is “on a mission” to win the for Team USA. He will have the most talented players on his team to accomplish that goal, regardless of what tour they play on. “I’m not worried about the LIV Golf stuff.
I’m going to have the 12 best players on the team. I don’t care what or where they play. So we have a mission to win this tournament,” Bradley said Tuesday.
“I want the best players on the team. By the time we get to Bethpage in 2025, we have no clue how the layout of the golf world is going to be.” The leadup to the 2023 competition in Rome sparked plenty of controversy regarding .
The Europeans stripped Henrik Stenson of his captaincy after he joined the Saudi-backed circuit and consequently handed the reigns over to Englishman instead. The DP World Tour, which facilitates the European Ryder Cup team, barred LIV Golf players from joining the blue and gold. That meant no Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey, and Martin Kaymer—all Ryder Cup stalwarts who joined LIV.
On the American side, Captain Zach Johnson selected Brooks Koepka, who won the 2023 at Oak Hill, to join Team USA. Koepka was the only LIV Golf player on either side and posted a 1-1-1 record, which included a historic loss to Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg. on Saturday morning and lost 9 & 7.
So far this year, nobody has played better in major championships than . He tied for sixth at , finished in solo second at Valhalla, and then won the at Pinehurst No. 2 in dramatic fashion.
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