CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — The question about playing in the Ryder Cup was inevitable. For the Americans who have spent time with Keegan Bradley over the last year, the answer he gave on the 18th green was as pure as the 6-foot putt he had just made to win the Travelers Championship.
“Go USA!” was all Bradley said.
“Of course he wants to play,” Justin Thomas had said two days before the 39-year-old Bradley posted a 63-68 weekend to win. “I think his main priority is for the U.S. to win the Ryder Cup. In his heart, he does not care if he’s playing or captaining as long as the U.S. wins. Obviously if he could choose, it would be winning as a captain and a player.
“But everything has been so player-first with him,” Thomas said. “If everybody wants him on the team, I think he’ll be on it.”
There is no getting around it now.