Europe. Rahm made some noise at the PGA Championship (T-7) and U.S. Open (T-8) and his LIV team won the team title. Also, he claimed the individual title but the Ryder Cup will likely make or break his year. Rahm will represent Team Europe for the fourth consecutive Cup and holds a lifetime record of 6-3-3.

Matt Fitzpatrick

The 30-year-old Englishman admitted his game has taken a dip since his victory at the 2023 U.S. Open, but he rediscovered his mojo after the Masters in April, stringing together 16 straight cuts made worldwide and six top-10 finishes. Fitzpatrick, who fell to No. 34 in the world, didn’t make it to East Lake this year, but has shown he’s on the rebound. Can he keep it going at the Ryder Cup, which has been a bugaboo for him? He has a career mark of 1-7 lifetime.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Meet Luke Donald's captain's picks for the 2025 European Ryder Cup team

Reporting by Adam Schupak, Golfweek / Golfweek

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