Who should be Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup choices?

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With the end of the Tour championship on Sunday, US Cup Ryder Cup Keegan Bradley will now finish his team with the six captain’s elections he will make Wednesday. Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffle, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson Dechambeau are already in the squad. Place your captain’s cap and name the six wild card choices you would make.

Dylan Dothier, elderly writer (@dylan_Dethier): Gimme Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Young and Keegan Bradley. Don’t think someone else should answer – these are the correct choices.

Josh Schrock, news editor (@schrock_and_awe): I have the same six as Dylan. I think it would be electric if Keegan would take Sam Burns and leave Ben Griffin at home only for the #boysclub discourse, but they are the right six.

Zephyr Melton, editor of game improvement (@zephyrmelton): But about Keegan receives burns on himself and focuses on his duties as a captain? The fact that SH.BA gave the captain to a boy who has four points in his career Ryder Cup simply because he received his injured feelings the last time is quite absurd. Let there be no composite mistakes.

This means that Ryder Cup’s biggest snub will be…

Dethier: Maverick McNealy. Numbers say he is the best guy not in my team, but he just didn’t do enough this summer to come out as an indispensable choice.

Schrock: Numbers can say McNealy, but I think the largest snub is Burns, who was nails in the presidents cup and pairs well with Scheffler.

Melton: It is likely to burn because we all know that Keegan is choosing ourselves …

The biggest decision on Wednesday It can be if Bradley chooses yourself to be a captain playing. In East Lake, he admitted that his situation is “unique” because of his age (39). “You worry that people maybe on my part will say, if you don’t win. That was a mistake, it was self-industry,” he said. “I am very aware of this. No matter what decision I make, I will determine this decision. If we win, it doesn’t matter what decision I make.” As we already know your opinion if Keegs should choose on its own, do you think it was unfair for the PGA of America to put it in this situation in the first place? Should they have asked a captain who should not even worry about the possible distraction of the play?

Dethier: What I am most intrigued by, looking back, is the fact that Bradley’s selection came with the subtext that America’s PGA did not think he would make the team. For a guy who likes to try the wrong people, this must have been welcome fuel. But now that we are here? I just think it’s great. I think he has provided a spark with the team and American fans. I think it is a pleasure to see someone withdraw the double task; This is a miniature version of I see Ohtani or Travis Hunter playing both ways. After all, sports are supposed to be fun and delightful. This makes the Ryder cup much more interesting.

Schrock: I think the point is that the captain’s closet was pretty naked, with seemingly uninterested tiger and Phil being, you know, Phil. America’s PGA had to find a captain and, let’s be honest, they had to change things. Based on Scheffler’s quotes to have a captain who is about the best players all the time and knows and understands them, I think the mass actually had its intended effect. As Dylan pointed out, if he were to bring the best from Keegan as a player, this is a bonus and will make an electric week in Bethpage.

Melton: Still is still a head scratch that Keegan was chosen as captain. It seems to me that this was the award of comfort after being kidnapped for Rome. Was it an external action? Yes – but in what merits? It is not like the boy has been a strong way for American teams all his career. To make a baseball analogy, would Aaron Boone be the Yankees manager if he did not hit a standing house in 2003? No, and we see how it’s going. Would Keegan Bradley be the captain of Ryder Cup if he would unpack his suitcase after the 2014 Ryder Cup?

On the European side, we too Now I know the six vehicle qualifiers: Rory Mcilroy, Robert Macintyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Tyrrell Hatton and Rasmus Hoygaard. Which team do you think has the advantage with its automatic qualifiers? And anything different for you for both sides?

Dethier: What distinguishes is that if something unexpected does not happen, Team Europe is returning 11 of its 12 players from 2023, with an interesting situation at No. 12 exchanging Rasmus Hoygaard for his twin brother Nicolai. What else? In danger of being Rah-Rah, what distinguishes is that this should be a wonderful cup of Ryder; These are the two sides whose main boys are shooting in all cylinders.

Schrock: Americans have the best player, but Europeans have a better six, in my opinion, than Americans, especially given how Scratchy Xander and the uncertainty of how Bryson (and his prototype ball) will join the team.

Melton: I agree with Schrock above. I like the upper end of the US side, but the euro have a lot of experience with their depth.

Tommy Fleetwood won the tour championship (and $ 10 million FedEx Cup’s first prize on East Lake Sunday. Why do you think Fleetwood’s victory seemed to resonate about so many – including Lebron James?

Dethier: Golf will inevitably beat you, especially when you are not playing the type of golf you want, but somehow he never beat Fleetwood down. There is no cynicism there and no bad ego – just a diligent effort every time out. Hard hard to imagine someone who is rooted against Fleetwood. And mine COPHe’s good. For anyone who has ever approached, but fell in everything, he is a model on how to answer.

Schrock: I think the main thing that has made people gravitate to Tommy is the eternal optimism he has shown in the face of some overwhelming disappointments. The ability is his ability to be open and vulnerable in the moments after his loss and relentless positivity as he climbs towards his resonant goals. I think people want to root for people who are authentically themselves, and there is a magnetism to see someone fall and continue to rise and finally pass in line. Think Rory in masters, but to a smaller degree.

Melton: Sports fans love a redemption story – and Tommy fits the bill. Observing someone to summit the mountain after so many heart strokes will always be convincing. Calculate me among those who smiled once she crashed.

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