In late September, the fiercest rivalry in golf will descend upon Long Island\u2019s famed Bethpage Black. Known lovingly as \u201cThe People’s Country Club,\u201d this mecca of New York public golf\u2014and one of the hardest courses in the world\u2014will play host to the Ryder Cup, the team match-play tournament in which the 12 best American golfers compete against their counterparts from the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n
Much of the intrigue surrounding this year\u2019s iteration has centered on Keegan Bradley, the US team\u2019s 39-year-old captain. A major champion and former Ryder Cupper himself, Bradley hasn’t played on the team since 2014 but has been striving to tee it up for the red, white, and blue ever since. When he was named captain last summer\u2014a move that at first surprised many golf pundits\u2014he initially said that he would only play on the team if he qualified on points as one of the top-six American players and wouldn\u2019t use a \u201cCaptain\u2019s Pick\u201d for one of the other six spots on himself.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Ralph Lauren<\/p>\n
While he narrowly missed out on automatic qualification, Bradley has gone on to have a stellar 2025 season on the course, punctuated by a cathartic victory at the Travelers Championship in June. His performances have led to much speculation that he may, in fact, pick himself for the team\u2014and perhaps deservedly so.<\/p>\n
Whomever Bradley winds up selecting, when the tournament kicks off on September 26, the US team will be suited up in killer new gear from Polo Ralph Lauren<\/a>. In addition the bold, graphic, red-white-and-blue uniforms that the players will wear on the fairways, the venerable label has also dropped a collection of cheeky merch commemorating the tournament, including tees and sweatshirts starring the Polo Bear<\/a> in front of Bethpage\u2019s iconic warning sign.<\/p>\n Courtesy of Ralph Lauren<\/p>\n Courtesy of Ralph Lauren<\/p>\n In between the final two tournaments of the PGA Tour playoffs, GQ caught up with Bradley at Ralph Lauren\u2019s New York flagship to chat about the newly unveiled US team uniforms and his preparations for captaining the squad at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n GQ: What sort of input did you have with the Ralph Lauren team on the design and styling of the US Ryder Cup team uniforms?<\/p>\n Keegan Bradley: I really wanted them to be heavily red, white, and blue. I never liked when you turned on the Ryder Cup and they were in a strange color. Ralph Lauren is great because it\u2019s so American, so the red, white, and blue is easy to do here. For us, this has become our national uniform. It\u2019s an amazing moment in your career when you show up to the course at the Ryder Cup and go to your locker and it\u2019s all hanging in there.<\/p>\n