'You Can't Expect To Be On The Team' - Love Everything About Keegan Bradley Being Captain America, Keeping Pressure On Guys To Finish Top-6 For The Ryder Cup
This right here is the perfect quote from Keegan Bradley. He's right. The top-6 get auto invites to Bethpage and the next 6 is up to him and his team. You can't expect to make the team if you're outside the top-6 because you have no idea how Keegan wants to build his team. Looking at you, Patrick Reed:
Or even someone like a Patrick Cantlay. Right now the top-6 is:
-Scottie (already qualified, duh)
- Xander
- JJ Spaun
- Russell Henley
- Bryson
- Justin Thomas
Pretty good start! But you know what names you don't see? Those we're familiar with. Guys like Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay, or even a Tony Finau. You have The Open next week, that matters. That should at least give us a pretty clear line of who can make the top-6 still with a few big money tournaments left. It's not going to be necessarily easy, but I think Bradley has an idea of what he wants in the locker room.
Not to mention, as he said, he knows the tough call personally:
So far Bradley is saying all the right things. The problem we all heard going into Rome was it was the boys club picks and not taking who fits the best 12 for the format. That's all that matters this year. You can't lose at Bethpage after we got our ass kicked in Rome. So shout out Keegan Bradley, he's truly embraced being Captain America.