The race to qualify for the 2025 European Junior Ryder Cup team is nearing its conclusion, with the penultimate counting events now in the books.
Six players will automatically qualify for the 12-player European team—set to face the USA this September—via the season-long points ranking, which will wrap up at The R&A Boys’ and Girls’ Amateur Championships in August.
July featured two key opportunities for both boys and girls to add valuable points toward automatic selection to Stephen Gallacher’s side. The stroke play qualifying rounds of the European Team Championships, along with the Carris Trophy (Boys) and the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship (Girls), offered some of the last chances for players to improve their standings.
After strong performances throughout the month, four French players now lead both the boys' and girls' rankings, holding the top two spots in each.
Callixte Alzas surged into first place in the boys’ ranking following his dramatic win at the English Boys’ U18 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (Carris Trophy). Starting the final round at Luffenham Heath Golf Club seven shots behind the leader, Alzas fired a five-under-par 65 to capture the title—and with it, the top spot in the Junior Ryder Cup standings.
Alzas’s consistent season, which includes a semi-final appearance at the French International Junior Championship and a quarter-final run at The Amateur Championship, makes his place on Team Europe all but assured heading into the final qualifying event.
Despite minimal movement after their July results, Hugo Le Goff (FRA) and Lev Grinberg (UKR) currently sit second and third in the boys’ standings. Their strong performances earlier in the year have kept them in contention for a trip to Bethpage Black in September. The final automatic spot remains tightly contested, with several players—including 2023 team member Kris Kim (ENG)—still in the mix. Everything will come down to the R&A Boys’ Amateur Championship at County Louth in Ireland, taking place from 11–16 August.
In the girls’ race, France’s Sara Brentcheneff has taken over the top spot following a solo fifth-place finish at the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship in Germany. That result, combined with a consistently strong season, has all but secured her place on Gallacher’s squad. Fellow French player Louise Uma Landgraf, a two-time winner in this year’s qualifying events, sits in second and also appears well positioned to make the team.
The fight for the final girls’ automatic selection spot is especially close. Denmark’s Benedicte Brent-Petersen currently holds third place, but several challengers remain within striking distance heading into The Girls’ Amateur Championship at Conwy, Wales, in just two weeks’ time.
