Keegan Bradley seems to be a team team in Rider Cup fame this September, but is its role to grow from Captain to also consent as a player after his last success of PGA tour?
Bradley was announced last summer as the next team of Captain, after Tiger Woods, who turned off the role, and former PGA Championship was successful, and he was in charge of returning the trophy in BethPage.
The 39-year-old will become the youngest Captain of the American Rider Capa from Arnold Palmer in 1963. years, while Bradley could have repeated what Palmer had done in a to year’s competition and served as a playing captain in the US.
What led to Bradley who approached the role of double Rider Cup? Will Bradley automatically qualify or can be made potentially as a captain selection? We believe that this could mean for the plans of Rider Cups of the United States …
How is the functioning of the Kup Rider qualification?
Qualifications for Safe Rider Cup team began at the beginning of 2024. Year, with one point for $ 1,000 earned for all those that make the cut players and each of the four major and season.
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The same number of points is offered for each regular PGA tour event during 2025. year, starting from the back in January and the qualification campaign that passes to the BMV championship in August.
There is additional weighting for this year’s major, with 1.5 points for $ 1000 earned for all players who make up the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open and Open.
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Top six players in the Rider Cup point at the end of the qualifying campaign in mid-August will create a team, and six captains’ guys at the time he announced after the tour for touring next week.
How was Bradley’s candidate Rider Cup?
Bradley has impressed the last season, claiming that in Hawaii open endings in Hawaii and Charles Schwab Championship before winning Championshipship – second of FedExcup.
He was presented for the US Chairman in the president after the conclusion of the season, helping them win over the international team, then made a strong start to 2025. Year with five top-20 ends in the top seven beginnings.
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Bradley followed the-eighth goal at the PGA Championship with another strong display on the Memorial Tournament, before the dramatic ending of the passenger championship was returned from the four holes to play incorporated victory in one footage.
What did Bradley say earlier about playing?
Bradley was in the top 20 in the world when it was set, making it provides Rider Cup as a player always insisted that it would be just consideration, it should be qualified automatically.
“I’m going to really hard for me to make that team, but if I do a team, I’ll play,” said BMV’s BMW championship last summer. “I don’t see that I’m Captain’s choice. But I’m going to have to be proud to be just a captain.”
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Featured from the fourth and last round of PGA PGA 2024 BMV PGA, where Bradley impressed
He repeated the position in front of the PGA Championship, despite the strong start of the year, where he added: “I don’t think about me by the end, and I’ve changed me in that conversation. I don’t think about myself.” I’m not thinking about this right now. “
How did he win his travelers championship to change things?
Bradley turned the deficit with three shots on a remarkable final circle on the passenger championship, where the bird’s last hole is – in combination with closing butts from Tommy Fleetooda – he saw him to grab one footage.
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Highlighting from the final circle of passenger championships as Tommy Fleetwood closely missed the PGA tour in the hands of Bradley
The victory on Event’s PGA tour was earned by Bradley 3,600 Team Rider Cup and moved eight seats on the ninth in the ranking list, leaving it a little more than 2,150 points behind Justin Thomas on the sixth automatic qualifying place.
Bradley’s success also raised it into the world no. 7 – The highest world of his career – and within the top top of the FedExcup are moving in the last two months of the PGA tour season.
Since then, Bradley said?
Bradley reflected the possibility of playing captains with the media that will admit that his eighth victory PGA PGA Tour – and fourth in such years – “Opens the door to play” and make the third look of Rider Cup.
“I’ve been here all my life every year, I wanted to play on the Rider Cup team, and then it would be the first year where I might not want,” he said.
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An amazing final hole that took place at the passenger championship, such as Bradley Senzalially oriented Fleetwood
“I just wanted to be a captain and, of course, you know, it happens. But we’ll see everything I think is the best for that.”
Can they continue to qualify automatically?
Bradley Characteristics on a rocket classic and will have opportunities to earn additional points outdoors and in FeedExcup playoffs, together with any other PGA touring events that decided to enroll it before at the end of the qualification period.
Even if Bradley does not violate the Rider Cup in the first six in order to automatically qualify, he is almost left as one of the 12 highest American ranking players before announcing his Captain.
How common is the captain to play in Rider Cup?
If Bradley qualified to have a Rider CUP function as a player, as he would be the role of Captain Players, and in the United States in 1963. year, qualified that the Rider Cup player as a player, or would be chosen as a player as a player Captain-Captain.
Velsov Dai Rees was the Captain of the player for Great Britain and Ireland in December 1961, while Valter Hagen held both roles for the United States during five of the first six editions of the Biennale competition.
Then in Rider Cup was not, although Tiger Woods held a double role for that in the United States during the 2019 Cup. Year over the International Team in Melbourne.
Tiger Woods won all three of his matches as a player during the CUP win in USA 2019. Years
Can he juggle playing and captain?
Bradley discovered the possibility that the toy captain was discussed for the first time when PGA America called him last June to offer the role of Rider Cup, and a double role is discussed in the background throughout the year at this year’s event.
“They (PGA America) knew it was the possibility and that we would have things for that (playing captains),” Bradley admitted on Sunday. “If a tiger (a forest) or Phil (Mickelson) or these guys have captainers in my age, they would do the same way.”
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Former PGA Tour Caddy John Wood was an appointed US manager before the appointment of Captain, the role is designed to take some of the administrative responsibilities, while Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Kisner and Jim Furik, received the name.
“Every vice president of the captain I choose to know that it is (an additional role),” Bradley said in the year to celebrate “last October.” They will know what happens in that way. I think my vice-captains will be more than able to do it. “
Bradley’s Rider Cup role has yet to be officially finalized, although it is also more likely to be in the game and captain. Or the outcome will separate the opinion and put more pressure on it – from the noise in the New York crowd – to deliver the victory of the house.
When is Rider Cup live on Sky Sports?
Ski Sports will still be home to Rider CUP, with all three days, Edition 2025. exclusively live from 26. to 28. September. Stream PGA Tour, DP World Tour, opera tour and more without contract.
