U.S. captain Keegan Bradley decided the best way to win back the Ryder Cup was to leave his golf clubs at home.

Bradley filled out his 12-man roster Wednesday with six captain’s picks for the September matches that did not include himself. He had considered becoming the first playing captain of the Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer in 1963 at East Lake.

Turns out the suspense was for everyone but himself. Bradley said he had decided “a while ago” that he would not play at Bethpage Black on New York’s Long Island, and the team had been set on Monday.

“I know 100% certain this is the right choice,” Bradley said from PGA of America headquarters in Frisco, Texas.

“I grew up wanting to play the Ryder Cup. It broke my heart not to play, it really did,” he said. “Ultimately I was chosen to do a j

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