The 45th edition of the Ryder Cup is already creating huge excitement, just under three months away from the first tee shot at Bethpage Black.
Keegan Bradley is the captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup team, but the recent chatter suggests that he may well play at Bethpage as well.
One of the vice-captains – Kevin Kisner – recently said that Bradley should definitely play at the Ryder Cup, despite the fact that he is the team captain.
In fact, it has been suggested that all of the top American players will want Bradley to play on the Ryder Cup team.
The 39-year-old is currently sitting in ninth spot in the U.S. Ryder Cup team standings, and he’s undoubtedly one of the most in-form American players in the game right now.
Bradley has been in sensational form recently, and even if he doesn’t qualify automatically, it would be a strange call to leave him out of the team.
Golf fans think Keegan Bradley has hinted he will be playing at the Ryder Cup
Bradley seems destined to play at Bethpage Black in September.
And on Wednesday, a big announcement was made that has now convinced American golf fans that Bradley will be a playing member of Team USA.
Gary Woodland has been named as one of the vice-captains for the showdown with the Europeans.
And some golf fans took to social media platform X to share their thoughts on the Woodland announcement.
One golf fan suggested that Woodland being named as a vice-captain means one thing: “Yep Keegan is playing. I’m ready to run through a wall.“
While another fan echoed exactly the same sentiment: “Tells me Keegan is playing at Bethpage which is absolutely the right move.“
Meanwhile, a third golf fan commented along the same lines: “So Keegan is playing.“
And another alluded to the same thing: “So Keegs is playing?“
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A fifth fan hinted the mere fact that there are now five vice-captains means one thing: “Why do they need 5?“
While another American fan said: “How many captains do you need? So obviously Keegan will be playing.“
Before a seventh fan simply said: “Keegan playing.“
And then another fan said Bradley playing at Bethpage should be a no-brainer: “So does this mean Keegan is playing? I hope so! We need our hottest guys on the team!“
So does this mean Keegan is playing? I hope so! We need our hottest guys on the team! 🇺🇸
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One thing’s for sure right now, there aren’t many American players who are performing better or more consistently than Bradley.
What Bradley has said about playing at the Ryder Cup
After his win at the Travelers Championship two weeks ago, Bradley responded when asked whether he could step down as Ryder Cup captain in order to play.
He said: “I’m definitely still going to be the captain. I’m not stepping down or any of that. I’ve put too much work into this, but I do have incredible vice-captains. Before I said where I definitely wasn’t going to play, I didn’t have any of these guys. Now that I’ve been around them, Jim Furyk, Sneds and Kisner and one more to come, I feel a lot more comfortable with that.”
So it’s clear that Bradley won’t be stepping down as captain.
As he said, he has a highly experienced group of vice-captains who will be able to take care of the necessary duties, if he is out playing on the course.
That said, the Europeans will probably be delighted if Bradley acts as a playing captain at the Ryder Cup.
In the modern era, the role of a captain is a monumentally difficult one, and it seems like the man from Vermont could well be underestimating that fact.