As Keegan Bradley exits East Lake with little Ryder Cup clarity, here's a closer look at his task ahead

Keegan Bradley left East Lake on Sunday night with many things.

Clarity was not among them.

Bradley’s T-7 finish at the Tour Championship, along with nice finishes from several potential U.S. Ryder Cup captain’s picks, means that the American skipper’s job these next couple days – until the six picks are revealed on Wednesday morning – will be unenviable.

“I think no matter what decision that I make here, I could have gone the other way easily, no matter what,” Bradley said. “The only thing I care about is on Sunday of the Ryder Cup, that we win the Ryder Cup. Then I’ll know I made the right decision.”

Bradley said he’d not been communicating with his assistant captains while he competed at East Lake, but he planned to call them Sunday night to begin the 48-hour deliberations.

“Saw a