Keegan Bradley Ryder Cup 2025

[TomR13]

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/ryder-cup-2025-keegan-bradley-playing-captain-debate

Just wondering what you think about this?   (Excepting his game falling off a cliff in the next couple months) Is there any real argument that team USA has a better chance to win WITHOUT Keegan playing?  Is this really a debate??

[iacas]

27 minutes ago, TomR13 said:

Is this really a debate??

Yes.

He's not top six in points, and it'd take some really good play for a few more months to move into the top six.

He's also said he wouldn't pick himself.

[saevel25]

I don't know how I feel about him being a playing captain if he doesn't make it on points. 

Also, it would split his focus. He would need to be a golfer and a captain. It might actually make him worse in both aspects. 

[TomR13]

3 hours ago, saevel25 said:

I don't know how I feel about him being a playing captain if he doesn't make it on points. 

Also, it would split his focus. He would need to be a golfer and a captain. It might actually make him worse in both aspects. 

This is definitely true on the focus split.  I think he would definitely need to have an approach and plan to block that out during the match and use the assistants maybe in a greater capacity on gameday, but I was looking at it as how to form the MOST competitive playing team USA.  Who would you replace him with and how much of a drop off would it be if any?  The way he has been playing I was thinking it would be a big drop off to take someone below 12 and put him in place of Keegan. Maybe I'm wrong. I guess we will have to see how it shakes out.  It will be interesting.