{"id":376309,"date":"2025-08-27T00:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376309\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T00:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:49:13","slug":"keegan-bradley-makes-his-call-on-playing-in-ryder-cup-after-donald-trump-sent-usa-captain-stark-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376309\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Bradley makes his call on playing in Ryder Cup after Donald Trump sent USA captain stark message"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALEX RASKIN, US SPORT NEWS EDITOR<\/a> and JACK BEZANTS, US DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 11:25 EDT, 26 August 2025 | Updated: 11:54 EDT, 26 August 2025 <\/p>\n

U.S. Ryder Cup<\/a> captain Keegan Bradley will reportedly pick himself as a wildcard selection after receiving encouragement from President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Keegan Bradley should DEFINITELY be on the American Ryder Cup Team \u2013 As Captain!!!’ the President wrote on Truth Social.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Telegraph’s James Corrigan first reported the news<\/a>, saying it would be announced officially on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Bradley had been warned against picking himself by former players Sam Torrance and Nick Faldo.<\/p>\n

‘I told Keegan to his face he shouldn’t do it, but over here we must hope he does,’ Faldo said, as quoted by Corrigan.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old, ranked No. 13 in the world, has made no secret of his interest in picking himself for the team event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"U.S. <\/p>\n

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley will reportedly pick himself as a wildcard selection after receiving encouragement from President Donald Trump<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s just really strange for me to be the captain,’ Bradley said on Friday. ‘It\u2019s not something anyone\u2019s really ever gone through.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019m having a very hard time separating right now my captaincy and my play. For the past month it\u2019s been like this, but this week I\u2019m trying so hard.<\/p>\n

‘But that\u2019s all I\u2019m thinking about (being captain). Thinking about pairings, certain things I want to say to the guys during the week. It\u2019s just difficult.’<\/p>\n

Bradley will announce his six captain’s picks for the tournament on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"Donald <\/p>\n

Donald Trump has confirmed that he will be attending the first day of the Ryder Cup<\/p>\n

And there is a personal element in all this for Bradley, too. He hasn’t played in the Ryder Cup since 2014 and was a surprise omission from the team that lost in Rome in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If he does decide to compete, he’d be the first playing captain since the legendary Arnold Palmer in 1963.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Harris English, Russell Henley and Bryson DeChambeau have already earned automatic qualification on the US team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Europe, meanwhile, Luke Donald remains captain after leading the team to victory two years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Ryder Cup runs from September 26 through September 28 at Long Island’s Bethpage Black Course.<\/p>\n

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