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With the 2025 Ryder Cup set to tee off this week, the best golfers in the world will flock to New York to take part in the 'Super Bowl of Golf'.
Bethpage Black on Long Island - located some 35 miles from New York City - is set to play host to one of the biggest events in the sport as Team Europe looks to defend its title against Team USA.
Cheering on both sets of players will be their wives and girlfriends who, in 2023, showed off their style on the Spanish Steps in Rome.
This time around, they'll be supporting their partners as they bid to defend home soil from Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Team Europe.
Among the wives and girlfriends set to venture out to Long Island are mothers, former athletes, and even a doctor. But for four days, they'll be on the edge of their seats for some of the most high-octane golf imaginable.
Here, Daily Mail Sport takes a look at the wives and girlfriends of Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Keegan Bradley and his wife Jillian are ready for center stage at the Ryder Cup this weekend
Scottie Scheffler: Meredith Scudder
For a number of weeks in late spring and early summer, the golf world waited with baited breath for Scottie Scheffler and his wife, Meredith, to welcome their first child into the world.
It came amidst a hot streak for Scheffler, who once again enters the Ryder Cup as the No. 1 golfer in the world. But at that time, he had been winning tournaments left, right, and center.
All along, Meredith was seemingly ready at any moment to give birth to their son, Bennett.
It was yet another major moment for the two high school sweethearts. Meredith recalled a younger Scottie having a 'super humble ambiance about him'.
The couple survived going to separate colleges (rivals at that, with Scottie going to Texas and Meredith going to Texas A&M) and married in December 2020.
Meredith has been seen all over the PGA Tour - including by Scottie's side as he continues to win majors, like this year's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.
Scottie Scheffler and his wife, Meredith, gave birth to their first son last year
The high school sweethearts stayed together through college and got married in 2020
Russell Henley: Teil Duncan
Russell Henley crossed collegiate rivalry lines when he married artist Teil Duncan.
Henley, who played college golf at the University of Georgia, met Auburn University graduate Duncan at her sister's wedding. Duncan's sister was getting married to one of Henley's childhood friends.
After about ten months of dating, Henley proposed and the couple were married in 2015.
Duncan is an accomplished visual artist. According to her website, her work 'infuses abstract elements, pixelated compositions and joyful color combinations no matter the subject'.
Her Instagram account - which dwarfs Henley's for followers - showcases her art. Recent paintings include landscapes and representations of animal subjects.
In her home life, Duncan is the mother to three children with Henley: a son, Robert, and two daughters, Ruth and Jane.
Russell Henley put college rivalry aside when he married his wife, Teil
Teil is a successful artist, who showcases her work to hundreds of thousands on Instagram
Xander Schauffele: Maya Lowe
Like many of the married couples on this list, Xander Schauffele met his wife back in college.
The pair attended San Diego State University and met in 2014. Seven years later, in 2021, the couple got married in a ceremony highlighted by pictures they took with their dogs.
While she admittedly didn't know much about golf when the couple met, she's eventually caught up and has watched as he's won multiple majors in recent years.
After previously working in healthcare, Maya now works with the Xander Schauffele Family Foundation - which focuses on youth golf as well as 'environmental protection and sustainable practices'.
Like many on this list, Xander Schauffele met his wife, Maya, while at college at San Diego State
Maya now works for Xander's foundation - working in youth golf and the environment
Justin Thomas: Jillian Wisniewski
Despite being just 32, Justin Thomas is the most senior member of the US Ryder Cup team. That means his wife, Jillian, has seen him plenty during the 'Super Bowl of golf'.
Jillian and Justin are both Kentucky natives - with Jillian graduating from the University of Kentucky with a journalism degree. She currently works at an advertising agency in Chicago.
The couple dated for several years before tying the knot in 2022 - where Thomas' close friend Jordan Spieth served as his best man.
In 2024, the couple welcomed their first child, Molly Grace.
Justin Thomas married a fellow Kentucky native when he tied the knot with Jillian in 2022
A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Jillian now works at an ad agency in Chicago
JJ Spaun: Melody Means
The highest ranked rookie on this team, JJ Spaun vaulted himself up the Ryder Cup standings thanks to a long putt on the 18th green at Oakmont to win the US Open.
After that win, he ran straight into the arms of his wife, Melody Means.
Spaun met Melody through mutual friends in their native California and got married in 2019 on a beach. He told reporters once that their first date was a trip to a mini golf course.
Melody has been supportive of Spaun through it all - even convincing him to see a doctor after he lost a shocking amount of weight, which led to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
The couple have two daughters: Emerson and Violet. It was little Violet who disrupted Spaun's beauty sleep before his win at Oakmont when she began vomiting at 3:00am with a horrifically timed stomach bug. Nevertheless, he stayed strong and won the major.
JJ Spaun took his now-wife Melody to a mini golf course on their first date
Now, the couple share two daughters after tying the knot back in 2019
Colin Morikawa: Katherine Zhu
While Colin Morikawa is clearly one of the top golfers in the world, his wife can also claim sporting success.
The daughter of a tennis champion, Katherine Zhu Morikawa switched from tennis to golf at a young age and attended Pepperdine University in California on a scholarship.
She played all four years of college at a Division-I level - with a scoring average of 76.54 throughout her time playing for the Waves. It was at Pepperdine that she met Morikawa (who was playing for Cal).
While she no longer plays competitively, she still remains active by taking up running.
The couple got engaged in 2021 and were married in November of 2022 in Los Angeles.
