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Keegan Bradley, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, has confessed that his tasks as captain are inescapable, even when he is making an attempt to get some sleep.

The PGA Tour star, who was appointed as the U.S. Ryder Cup staff captain in July 2024, is already deep in preparations for the upcoming competitors at Bethpage Black in New York this September.

While the groups haven’t been formally confirmed, Bradley has determined to retain the option of six captain’s picks. This means six gamers will robotically qualify from the factors record, with Scottie Scheffler (Q), J.J. Spaun (Q), and Xander Schauffele (Q) having already secured their spots.

The top 12 at present consists of Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, captain Bradley himself, Maverick McNealy, and Brian Harman. Bradley admits that his position as captain is continually on his thoughts, even during his downtime at evening.

With just over a month until the competitors, the U.S. staff is gearing up to reclaim the Ryder Cup after their defeat in 2023. “Thinking a lot more about it now,” Bradley shared.

He added: “I’m laying in bed thinking about golf balls that the guys play, thinking about pairings, certainly amped up. I think I’ve done — I’m really proud of the way I’ve been able to get inside the ropes and be a player this year. I didn’t know how this was going to go.”

He concluded: “No one knew how this was going to go. I think most people thought I was going to have a horrible year. But that’s one of the things I’m most proud of.

“I’m proud that I received Hartford, but I’m also actually proud to have been ready to carry out inside the ropes with every thing going on. There’s no cause why I can not continue to do that these next two weeks. We’ve received a lot on the road, and I hope to continue.”

Bradley remains undecided about whether he’ll compete himself. “I’ve been saying all yr you possibly can’t anticipate to be on the staff unless you are in the top six. My purpose is to go on the market, whether or not I used to be Ryder Cup captain or not this week, and play properly and play properly next week at the TOUR Championship as properly,” he declared.

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“There’s positively a lot more on my plate right here these next couple of weeks. The Ryder Cup has always been so distant, and now it is proper there. Things are positively amping up. I still have a lot to show just as properly as everybody around me on the record.”

Scheffler has heaped praise on Bradley for his dedicated approach to the captaincy role. The world No.1 believes Bradley has “exceeded expectations.

“For me, I’m treating the Ryder Cup as a real team. We’re not going off past Ryder Cups or what they did. I’m trying to act like this is a team that plays all year round,” Bradley explained. “I think an advantage that I’ve had as captain is, I’m around the guys.

“I’m around the blokes in observe rounds, in locker rooms, ready in rain delays. I noticed J.J. Spaun at the U.S. Open in this rain delay, and I’m wanting at him, and I just like — it did not look like he was in this place to win the U.S. Open.

“Seemed like we had been there in a observe spherical. He’s joking around. I keep in mind pondering, this man, he is a killer. It’s loopy. I’d be pacing around exterior or whatever, so just seeing that. More importantly, getting to know the blokes, it is actually pressured me to actually get to know them.