Ryder Cup Power Rankings: Team USA

With the Ryder Cup just days away, it’s time to start making projections for the big event.

The 2015-16 PGA Tour season has finally come to a close, but our weekly power rankings features are still going strong. In fact, one of the marquee events in all of golf is just around the corner. This week, we’ll rank the 24 golfers set to compete in the Ryder Cup — the Americans today, the Europeans tomorrow.

Not that they ever are, but the rankings for this week won’t be an exact science. With its team match play format, the Ryder Cup is a far cry from most conventional events — not only does the scoring format change, but players can potentially be carried or hindered by their teammates. This makes the Ryder Cup a nightmare to project, but let’s do it anyway!

This week’s course, Hazeltine National Golf Club, should provide a worthy stage for this battle of the continents. The track measures in at a whopping 7,678 yards, so Davis Love III may end up kicking himself for leaving Bubba Watson off the team. It’s hosted a pair of relatively recent PGA Championships, in 2002 and 2009.

With all that said, let’s get to ranking the Americans. These 12 players have been ranked according to their likelihood of delivering at Hazeltine. Without further ado, let’s dive on in.