Keegan Bradley didn’t pick himself as a playing captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup, but he’ll still be the driving force behind Team USA at Bethpage Black.
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Keegan Bradley just lost out on his decadel long RDER Cup dream, but he might have gained something even better in the process. So, the US RDER Cup roster is out, and the biggest snub from the team is the captain, Keegan Bradley, who left himself off the roster even after a strong 2025 season. Just broke my heart not to play. My ultimate goal to start this whole thing was to be the best captain that I could be, and this is how I felt like I could do this. I know 100% for certain that this is the right choice. In many ways, Keegan’s captaincy has been fashioned into a kind of remaking of the American Rder Cup way. But as he spoke, Keegan said the biggest surprise of the Rder Cup captaincy was how it had remade him forced me to get open up more. And you know, I sort of lived life on tour in the shadows for for most of my career. And you know, I I I went to the course, did my job, and I left. Um, and I didn’t forge many strong relationships. And what these guys have taught me is that that’s not the way you have to go about your career. Make no mistake, Keegan Bradley is the big loser from this RDER Cup team. At 39 years old, he might never make another roster. But we love the RDER Cup because it reminds us of the power of the team. And in choosing to forego himself from the roster, Keegan showed us that he already understands one of the cup’s most important rules. Sometimes it’s nice to be the star, but sometimes it’s even better to be the leader. Getting to know Patrick, getting to know Sam, all these guys has been really great. And and selfishly, it’s been great for me as well. It’s it’s again, it’s taught me a new life on tour. And I truly believe it’s helped me play at a higher
