BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Sweat dripping, eyes bulging, with a face as red as his Team USA outfit, Keegan Bradley the golfer is a perfect picture of the high-stakes, high-intensity event the Ryder Cup has become. Article content
And that’s why the American captain made the correct choice not to play on this week’s team at Bethpage Black in New York. Article content Article content
Yes, it would have been an incredible story to have Bradley become the first playing-captain in a Ryder Cup since the legendary Arnold Palmer in 1963, but it probably would have been a mistake.
It’s going to be crazy this week at Bethpage Black with the unrelenting New York sports fans taking a borderline crazy event to yet another level.
The U.S. captain’s role in keeping some sense of decorum with his players