Colin Morikawa met his now-wife Katherine while they were both playing college golf
These days, Katherine stays active by running half marathons and playing with their dog
Harris English: Helen Bowers
One of the more reserved and in-the-background wives on the PGA Tour, Helen Bowers has been married to English for eight years.
The native of Greenwich, Connecticut attended the University of Georgia starting in 2010, where she met English as he played on the golf team.
The couple tied the knot in a private ceremony in Sea Island, Georgia - where the couple now live full time.
While she mostly stays off social media, some posts indicate that she has worked in real estate. She's also worked in philanthropic endeavors.
Harris English and his wife, Helen Bowers, mostly keep their private lives off social media
Helen and Harris share a daughter, Emilia, after getting married in Sea Island, Georgia
Ben Griffin: Dana Myeroff
Another rookie on the Ryder Cup circuit is up-and-comer Ben Griffin, who is engaged to the very successful Dana Myeroff.
The couple have dated since April of 2022, which is around the time that Griffin began getting back into golf via the Korn Ferry Tour after briefly stepping away from the sport during the pandemic.
Myeroff is an Ohio native who graduated from Lehigh University with a business degree. She used that to break into one of the 'Big Four' accounting firms, EY.
Currently, she works at an AI-powered contract management software company. But for the past year, she's also been spending plenty of time watching Griffin chase his dream.
Last year, Griffin proposed to Myeroff at a picturesque backdrop in Georgia. The most recent post to her Instagram account shows her and her friends enjoying a bachelorette trip to Vail, Colorado.
Ben Griffin's fiancee, Dana Myeroff, began dating him before he earned his PGA Tour card
Dana has been supportive of Ben's career as he got back into golf and reached new heights
Cameron Young: Kelsey Dalition
The last of the Ryder Cup rookies, Cameron Young has become a consistent player on the PGA Tour.
His rise coincides with his marriage to longtime partner, Kelsey Dalition. They married in 2021, the season before Young was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
The pair had known each other for years - with Young playing hockey for Dalition's father and alongside her brother.
Not much is known about their ceremony or Dalition herself, with the couple keeping their lives mostly private.
However, she has been seen supporting him on the tour plenty of times - often bringing along their son, Henry.
Cam Young keeps his personal life private, but has been seen with his wife Kelsey on the tour
Bryson DeChambeau: Lilia Schneider (rumored)
The only non-married-or-engaged member of the American Ryder Cup team, Bryson DeChambeau has been spotted multiple times with Lilia Schneider.
DeChambeau, 32, was seen with Schneider as recently as three years ago - when he was 29 and she was a rising sophomore in college.
Schneider competed on the golf team at Marian University in Indianapolis - being named an NAIA scholar athlete multiple times. However, she sat out her final year after an injury.
Owing to her rising popularity, Schneider's social media pages have gained plenty of followers - with over 58,000 on Instagram watching her golf content.
She's also known to post various glamour shots - including multiple pictures in swimsuits.
In 2021, she explained to her now-150,000 TikTok followers that she shares scantily-clad images because, 'I used to be very insecure and hate my body. So I decided to do something about it.'
Bryson DeChambeau is rumored to be dating recent college graduate Lilia Schneider
Schneider is a former college golfer herself and is now a social media influencer
Patrick Cantlay: Nikki Guidish
Possibly the best educated among the group of WAGs at Bethpage, Patrick Cantlay's wife - Nikki Guidish - graduated in 2018 from the University of South Florida with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
While her husband is one of the best golfers on the tour, Guidish maintains an active lifestyle having previously been a model and a bodybuilder.
She often shares snaps of her boxing, golfing, and even posted a video from when she starred in a workout DVD.
Cantlay and Guidish have been spotted alongside each other since June 2021.
The couple also had a very interesting date for their wedding - tying the knot on October 2, 2023 in Rome exactly one day after the US lost the Ryder Cup.
Patrick Cantlay's wife, Nikki Guidish, has a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from South Florida
A former model and bodybuilder, Nikki has often been seen supporting Patrick at tournaments
Sam Burns: Caroline Campbell
The last playing member on this list, Sam Burns began dating his wife Caroline Campbell while they both attended LSU.
However, the two had grown up in Shreveport, Louisiana at the same time - but did not start seeing each other romantically until college.
Like some other WAGs on this list, Caroline keeps a low profile. She graduated with a degree in marketing from LSU in 2018 and a masters in counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2020.
Earlier this year, the couple welcomed their first child, Bear.
Sam Burns and his wife, Caroline, knew each other for years before dating in college
The couple grew up in the same home town before they both attended LSU
Keegan Bradley: Jillian Stacey
Finally, we arrive at the 'First Lady' of sorts for the American Ryder Cup team.
Jillian Stacey Bradley, like her husband Keegan, is a proud New Englander and Vermont native. She attended high school in Hartford, Vermont, just a 15-minute drive from Keegan's home town of Woodstock.
While they now live in Florida, the couple maintain their New England roots. Jillian attended Eastern Connecticut State University and they both remain fans of sports teams in the Northeast - especially the New England Patriots.
The couple dated for four years before marrying in 2016. Later, Jillian would give birth to two sons: Logan and Cooper.
The whole family was on the green at the 2023 Travelers Championship when Keegan began his career renaissance. They were greenside again at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut again this past summer, when Bradley mounted a comeback to fend off Tommy Fleetwood and win an eighth PGA Tour event.
Jillian, and his sons Cooper (L) and Logan (R) have been to many of Keegan's PGA Tour wins
