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Team USA Ryder Cup Keegan Bradley has let slip that merely a duo from the LIV Golf roster received the nod for a current squad dinner – notably leaving out a number of marquee gamers while Scottie Scheffler gave it a miss.

Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau confirmed up at the gathering, signaling maybe a clue to the captain’s sport plan. As the PGA Championship commences this week with no fewer than 16 LIV Golf figures in the sector, and no John Daly, all eyes are on the implications for this Ryder Cup season, notably with Bethpage Black setting the stage come September.

And while the staggering price of food and drink costs have gone viral, captain Bradley turned up the heat on his American contenders, highlighting the importance of the upcoming championship.

Bradley made it recognized that Koepka and DeChambeau had been the only LIV entrants he prolonged an invitation to for the meal, indicating a cold shoulder to different LIV standouts such as Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, and Bubba Watson.

“Yeah, we invited Brooks and Bryson, and they were in there on points and they played on previous teams,” he mentioned. “It was great to have them there.

“They had been – it was thrilling to – this Ryder Cup and what comes with this, no one cares about what’s going on in this aspect PGA Tour-LIV. We’re making an attempt to put the best group collectively.

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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.”

When pressed about evaluating LIV Golf gamers due to much less statistical knowledge and decreased visibility as they play simultaneous to PGA occasions, Bradley gave a frank response.

He conceded the drawback: “Yeah, maybe. Listen, we’ve got – these guys are playing in all four of the majors, so we’ll have that. These guys, a lot of them are up in these leaderboards every major.”

“We’ll see how the year shapes out. The data is a little less at LIV. We don’t have quite the same stats that we have out here, but we have some.

“We know profitable and contending on any tour at any degree is tough. I do not care where you play. I performed the mini-tours. Winning there was tough. Winning on the LIV is tough. You can see guys – profitable a LIV occasion is a large deal.”