Ryder Cup radio coverage: How to listen to 2025 Ryder Cup, UK start time and schedule

The United States and Europe are ready to do battle in the 45th Ryder Cup. The latest instalment of the biennial tournament sees Luke Donald's side defending the title they won in Rome in 2023 at an especially difficult Bethpage Black course.

Home advantage has been a decisive factor in much of the recent history of the Ryder Cup, and the United States is a big favourite going into the tournament on home soil. Europe's only win on this side of the Atlantic in the last 20 years came courtesy of the 'Miracle of Medinah' in 2012, when Jose Maria Olazabal's side overturned a 10-6 deficit on the final day. While Sky Sports will provide TV coverage, there will also be blanket coverage on UK radio. Here's how to listen...

The BBC has the radio rights to the event, with coverage being led by one third of Match of the Day's new presenting line-up, Mark Chapman, who will be joined by a seasoned team of experts and ex-players.

Commentary will be led by BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter alongside former Ryder Cup players Oli Wilson and Jamie Donaldson, former Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew, major champion Shaun Micheel and PGA Tour winner Andrew Magee. Meanwhile, John Murray, Alistair Bruce-Ball, Katherine Downes and James Gregg will be reporting from inside the ropes.

Full coverage on Five Live starts at midday (7am in the US) on Friday ahead of the first foursomes match, which tees off at 7.10am. There will be build-up during the station's late-morning shows.

According to the schedule, there will be a pause in coverage at 5pm, between the morning foursomes and afternoon fourball matches. It will resume at 5.30pm, concluding at around midnight.

On Saturday, the golf will share the stage with Premier League football. Coverage on Five Live runs from 12pm to 2.30pm, when it briefly switches to Five Live Sports Extra until 3.45pm. It returns to Five Live at 6.15pm until the conclusion of the fourball matches.

Sunday's coverage of the singles begins at the later time of 4.15pm and will go through to a finish. As well as your trusty radio, Five Live is available on freeview channel 705, via the BBC Sounds app and the BBC Sport website, where there will be in-play clips and a live blog.

Five Live's radio rival, talkSPORT, will not be providing live coverage, although there will be regular updates across its platforms. It will be the first Ryder Cup since the death of iconic talkSPORT golf reporter Bob Bubka earlier this year at the age of 83.