Ryder Cup vets believe Bradley should be playing captain - ESPN

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Keegan Bradley still has two FedEx Cup playoffs tournaments left to make his case for becoming the first playing captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 62 years.

Ryder Cup veterans Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler believe Bradley has already done enough on the course this season to be on the 12-player roster that will battle the European team at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, Sept. 26-28.

Bradley, 39, will be the youngest American captain since Arnold Palmer was a playing captain in 1963 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Bradley is currently 10th in the U.S. team points standings after winning the Travelers Championship, a signature event, on June 22. He hasn't finished in the top 30 in four starts since then. He has five top-10s and nine top-25s in 19 starts.

«Yeah, I would pick him too,» said Fowler, who has competed in five Ryder Cups. «I think it would be hard to find really any or many Americans that would argue that point.»

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun and Xander Schauffele have already earned enough points to qualify for the team.

The top six golfers in points after this week's BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club will make the team. Russell Henley, LIV Golf League captain Bryson DeChambeau and Harris English are currently in the top six.

Bradley previously said DeChambeau will be on the team, and Henley and English seem almost assured of playing at Bethpage Black, regardless of where they finish in points.

Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Bradley, Maverick McNealy and Andrew Novak round out the current top 12.

Bradley will make six captain's choices Aug. 27, three days after the Tour Championship at East Lake.

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