What other American Ryder Cup players are expected to tell Keegan Bradley about his captaincy after Travelers win

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Keegan Bradley is the talk of the town right now, unsurprisingly so after his win at the Travelers Championship on Sunday.

Bradley, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, looked to be completely out of the race midway through the back nine of his final round at TPC River Highlands.

However, he made two birdies in his final two holes to pip Tommy Fleetwood to the Travelers Championship title.

After his win on Sunday, Bradley said he had an epiphany about his Ryder Cup captaincy back in May.

The 39-year-old said: “I had this epiphany at the PGA Championship when I was getting these loud USA cheers that I don’t think any player in the history of the game has experienced what I’m experiencing in that I’m a Ryder Cup captain, in my eyes still one of the best players in the world trying to win majors and tournaments, and not a lot of people have experienced coming down the stretch of a tournament as the Ryder Cup captain, of big tournaments, and I’ve tried to embrace that and tried to feed off the energy, but they were really loud this week.“

That said, he also claimed last month that he wasn’t actually thinking about the situation just yet.

Bradley suggested that he was focused on playing, rather than the chance to become the first American to act as a playing captain at the Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer in 1963.

So is it actually possible for Bradley to serve as both a player and a captain? And more importantly, what do the rest of the U.S. Ryder Cup team think about it all?

What Keegan Bradley’s Travelers win means for Ryder Cup captaincy

Bradley must seriously be thinking about what he’s going to do in September now.

Aside from Scottie Scheffler, he is the most in-form American golfer right now, and he simply has to be on the team in September.

But do those guaranteed a place on the American team agree with that notion?

Dan Rapaport took to his X account on Sunday night, and mooted what the Team USA guys might be telling Bradley about his captaincy right now, after his incredible win at the Travelers Championship.

Rapaport suggested that the American players will be begging Bradley to play on the team at Bethpage Black.

He said: “It’s at the point where the other guys on the team are gonna say dude, we want and need you on the squad. The way Keegan closed that out…the intensity he plays with in crunch time…the love he has for the Ryder Cup…he’s got an interesting few months coming up!“

And then he posted another message on X about Bradley on Monday.

He said: “Keegan Bradley is No. 7 in the world rankings and No. 9 on Data Golf. He’s the 5th highest-ranked American in both. The PGA of America have a situation on their hands.“

Eight Americans who have served as Ryder Cup playing captains

There have been numerous occasions of golfers acting as playing captains on both sides throughout the years.

Eight Americans have performed the role, although it hasn’t happened since 1963!

It was obviously more common back then to serve as a playing captain.

However, if Bradley was to do it at the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1963, it really would be a big shock.