{"id":32381,"date":"2025-07-18T19:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/the-open-2025-keegan-bradley-underlines-ryder-cup-dilemma\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T19:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:24:56","slug":"the-open-2025-keegan-bradley-underlines-ryder-cup-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/the-open-2025-keegan-bradley-underlines-ryder-cup-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open 2025: Keegan Bradley underlines Ryder Cup dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There are scant scenarios where debate would swirl about a Ryder Cup captain picking one of the world’s most in-form players as a wildcard.<\/b><\/p>\n

Usually it is a no-brainer. But Keegan Bradley finds himself right in the middle of a rare conundrum with the biennial contest between the United States and Europe looming.<\/p>\n

Following an outstanding run of form, the US captain has played himself into contention for the 12-strong team to compete at Bethpage Black in late September.<\/p>\n

There has not been a playing captain at the Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer led the US team in 1963, at a time when the event was not the global behemoth it has become.<\/p>\n

But a strong start at this week’s Open Championship has further underlined 39-year-old Bradley’s credentials.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been playing some pretty good golf – but so have a lot of other Americans,” Bradley said in an interview, external<\/span><\/a> published on the Ryder Cup website this week.<\/p>\n

“If I was sitting here without being captain then making this team would be my number one goal – that doesn’t change with me being captain.<\/p>\n

“I would be sitting here thinking ‘I’m right there and have a great chance of making the team’.”<\/p>\n

The world number seven is clearly feeling uneasy about the situation and has been eager to avoid discussing the hypothetical at Royal Portrush. <\/p>\n

The awkwardness of picking himself as a wildcard in New York might end up being redundant. <\/p>\n

Bradley still could qualify automatically as one of the six leading Americans – especially if he earns a high finish in the final major of the year that is weighted to carry more ranking points.<\/p>\n

After winning the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour last month, Bradley moved up to ninth in the US Ryder Cup qualification standings. <\/p>\n

The top six will automatically go into the team, with another half dozen picked by the captain.<\/p>\n

“Nothing about picking whoever it is is going to be easy,” said Bradley, whose sole major victory came when he won the 2011 US PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

“If I get to that position [of finishing outside the top six] and I feel like I’m going to help the team, then I’ll consider playing. <\/p>\n

“But I get asked that question 10 times a day and I don’t really have an answer.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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