Ryder Cup 2025: Keegan Bradley open to playing captain role for Team USA after epic PGA Tour win at Travelers Championship | Golf News

Keegan Bradley thinks that there is more chance that he will become the first captain to play the Ryder Cup in more than 60 years after winning a dramatic victory in the Travelers championship.

A year until the day when Bradley was offered the role of leading the United States team to Bethpage Black in September, live Sky SportsThe 39 -year -old man won an eighth PGA Tour title with an exciting victory for TPC River Highlands.

Bradley returned from three behind with four to play to shoot two late stews and finish one in front of Tommy Fleetwood, who has dropped two of his last three holes to miss a first title of PGA Tour.

The victory raised Bradley to a seventh career in the world in the world and in the top 10 of the Fedexcup ranking, the American accepting that victory increases the possibility of becoming the first captain to play in a Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer in 1963.

“I mean, listen, this [winning] Change history a little, “said Bradley in his victory press conference.” I would never have thought of playing if I hadn’t won. This definitely opens the door to play.

“I do not know if I will do it or not, but I must certainly take a look quite attentive to what is best for the team and we will see. It’s always June, so we still have a long way to go.

“It definitely changes things a little, and we will all come together and find the best way to do it.”

Bradley previously indicated that we would plan to play in the Ryder Cup only if he had finished as one of the six automatic qualifications, although he became more and more open to occupy the two roles.

“Yeah, it’s crazy,” admitted Bradley, who appeared for the United States team in the Presidents Cup last September. “My whole life every year, I wanted to play in the Ryder Cup team, and it would be the first year when I may not want.

“I just wanted to be the captain and, of course, that’s what’s going on! But we will see. I’m going to do everything I think is best for the team. Let me be in the team – it certainly changes a lot.”

“Huge burden” for “lucky” Bradley?

Bradley revealed that the possibility of being a game captain was discussed for the first time when the PGA of America called him last June to offer the role of Ryder Cup 2025, which he still had not considered before his good continuous form.

“My head was running – I didn’t know what they [PGA of America] talked, but they knew it was a possibility and that we would have things in place for that [playing captain]”Bradley admitted.

“I always try to be the best possible and I feel like I am playing the best golf of my career right now. A year ago, I don’t know if I would have thought I would be seventh in the world, but I certainly thought that I would be in tournament in tournaments.

“When the PGA of America called me, I think I really want to be part of the team. And the first thing he [Seth Waugh, then CEO of the PGA of America] Said “We want you to be the first game captain from Arnold Palmer”, which is a heavy burden.

“But, you know, I’m also lucky. If Tiger [Woods] or phil [Mickelson] Or these guys obtained a captain’s position at my age, they would have done it in the same way. I just had the chance to be invited to do it at a younger age. “”

When asked the 18th green if he had to play, Bradley replied: “Go USA!”. We must also confirm whether the role of Bradley will extend beyond his duties as captain

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