Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley has been motivating American players all year, telling them to bring a winning mentality to Bethpage Black for the high-charged matches against Europe.

And then one day Xander Schauffele replied, “I think you should bring you clubs.”

Bradley was set to make his six picks Wednesday morning for the Sept. 26-28 matches on New York's Long Island, and the suspense was greater than usual because of one player — the captain. At stake was whether Bradley would pick himself and become the first playing captain in 62 years at the Ryder Cup.

“I'm going to be defined by this decision,” Bradley said last week at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

He has said he would lean on his assistants if he plays, but he would not give up the captaincy.

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