Ryder Cup hopeful tells Keegan Bradley exactly why | Golf News

Cameron Young has made his pitch to captain Keegan Bradley as the American golfer fights for a spot in the upcoming Ryder Cup staff.

The rising star finds himself among a number of gamers vying for choice after lacking out on one of the six automated qualifying positions for the home staff at Bethpage.

Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Russell Henley, Xander Schauffele, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau all locked up their spots through the factors standings, with Bradley set to reveal his remaining six picks this Wednesday.

Young’s timing could not be better, using high on strong playoff performances that adopted his breakthrough PGA Tour victory at the Wyndham Championship.

The 28-year-old is keen to compete against Europe on his home turf and has offered compelling arguments for why Bradley ought to give him his maiden Ryder Cup alternative.

When questioned about his strongest promoting factors for staff choice, Young explained: “I think recent form is kind of a hard one to deny. Aside from that, it’s my home state, it’s a golf course I love. It’s almost exclusively a major championship venue and my major record is pretty good.

“It’s a easy, big-boy golf course. There’s just not a lot funky about it. The greens should not loopy. The fairways aren’t actually, actually slim. It’s long, but it is not the longest place in the world. But it is just easy. It’s troublesome. That’s the sort of golf that I like.

“I think there’s a few points that if I had to make my case to him, those are things I’d like him to know. He’s been incredibly encouraging to me. He’s obviously watching everybody very closely and he’s been very kind to reach out and show some enthusiasm and some support when I’ve played well.

“I do know he is acquired a lot on his plate, so I do not count on a ton from him. But he is been very good to me and I respect any consideration he is given me to placing me on that staff.

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“I think it’s just a function of a more stable, solid golf that I’ve played recently. Even before that I missed the cut at the British Open, but I think that was just a bit of a strange one. Just one of those weeks where all your bad shots cost you more than they can.

“I performed some good golf, Canadian Open, US Open, and then acquired to week 4 or 5 of that stretch and sort of struggled with fatigue. But I feel I’ve continued to push through and play better and better over the last bunch of weeks.

“I mean, I think it’s nice to check the box [winning the Wyndham], but I’m three weeks removed from it now. “I’ve acquired another process in entrance of me. That’s actually what I’m involved about.

It’s good to have performed it and have it on your resume and assume back to some of the great golf that I performed there, but I performed loads of good golf the next week that I look back on.

“I definitely am happy that my job is a bit more stable. I’m just confident in what I’m doing and I’ve built a lot of that over the course of the last few months.”