Brandel Chamblee isn’t holding back. On his podcast, the Golf Channel analyst and former PGA Tour winner backed the Ryder Cup’s long-standing substitution rule, calling it an essential safeguard for the event. “I mean, the rule has to change, I think it’s obvious to everybody in the sports world, in this room. Nothing against Viktor. But that rule needs to change by the next Ryder Cup,” Keegan Bradley said after Team USA’s 15–13 defeat to Europe.

Under the captains’ agreement, each side must place one name in a sealed envelope on Saturday night, designating the player who would sit out if an opposing golfer is injured. But Luke Donald, fresh off becoming only the second European captain to win back-to-back Ryder Cups, insisted the rule protects players and should stay in place.

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