At Ryder Cup dinner, Keegan Bradley said 'no one cares' about PGA Tour-LIV feud
Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley hosted a dinner for potential players one week ago in Philadelphia. Golf Channel's Todd Lewis reported last week that the list of invitees included the current top 20 on the Ryder Cup qualifying list, members of the 2023 Ryder Cup team, the 2024 Presidents Cup team and two members from LIV Golf, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. The players' wives and caddies were also invited.
"It was great to have them there," said 38-year-old Bradley. "This Ryder Cup and what comes with this, no one cares about what's going on in this side PGA Tour-LIV. We're trying to put the best team together.
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"It could mean there's one LIV guy, two LIV guys, it doesn't matter. We'll see how this year shakes out. It was really great to have them together with all the guys. It's been a while since we've been able to do that."
Keegan Bradley of the United States speaks to the media prior to the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 13, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Keegan Bradley 22nd on Ryder Cup points list
The top six eligible players from the U.S. Ryder Cup Points list following the BMW Championship on August 17 will make the team. DeChambeau, the 2024 U.S. Open champion, is currently fifth on the points list while Koepka is 91st. Bradley will then get six captain's picks to round out the team following the 2025 Tour Championship.
The 2011 PGA champion, who hasn't ruled out playing on the team, is currently 22nd on the point list.
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"Right now I go about every day as the captain," said Bradley. "I don't even think about me as a player at this point.
"If I get to the end of the year and I'm in that conversation, I'll change that. For now I have to operate every day as if I'm the captain and make decisions as the captain. I'm not thinking of myself as a player on the team at the moment."
More: Schupak: The Keegan Bradley captaincy conundrum heats up
While Bradley is undoubtedly focusing on himself this week at Quail Hollow, he can't help but notice how potential players fare with so many points up for grabs.
"You see a guy, maybe a younger guy, that stands up to the pressure and can feel this," said Bradley, "this is as close as we're going to get to Bethpage in that the pressure on Sundays is a lot in a major, and you can see a lot there."
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: At Ryder Cup dinner, Keegan Bradley said 'no one cares' about PGA-LIV feud
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