Bradley: Ryder Cup playing captain 'biggest decision' of life - ESPN

ATLANTA — Keegan Bradley said Friday he has a «pretty good idea» who his six captain's picks will be for the Ryder Cup. Still to be determined is whether one of those picks will be him.

No one has been a playing Ryder Cup captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963, and there has never been a reason except the 39-year-old Bradley happens to be No. 13 in the world, and only Scottie Scheffler has more PGA Tour wins than Bradley in the last year.

«I promise you we're going to make the best decision for the team, and it's going to be controversial either way,» Bradley said Friday at the Tour Championship, where he shot 64 despite his mind being consumed by the Sept. 26-28 matches at Bethpage Black.

«I'm ready for it,» he said. «I know this is the biggest decision of my life.»

Bradley hosted a dinner for the six automatic qualifiers on the U.S. team, and he invited Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa — Nos. 7 and 8 — meaning they presumably are set to be picked.

That leaves four spots from a group that might or might not include Bradley.

He has had the support of top players even before he won the Travelers Championship, which Bradley said was meaningful but counts for nothing when deciding with his assistant captains how to fill out the 12-man team.

But it has been wearing on the captain, even inside the ropes, especially as it gets closer. He flies to PGA of America headquarters in Frisco, Texas, on Tuesday and will announce the six captain's picks on Wednesday.

He finished Friday at 6-under 134 in a tie for 14th in the 30-man field at East Lake vying for the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize. Bradley said when he sees a leaderboard, what gets his attention is how the Americans are playing. He sees bunkers and tucked pins. He's