Third pick: BEN GRIFFIN

Bradley: “Really proud of this player for making this team. He was consistent the entire year, second only to Scottie.”

Griffin: “Going from a desk job to making my way back to the PGA Tour has been an incredible journey. I appreciate the belief from Keegan and the vice-captains.”

Second pick: COLLIN MORIKAWA

Bradley: “He will do whatever it takes to win for our team.”

Morikawa: “There’s always more pressure. We’re going to use that as a positive, being at home. All 12 of us are going to be very close, no matter what happens away from the course, you have to hit great shots.”

So far, so predictable. Who’s next?

First pick: JUSTIN THOMAS

Bradley: “He’s the heart and soul of our team. This guy was born to play Ryder Cups.”

Thomas: “The captain’s done a great job of choosing the team. Everybody is here for a reason. I will tell anyone on the team to just be themselves. Be ready and enjoy it. It’s going to be a pretty wild week.”

Bradley is going through the players already qualified. Scottie Scheffler (the best there is), JJ Spaun (great guy to have around), Xander Schauffele (one of the most humble guys in the world, our good guy), Russell Henley (one of my favourite people, gutsy player), Harris English (put in a lot of hard work to get back to this spot) and Bryson DeChambeau (has gone above and beyond what you could ask of a player to make this team).

“It’s been the most incredible year of my life, honestly. My favourite year as a professional…”

Here we go, then. Keegan Bradley is at the mic.

Time is getting close now. Coverage of the announcement starts at 4pm Irish time. Presuming there’ll be the usual torrent of guff that surrounds these things, we might have to wait a while for the goods. But it won’t be a long while.

It must be surreal for Ben Griffin or Cam Young to see the goalposts moved in the same way Keegan saw them moved for himself, but now he’s potentially doing the moving! It’s about form until it’s not, or experience till it’s not, or chemistry till it’s not.

— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) August 27, 2025

If Bradley does pick himself, then who gets dumped? The rumour going around in the past 48 hours is that Ben Griffin could be for the high jump, which would be a fairly brutal – not to mention shameful – act if it comes to pass. Griffin has been the surprise package of American golf in 2025, jumping 50 places in the world rankings on the back of a season that has featured one win and eight top 10s. He finished ninth in the Ryder Cup rankings, two places ahead of Bradley.

If not Griffin, then who? Sam Burns finished 16th on the list but has been a reliable partner for World Number One Scottie Scheffler in both the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup in the past. Cameron Young has finished no worse than 11th in his past four tournaments and has jumped 40 places in the world rankings in just the space of five months.

If Bradley has picked himself, one of these dudes has been on the wrong end of an awkward phonecall at some stage in the past 24 hours.

And if you’re wondering at all how the Yanks got themselves into this situation, it’s fair to say that this clip is where it all began. The top bods at the PGA of America saw it on Netflix and, so the story goes, felt so sorry for Bradley that they offered him the captaincy. Mad!

Two years ago, Keegan Bradley received the call that he was not making the Ryder Cup team.

Now, as captain, he’s on the other side of the phone.

We spoke with ‘Full Swing’ creator Chad Mumm about capturing this moment. Watch the full video: https://t.co/xBJ2MhvOdJ pic.twitter.com/N6N2dxNjsf

— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) August 25, 2025

It is, of course, pretty incredible that everyone is still in the dark over whether or not Bradley is going to pick himself. I’d have bet Keegan’s splendidly plush house in Jupiter, Florida that it would have leaked out by now. But the only slight whisper so far has been published by James Corrigan, golf writer with The Daily Telegraph, who says his sources tell him Bradley is likely to put himself in the team. Corrigan is one of the best story-getters on the circuit so the likelihood is he’s correct. Still, it’s interesting that nobody on the US side of the pond seems to have been able to nail it down.

US captain Keegan Bradley will this afternoon announce his captain’s picks for next month’s Ryder Cup, with the big talking point being whether or not he will pick himself.

Six players are already guaranteed a spot on the team – Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau – with today’s captain’s picks completing the 12-man squad.

Bradley will make the announcement live in Frisco, Texas from 4pm Irish time and answer some questions from the assembled press afterwards. You can follow our live updates below and also watch the live feed at the top of this article.

The European team is due to be announced next Monday with Shane Lowry hoping to be included via Luke Donald’s captain’s picks.

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