Justin Rose will NOT succeed Luke Donald as Ryder Cup captain in 2025… with the Englishman keen to ‘contribute as a player’ for Team Europe over in New York

• In September 2025, Bethpage Black, a New York course, will host the Ryder Cup
• Justin Rose is eager to be involved for Europe, but not as the team’s captain
• The Englishman feels he has too much still to offer on the playing side of things 

Justin Rose has ruled himself out of succeeding Luke Donald as Ryder Cup captain and wants to play for his fellow Englishman again in 2025.

Europe’s players urged Donald to remain as captain in the immediate aftermath of the five-point victory in Rome, chanting ‘Two more years’ as the former world No 1 gave a TV interview.

Donald is considering leading the side again at Bethpage in 2025 and Rose, who was thought to be one of the few realistic alternatives, has given his fellow Englishman his full backing.

‘We all recognise how difficult it is to win away nowadays and whichever captain does it can claim the ultimate Ryder Cup success,’ Rose, 43, told the Telegraph.

‘But if it happens in 2025, I want to contribute as a player. If Luke wants it, he should get it. 2025 is too early for me.

Justin Rose (right) has no interest succeeding Luke Donald as Ryder Cup captain in 2025

Team Europe toasted victory in Rome over their American rivals back in October this year

‘The captaincy starts next year and I feel like I’ve got some good things ahead of me as a player. 

‘It’s not so much that I feel I ‘need’ to play at Bethpage, it’s more than I ‘need’ to believe I can play. That’s important.

‘I acknowledge there is probably no perfect juncture at which to do it, and that if I was asked I might have to make the big commitment, even if it would affect my playing ambitions, because it’s a huge honour.

‘But I think there is a time when it’s your sweet spot to be captain. You have to be current, can’t have stopped playing, because that link has to be there. So it’s a fine line.

‘But in my view Luke is probably coming to that sweet spot right now.’

Rose says he still has plenty to offer to Team Europe in a playing capacity moving forward

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