Straight-talking Keegan Bradley fired back at Rory McIlroy after making the heartbreaking decision not to play in The Ryder Cup. ‌

And the United States captain also ignored the words of President Donald Trump as he opted not to pick himself for Bethpage. ‌

Bradley revealed that, despite a mid-season wobble, he’d long made the choice not to play as he announced Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns to join Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Harris English, Russell Henley and Bryson DeChambeau in his 12-man line-up. ‌

Debate had raged through the past months over the skipper playing as well as being skipper with McIlroy making it crystal clear it was something he didn’t believe was possible to do.

But Bradley says he

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