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based on the above I could see JT, Morikawa, Griffin, McNealy, Young, Cantlay if Keegan decides not to go with himself. I would rather have Keegan and Burns over McNealy or Griffin though.  Burns has been putting great and you need that desperately.  I just don't see Keegan leaving both of them out.

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I’m already on record on the thread. There’s one spot (Keegan isn’t playing) and it’s probably going to be Harman because they won’t take another rookie after Spaun and Cam

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18 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

based on the above I could see JT, Morikawa, Griffin, McNealy, Young, Cantlay if Keegan decides not to go with himself. I would rather have Keegan and Burns over McNealy or Griffin though.  Burns has been putting great and you need that desperately.  I just don't see Keegan leaving both of them out.

Yeah, I wish Griffin and McNealy weren't ranked as high.

Xander & Cantlay are good partners.  Burns has experience needed for Ryder Cup.  Young being from that area is hard to leave off this US Team.  I would definitely leave Harman off this team too.

If I were Keegan, I wouldn't play.  

5 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah, I wish Griffin and McNealy weren't ranked as high.

Xander & Cantlay are good partners.  Burns has experience needed for Ryder Cup.  Young being from that area is hard to leave off this US Team.  I would definitely leave Harman off this team too.

If I were Keegan, I wouldn't play.  

Yeah, on another course Harman would be fine.  Bethpage is another matter...

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4 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

Yeah, on another course Harman would be fine.  Bethpage is another matter...

Agreed...  My prediction, Top 10 are in. 

Then one of following:

  • Keegan + Young
  • Young + Cantlay

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Thomas, Morikawa, Griffin, Young, Cantlay.... shit I don't know, normally no brainer would be Brooksie, but he sucks shit through a straw these days. So I guess go with McNealy? 

That's a lot of first timers. But maybe that's what we need.

Word on the ground in Atlanta seemed to be he’s picking himself over Griffin. Collin has been bad and for some reason seems to be getting a pass. 

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Looking at Euro team again: 

1. McIlory

2. McIntyre

3. Fleetwood 

4. Rose 

5. Rasmus Hojgaard

6. Hatton 

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Assumed Captain's Picks: 

7. Rahm 

8. Aberg 

9. Lowry 

10. Hovland 

11. Straka 

12. ????

 

I'm assuming Straka is in even with his recent struggles. Matthew Fitzpatrick makes sense but has a pretty awful Ryder Cup record so far. Marco Penge or Harry Hall? 

Stacked team, regardless. 

On 8/24/2025 at 5:04 PM, Hank Kingsley said:

Sooooo...who are we thinking for 6 captain's picks now? 

JT 

Morikawa 

Patrick Cantlay 

Cameron Young

Ben Griffin 

Maverick McNealy 

Keegan Bradley

Sam Burns 

Who else is a real possibility? 

 

Thomas and Morikawa should be locks. I would take Cantlay as well - a lot of experience and a good record in int'l events. Wouldn't hate any of Harman, Young or Burns but wouldn't be excited about any of them. Griffin, McNealy and Novak would all be wild cards. I know that Griffin and McNealy are the next 2 after JT and Collin but I wouldn't lose any sleep if they were left off. Keegan needs to figure out if he wants to play but frankly if he wasn't captaining I think I'd prefer him over any of the 6 I just listed. 

If anyone I didn't just list makes the team Keegan is on drugs.

12 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Collin has been bad and for some reason seems to be getting a pass. 

Optimally he would be playing better but you have to bring him. No one below him deserves his spot and he's above everyone but the autos and JT. He's played in 4 straight cups for us and is above .500 in the Ryder and has an even better record in the President's. Also played some amateur cups for the US. 

Morikawa is in primarily with his 2024 performance, he isn't to 25 on his second half of 2025 performance. I will not be disappointed if he is not picked.

32 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

I will not be disappointed if he is not picked.

That's fine but I would be astounded if he doesn't make the team. 

I keep going back to “Keegan isn’t going to take a bunch of rookies.”  Spaun and Henley are auto picks so they have to go. If you take Cam Young there’s another, though he was on the 2022 Pres Cup team and there’s a ton of course fit with him. Cantlay and Burns have a lot of US team experience, Mav and Griffin have none. 

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

Right, that’s how he’ll justify picking himself. 

He really doesn't have to justify anything, his play this year put him in position to be a captain pick. If he wasn't the captain, he would be a lock to be picked. It is only his role as Captain that makes it a more difficult pick.

Feels like things are trending for Keegan to pick himself based off reports/gossip on Golf Twitter. 

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Harmon is a no for me --  he just doesn't drive long enough

Yeah, I think Harman is out. 

