Fred Couples Says Keegan Bradley Not Being 'in close' With Ryder Cup Colleagues Calculated Into Censure

 

In the first place, however, Couples rejected that there was anything like that as an "outside," before later conceding that Bradley not being as close with a portion of the more youthful players in the group might have [slightly] calculated into his non-choice.

"There's no 'outside,'" Couples said. "I saw Keegan Bradley's assertion. I left him off the group [as 2011 Presidents Cup captain] when he won a PGA. It's the most brutal thing you can do to a person.

"I feel like it's the players' group, yet you can't have folks telling the skipper 'here's who I need, ought to be on it,' except if you're a Jordan Spieth or a Scottie Scheffler, or a [Patrick] Cantlay."

Bradley, 37, is just three years more established than Rickie Fowler, one of Johnson's six chief's picks. Be that as it may, Fowler, Spieth and, maybe the most disputable commander's choice, Justin Thomas, are exceptionally dear companions. And afterward there is Sam Consumes, who snatched the last right on target the group and is supposed to be matched with his dear companion, Scottie Scheffler.

Couples recommended that every one of the skipper's picks were made in light of pairings.

"Presently they're picking different folks that might not have the record of Keegan, yet they pair them up impeccably," he said.

"I like Keegan. He's a more seasoned person, and he's not in close with them. Assuming that had 20% to do with it, I won't contend that."

Consequently qualifying would have been the method for keeping away from every one of these what-uncertainties for Bradley, yet that doesn't make them any less agonizing to ponder. While he's unquestionably not old, he's not getting any more youthful, and his fine play over the last two seasons, which included great comes out on top for at the 2022 Zozo Title and the 2023 Voyagers Title, seemed like to the point of procuring Bradley a third-vocation Ryder Cup appearance.

Sadly for Bradley, basically playing better isn't the main thing figured into commander's choices any longer. In view of that, expect to see Bradley getting additional comfortable with a portion of the more youthful players over the course of the following couple of years with an eye on the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Dark.