Keegan Bradley is now less than a week away from naming his 12-man lineup for the Ryder Cup next month.
Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele, and J.J. Spaun are already confirmed, and there will be two more automatic qualifiers.
But after the BMW Championship concludes on Sunday evening, Bradley will then select six more players, which could even include himself.
Ahead of the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, European team member Justin Rose was asked what he expects from Bradley as the USA captain.
Justin Rose predicts what Keegan Bradley will be like as USA Ryder Cup captain
Rose was named as part of Luke Donald’s European team after his victory at the St Jude Championship last weekend.
He will be hoping that Bradley and his United States team flop at Bethpage, but he does not expect that to happen.
Rose described Bradley as “charismatic” and “fiery” as he predicted that he would be a “great captain.”
“I’m sure you’re thinking about Keegan and want me to say something about Keegan, but you know, he’s probably created… he may not have seen… the overall honor of leading out the team was probably his decision-making at the time, yes,” he said.
“That’s going to trump all for him, New York, lead out the team. He’s obviously a charismatic and fiery competitor, and obviously, I think, with that will become a great captain. He’s almost played too well for his own liking in a sense.
“The team may well require him… the best way to win the Ryder Cup is to win points, so if he feels like he’s an absolute strategic, brilliant mind, then maybe he’s focused one way.
“Or if he thinks, damn, I’m playing well, I need to win points, I’m going to do it that way. So he’s going to figure out the best way to do it for him. That’s his job as captain now.”
Justin Rose explains why Luke Donald is the ‘perfect’ Ryder Cup captain
Ryder Cup captains usually change with every event, but Luke Donald was reinstated for Bethpage after doing so well in Rome two years ago.
Rose explained why the former world number one is “the perfect guy” to lead Europe to another victory.
“I think he just made it easy for the players really,” Rose added. “He just took the responsibility of so many little decisions, and I felt like the players felt like there was freedom to play golf.
“That’s kind of what it boiled down to. I think the players enjoyed… they enjoy it being as simple as that, I think, from that point of view.
“I also don’t think there was necessarily a captain ready and waiting in the wings, and Luke, I think also, there’s so much learning done year one, or for Ryder Cup one, I just felt like he was the perfect guy for Bethpage. He’s meticulous, and we’ve enjoyed working under him for sure.”
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