Luke Donald names Edoardo Molinari as vice-captain for Ryder Cup 2025

VICE CAPTAIN: European Ryder Cup Captain Luke Donald has named Edoardo Molinari as his first Vice Captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup. Pic: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Luke Donald has named Edoardo Molinari as his first Vice Captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup which will take place from September 26-28 2025 in Bethpage Black, New York.

Molinari was part of the successful 2023 Ryder Cup team where Team Europe defeated USA 16 ½ - 11 ½ in his native Italy.

He played a crucial role in Team Europe's win at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club with Captain Donald placing key emphasis on the 42-year-olds statistical analysis model in the months leading up to and during the biennial contest.

The Italian, alongside his brother Francesco, were part of Team Europe as players when they won the 2010 Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales. He has also won three times on the DP World Tour and made 402 tour appearances to date.

Molinari is delighted to reprise his role as Vice Captain “I’m very happy. It’s something that I’m very proud of and probably means I did a pretty decent job last time, so I cannot wait to help the team and Luke again in Bethpage and I’m really looking forward to it.

“Luke called me the very day he was named captain, a little before the official announcement, and said he really enjoyed working with me in Rome and would like my help again. 

"We had another chat about a week later, maybe 30 or 40 minutes on the phone, chatted about a few things and he asked me and I said of course, I would happily do it all over again."

European Ryder Captain Donald is happy to welcome back Molinari to his team “Edoardo is someone I have got to know very well over the last couple of years and he’s going to be a great addition again for the 2025 Ryder Cup.

“I’ll lean heavily on him with the qualification criteria and then when we get close to the matches, how the team is forming, how their skillsets match to the golf course at Bethpage and whether they’re more foursomes-related pairings, fourballs-related players, and putting those pairings together."