Right now it feels like JT, Morikawa, Keegan, Cantlay, Burns and....either Ben Griffin or Cam Young 

 

1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

He really doesn't have to justify anything, his play this year put him in position to be a captain pick. If he wasn't the captain, he would be a lock to be picked. It is only his role as Captain that makes it a more difficult pick.

I don’t disagree other than him saying he wouldn’t pick himself. 

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So much for a surprise???       SAM BURNS 

a crucial element in Ryder Cup selection involves potential pairings for the foursomes and fourballs formats. Regarding that, Burns is a close friend and frequent practice partner of Scottie Scheffler.

 

 

Burns isn’t a surprise at all. 

13 hours ago, MrX said:

Burns isn’t a surprise at all. 

It is somewhat but he's been putting great so it is a smart pick, especially for foursomes.

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Watch Keegan Bradley's U.S. Ryder Cup captain's picks Today

Bradley will be at the Home of the PGA of America in Frisco where he will announce his picks live on Golf Channel as well as the Ryder Cup YouTube channel, RyderCup.com and the official @RyderCup USA Social channels. There will be coverage on SiriusXM Radio Channel 92 as well. The scheduled start time for the announcement is 11 a.m. ET.

Well, no real surprises other than (I guess) Keegan isn’t playing and Griffin is on the team. Let’s rock. 

All things considered I think that’s the best team he could have picked. 

Yes. Good picks. Burns can get on a roll. I’m good with this. 

With how disappointed Keegan was about not being picked by Zach in 2023, you have to give him mad props for doing what’s best for the team. Now let’s go kick some ass!

Let’s hope that Thomas being on the team lights a competitive fire under Spieth to get his shit together next year, giving how close they are. 

42 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

All things considered I think that’s the best team he could have picked. 

yeah, I'm sure it was a coin flip between Griffin and McNealy since he couldn't deny Young if he wasn't going to pick himself. Harman and Nowak never had a chance.  Morikawa better bring it.  X needs to play like the number 3 US player.  

I give us a 3 in 10 chance of winning this thing but that isn't Keegan's fault.

I’ll take the home team every time until we see a team go on the road and win. 

About the best picks he could have made, IMO. Thomas, Cantlay, Morikawa aren't having their best years, but they're our top remaining players for RC. Griffin and Young both playing really well right now and seem to have good mental toughness (see Griffin's bounce back on the final round at the BMW).

To me the final spot was between Burns and Bradley, and I think Bradley made the right call taking the focus off himself. You don't want to be the first playing captain in 60+ years and then shit the bed. Quite frankly, I'm not sure we should ever see another one at this point. 

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3 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

All things considered I think that’s the best team he could have picked. 

Agreed.  Was hoping maybe Gotterup instead of Griffin,  but difficult to leave off the #9 guy in points. 

Wonder how Maverick McNealy is taking not being selected???

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I know the playing captain thing would have been cool.  The problem is that was when the US just had to pretty much show up with 12 breathing golfers and beat GB&I and Palmer was the leading money winner that year.

Totally different scenario now.

13 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Wonder how Maverick McNealy is taking not being selected???

He should have been better friends with Scottie

Ha. Burns had the second most birdies on tour this year also. Big deal in match play. 

37 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Wonder how Maverick McNealy is taking not being selected???

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McNealy should be happy just being considered. The Ryder Cup ranking system was really his only argument. Dude has won 1 tournament in his career (2024) and never had a top 20 finish at a major. 

 

 

I’ll take the home team every time until we see a team go on the road and win. 

FanDuel has the US at -130
54 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Ha. Burns had the second most birdies on tour this year also. Big deal in match play. 

Good stuff there. #1 in SG putting this year.

He's also the only US Ryder Cup player who's shot under 69 in his last 10 rounds (Scottie shot under 70 his last 21 rounds).

Team USA is doomed, going to be embarrassing to lose at Bethpage. Dark days ahead, the point of argument will be that Keegan should have played.

3 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

Team USA is doomed, going to be embarrassing to lose at Bethpage. Dark days ahead, the point of argument will be that Keegan should have played.

ISWYDT

9 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

I’ll take the home team every time until we see a team go on the road and win. 

I mean... they haven’t had a problem beating us on the road. 

I'd lean US though. We've whipped their ass twice in a row in the States. 

6 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

McNealy should be happy just being considered. The Ryder Cup ranking system was really his only argument. Dude has won 1 tournament in his career (2024) and never had a top 20 finish at a major. 

 

 

you mean Maverick "The Real Deal" McNeal.....y?

I like the US chances. Home soil is everything in this. Only a single total collapse has let the road team win since 2004 (and also look up the Hal Sutton debacle in ‘04. Yikes). 

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