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<\/p>\nSam Torrance has told Keegan Bradley he will make \u201cthe worst decision ever as a Ryder Cup captain\u201d if he names himself as a wild card next week.<\/p>\n
If United States captain Bradley did not feel under the microscope enough, as the hours count down to what is sure to be a contentious choice, then Torrance piled on the pressure on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Forty years ago here at the Belfry, America were defeated in the biennial dust-up for the first time in 28 years. That European victory paved the way for decades of previously unthinkable blue-and-gold domination.<\/p>\n
To recognise that anniversary, Torrance played alongside Sandy Lyle in a five-hole exhibition against Sir Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam.<\/p>\n
It was all smiles on the Brabazon, but the old-timers soon became serious in the media centre. Torrance supplied the killer quote \u2013 just as he applied the winning putt in 1985 \u2013 then Faldo and Woosnam also made their feelings clear.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the impossible job to do both,\u201d Faldo, Europe\u2019s 2008 captain, said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much attention needed. The fans will call him selfish for picking himself. Goodness knows what the media will say. You could regret it for the rest of your life. Look, you\u2019ve got enough going on trying to win your match. We hope Bradley does… we hope he stays as captain and does two roles!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle and Sam Torrance were reunited at the Belfry – Getty Images\/Ross Kinnaird<\/p>\n
Woosnam, the 2006 captain, concurred, but minus the dry humour. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty much impossible to be a player and to captain the team,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to get your team in before noon for the second set of matches. If he\u2019s on the golf course still playing, he won\u2019t be able to do that. Well, he will. But not [with] all the information he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
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For Torrance it is \u201cthe ultimate no-brainer\u201d. \u201cI don\u2019t think he can do it or should do it,\u201d the Scot, who led the 2002 team to glory, said. \u201cHe is so high up on the world rankings. The proper thing is to play and give the captaincy to Jim Furyk or somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bradley, however, has shown no signs of relinquishing the hot seat. It is surely too late now, with the match in New York but five weeks away.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old will be the second youngest captain after Arnold Palmer, who was also the last playing captain 62 years ago. Bradley has paved the path for himself to enact the dual role by convincing opposite number Luke Donald to rewrite the long-standing Captains\u2019 Agreement. Donald has allowed Bradley to designate an assistant to be the stand-in captain if he is playing \u2013 and this is important because it is only the captains who can give players advice on the course. In truth, Donald will only have been too happy with the update.<\/p>\n
In this scenario, it is assumed that Furyk, the 2018 losing captain, will fulfil the role and although that appears to have the whiff of chaos about it, another of Bradley\u2019s assistants is convinced it would work. But even Brandt Snedeker\u2019s thoughts on the issues could be best described as erratic.<\/p>\n
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Bradley has had a fruitful 2025 season, having won the Travelers Championship in June – Reuters\/Bill Streicher<\/p>\n
Three months ago, Snedeker declared, \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible to be able to do both just with how much stuff goes into being a captain\u201d. Yet here he was at the Belfry on Tuesday, completing a mightily impressive, if not altogether surprising, about turn.<\/p>\n
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