Keegan Bradley mulls idea of being playing captain for Ryder Cup - ESPN

Will Keegan Bradley be a playing captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in September?

After winning the Travelers Championship on Sunday, that's a decision only he can make.

«This changes the story a little bit,» Bradley said Sunday about his Ryder Cup role. «I never would have thought about playing if I hadn't won. This definitely opens the door to play. I don't know if I'm going to do it or not, but I certainly have to take a pretty hard look at what's best for the team.»

Bradley has moved to No. 9 in the Ryder Cup standings and a career-best No. 7 in the Official World Golf Ranking. His two PGA Tour wins in the past year are more than that of any American except world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

The top six players in the points standings after the BMW Championship on Aug. 17 will automatically make the team; Bradley will also make six captain's choices. Scheffler, two-time major winner Xander Schauffele and U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun are the clear top three at this point, with Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas rounding out the top six.

The top six players in the points standings after the BMW Championship on Aug. 17 will automatically make the team; U.S. captain Keegan Bradley will also make six captain's choices.

Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Bradley, Harris English, Maverick McNealy and Brian Harman are the next six in the points race through Sunday.

Two years ago, Bradley was devastated when then-U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson left him off the 2023 team in favor of Thomas as a captain's pick.

In 2024, Bradley, now 39, was chosen by the PGA of America to lead the U.S. team for the 2025 matches at Bethpage Black in New York — the youngest American captain since Arnold Palmer was