When Keegan Bradley will confirm US Ryder Cup picks as captain admits he’s ‘wasted’ by stress

The countdown is on to Keegan Bradley finally revealing his six captain’s picks for the US Ryder Cup team.

The iconic team tournament is coming up in late September as the USA look to reclaim the trophy from Europe.

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Luke Donald’s Europeans were superb in Rome two years ago and will now be confident heading to Bethpage Black to win again.

Much of the talk surrounding Team USA this year has been about Bradley.

The 39-year-old was appointed captain in July 2024 much to the surprise of the golfing world.

It followed on from his major disappointment at not being picked for Rome by then skipper Zach Johnson.

Since being announced, Bradley has enjoyed a fine season, winning the Travelers Championship and claiming five other top-ten finishes.

Bradley is now in the position where he would legitimately warrant a pick for the team, but doing so would be very difficult given the stresses of being a modern-day Ryder Cup captain.

Arnold Palmer was the last playing captain back in 1963 and the argument for Bradley to replicate that has been fiercely debated.

When will Keegan Bradley confirm his US Ryder Cup picks?

Bradley will reveal his six captain’s picks on Wednesday, August 27 at 4pm UK time.

The selection confirmation will be shown live on Sky Sports Golf from 2pm on Wednesday while talkSPORT will bring you all the latest news and reaction from the press conference.

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Luke Donald will confirm his six picks on Monday, September 1 at 2pm.

The 2025 Ryder Cup will then run from Friday, September 26 to Sunday, September 28.

Who could Keegan Bradley pick?

Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau have claimed the automatic qualification spots.

From there, Bradley will name six more captain’s picks to make up the 12-man team.

Bradley himself is 11th in the US Ryder Cup standings and has arguably had a better year than many of the other candidates. 

Justin Thomas and Ben Griffin have been superb this season and would appear to be locks.

Collin Morikawa, Maverick McNealy, Brian Harman and Andrew Novak are the other highest ranked players in the standings but all have question marks over them.

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Cameron Young, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns are other names in form.

Chris Gotterup, Wyndham Clark, Akshay Bhatia and Lucas Glover have also staked claims this year, while household names such as Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Tony Finau and Rickie Fowler will seemingly miss out.

LIV Golf stars Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson would be eye-catching picks but will likely be overlooked.

What has Keegan Bradley said?

Bradley finished T7 at the TOUR Championship on Sunday and was right in contention to claim FedEx Cup glory until a back nine slip-up.

It capped another hectic week for him as he was at Bethpage Black on Monday to scout the Ryder Cup host venue before hosting a dinner with the six automatic qualifiers on Tuesday.

He also had press conferences and pre-tournament prep to do but still shot rounds of 64 and 63 at East Lake.

Bradley admitted on Sunday night that his heavy workload was taking its toll on him mentally and physically.

He said: “I got to about hole nine [in Sunday’s final round] and I’ve never felt like that, I was just pretty wasted.

“I’ve learned that people are always going to have an opinion about stuff and that doesn’t mean that they are right.

“I’ve heard the chat all year about how I should have done this and that I can’t play at a high level. I think I’ve proved those people wrong.

“It’s difficult. It’s going to be a decision that is controversial on either side. There’s no right decision here.

“The right decision is if we win and that’s all I care about.”