Justin Rose reacts to his team's win at the 2025 Team Cup: "They played with pride"

Justin Rose led the Great Britain and Ireland team to a comprehensive victory over Continental Europe in the DP World Tour Team Cup 2025. The Brits defeated the Continentals by 17 points to eight.

Following the victory celebrations, Rose took to his X account to express his delight. He also congratulated his team for playing "with honor". Rose posted the following:

"Honoured to have been shoulder to shoulder with these guys over the last few days. As a captain I couldn’t have been luckier as they played with pride, skill and commitment producing some amzing golf! Great way to start the year!"

Justin Rose served in the role of player-captain, as did his Continental Europe counterpart, Francesco Molinari. As a player, Rose contributed two points to his team's victory with two wins and two losses.

This is the 13th high-level team event in which Rose has participated, and he has always done well. The Englishman has played in six editions of the Ryder Cup, winning four times.

He also played in two editions of the Seve Trophy, the predecessor to the current Team Cup, and finished on the winning side on both occasions. Finally, Rose played in four editions of the defunct World Cup, finishing second twice and third twice.

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The performance of Justin Rose's team at the Team Cup 2025

Team Cup 2025, British Team (Image via Getty)

Geat Britain and Ireland took the lead from day one of the Team Cup 2025 with three wins, one draw and one defeat in fourball. A day later, the lead became almost definitive with seven wins (one draw, two losses) out of 10 matches in foursomes.

On the final day, the British only needed to win two singles matches to win the cup. They ended up with five wins, two draws and three losses.

Here is a summary of the British team's performance in the Team Cup:

• Tommy Fleetwood: 4 wins
• Tyrrell Hatton: 3 wins, 1 draw
• Paul Waring: 3 wins, 1 draw
• Laurie Canter: 3 wins, 1 loss
• Tom McKibbin: 3 wins, 1 loss
• Matthew Jordan: 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie
• Aaron Rai: 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie
• Jordan Smith: 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw
• Justin Rose (c): 2 wins, 2 losses
• Matt Wallace: 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses

The Team Cup was part of the European team's preparation for the 2025 Ryder Cup, which will be played next September at Bethpage Black, New York, USA. European captain Luke Donald attended all days of the event and observed the performance of the players on both teams.

For the Continentals, the best performers were Frenchmen Matthieu Pavon and Romain Langasque, who played three matches as a team and won all three. Both lost their singles matches.