Impact of Ryder Cup Selections Post-Open Championship

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00:00Is this Ryder Cup talk, Smiley?

00:02Because I felt like that's what really ramped up after the Open Championship

00:07was starting to now look at the pieces that are on the board.

00:11Who's going to be there for the United States and for Keegan Bradley

00:14when we get to Bethpage?

00:16And now, two months flat, we're going to be getting there.

00:21Bryson is in.

00:22We've pretty much, no matter what happens with the points,

00:24it sounds like Keegan has already told Bryson and told everyone

00:27that Bryson's going to be on the team.

00:29But, Smiley, you have some mainstays that have not played very good golf

00:35over the last couple months, whether it's Colin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay,

00:39et cetera, et cetera.

00:40And then you have some guys rising, got her up and get them down,

00:44and a few others who are playing incredible golf.

00:48This is going to be very interesting, Smiley, for the United States side

00:51here over the next few weeks.

00:53It sure is.

00:54And I think the biggest piece of information that kind of came out

00:57from the Open Championship was the press conference that Keegan Bradley had,

01:00just talking about the agreement that Luke Donald had with vice-captain

01:06potentially taking on the captain role if Keegan were to play.

01:10So just even more talks of confirmation that it's a realistic possibility

01:15that Keegan is potentially going to play this Ryder Cup.

01:20You know what?

01:21I'll tell you kind of how the schedule goes.

01:23So the picks are going to be made after the Tour Championship.

01:26But after the BMW, which is the week before the Tour Championship,

01:31there's going to be six automatic qualifiers.

01:33And at that point, Keegan Bradley will meet with six of the qualifiers,

01:40the automatic qualifiers in Atlanta.

01:43And most of the time, they go to dinner on Tuesday or Wednesday night,

01:46and everybody kind of has the floor to talk about who they either want on the team,

01:52who they want to advocate for, maybe players they don't want on the team.

01:56And that's kind of part of the process that the captain takes in,

01:59is just getting a sense from the guys who are already qualified to be on the team.

02:05And you have to imagine at that point,

02:07Keegan's going to have a pretty good conversation with all those guys.

02:10And most likely, I would imagine those six players would say,

02:14hey, we want you on this team, Keegan.

02:17And if that's the case, Keegan probably will most likely play.

02:22Yeah, you know, if you start kind of picking up the breadcrumbs here, Smiley,

02:27like it really feels like, I know they can't say it yet,

02:31but it kind of feels like he's going to be playing, like just from everything.

02:35Like, why would you go and say that this has already been talked about with Luke Donald,

02:39that he's going to let, whether it's Kiz or Woodland,

02:43one of these vice captains be able to run around on the course

02:45and be the communicator with the players while he's playing.

02:49You know, why would he be, you know, all the things that he has said.

02:54And let's get to the biggest thing of it all.

02:58He is without question one of the 12 best American golfers right now.

03:02It's not even, there's not even a doubt about it, Smiley.

03:05It's a bit of a tough situation for Keegan

03:08because you never know how often you're going to get this call, Mike,

03:12to be the Ryder Cup captain.

03:14And when that call comes in, and of course it's a chance of a lifetime,

03:18but also you're still in the, it's not past your prime of your playing career.

03:24You have to say yes.

03:26And he's kind of said coming into the year that,

03:28hey, if only way I play is if I qualify in the top six.

03:32Well, at this point, that's looking unrealistic

03:35unless he were to go win one of the playoff events.

03:37And even then, I'm not sure if it would go all the way to the top six.

03:40So, very interesting times ahead, and I'm definitely looking forward to following it.

03:45I probably have 12 possibilities on who could be on this team.

03:49That's like how crazy it could be.

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