Keegan Bradley backs up unlikely Ryder Cup plan which could cause major problem for Team USA

Keegan Bradley could well be in line to qualify as a playing captain at this year’s Ryder Cup and has started his campaign in form at the opening event at The Sentry

 

Keegan Bradley waits on the first tee during the second round of The Sentry at The Plantation Course

 

The potential of a playing captain taking charge of Team USA at the 2025 Ryder Cup could soon become a reality if Keegan Bradley’s start to the campaign in Hawaii is anything to go by.

 

 

Bradley currently finds himself just three shots behind 36-hole leader Hideki Matsuyama at the halfway stage of the opening event of the PGA Tour season at The Sentry. The 38-year-old followed up an opening four-under-par 69 with a superb nine-under 63 on day two.

 

 

It is the beginning of a huge year for Bradley, who has been given the honor of leading Team USA as captain at the Ryder Cup, two years after brutally missing out as a player.

 

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Despite taking on the captaincy role, Bradley still has plans to make the team as a player after re-finding his best form in recent months. “I would love to be a playing captain,” the skipper said at the backend of last season. “No one has really had the opportunity that I’ve had.

 

“It’s going to be really hard for me to make that team, but if I make the team, I’ll play. I don’t see myself being a captain’s pick, but I’ll be proud just to be the captain. If I have to go out there and play, I’d love to do that, too.”

 

 

Bradley has been warned about taking on a dual role though. One man who knows exactly what it takes to lead a Ryder Cup team is three-time European captain Bernard Gallacher, and the Scot believes the demands of both roles make playing captaincy hugely difficult.

 

 

“They picked Keegan Bradley as captain and we are going to spend from now until then wondering if he is going to be a playing captain,” Gallacher told Mirror U

.S. Sports last month.