U.S. Ryder Cup team hopefuls meet for dinner in The City of Brotherly Love
U.S. Ryder Cup team hopefuls meet for dinner in The City of Brotherly Love
PHILADELPHIA – It's only fitting that U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Keegan Bradley chose this fair city known as the City of Brotherly Love, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Liberty Bell hangs outside Independence Hall – crack and all – to gather potential members of Team USA to break bread on Tuesday.
The Ryder Cup, which will be held from Sept. 27-29, is still months away, but it's never too soon to start building a brotherly bond among potential teammates. Bradley has invited all members of the 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup team and 2024 Presidents Cup team as well as those players within shouting distance of making the team – and their caddies to dinner this evening.
As of Monday, Scottie Scheffler was leading the U.S. points standings. The top six in the standings automatically qualify for the U.S. team.
2. Xander Schauffele
3. Collin Morikawa
4. Bryson DeChambeau
5. Russell Henley
6. Justin Thomas
Bradley will be given six captain's picks to round out his 12-man squad. Here are the next six in the current point standings:
7. Maverick McNealy
8. Brian Harman
9. Andrew Novak
10. J.J. Spaun
11. Patrick Cantlay
12. Harris English
Others on the outside looking in with work to do include:
18. Tony Finau
22. Keegan Bradley
23. Patrick Reed
25. Jordan Spieth
27. Sam Burns
28. Max Homa
29. Sahith Theegala
43. Will Zalatoris
64. Rickie Fowler
Bradley's dinner originally was scheduled to be held on site at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, this week's tournament site for the Truist Championship, but was moved off-site due to potential inclement weather.
Team Europe is in possession of the Ryder Cup, winning the most recent matchup in 2023 in Rome. But Bradley is out to prove that the team that eats together, wins together.
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