Rory McIlroy isn’t a fan of the notion that United States captain Keegan Bradley could select himself for his 12-member Ryder Cup team.

That’s nothing against Bradley as a competitor, McIlroy contends. It’s just that it’s quite the commitment.

After all, Arnold Palmer was the last playing captain in the biennial contest -- and that was in 1963.

Given that Bradley suggested he may attempt to follow that path next month at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y., McIlroy was asked about that very topic on Wednesday heading into week’s BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md.

“I just think the commitments that a captain has the week of -- you think about the extra media that a captain has to do, you think about the extra meetings that the captains have to do with the vi

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