U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley shocked the golf world Wednesday with his decision not to tab himself as one of the six wild-card picks to play in the highly anticipated matches Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black.

After months of speculation that Bradley — clearly one of the top players in the world (No. 11 in the world rankings) — would name himself one of the six captain’s picks, he decided instead to only serve as team captain, an honor bestowed upon him 13 months ago by the PGA of America.

The mantra all along on the part of the 39-year-old Vermont native was that he was going to do whatever was best for the team, not him. And that’s the tack he took when making his picks.

“I truly felt this whole time that I needed to be the captain from the very start,’’ Bradley said Wednesday.

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