by Atlanta – Justin Thomas summed up the fate of Keegan Bradley with an impressive economy of words this week in the Tour championship.
“The captain is damned if he does it, damn if he does not do it,” Thomas haus his shoulders.
Bradley will become the first captain of the Ryder Cup in the modern era to face the ultimate dilemma on Wednesday when he will choose his captain for this year’s matches. At 11th On the last list of American points, Bradley is not only a potential choice but a lock in many minds.
“Yeah, I would do it [pick Bradley]Added Thomas.
However, Bradley’s choices land his difficult situation.
“I look at the [leaderboard] All day long but I’m not looking for myself, I’m looking for where my guys are. It’s really very strange. It’s really strange to look at the board of directors and not have the impression of knowing where I am on the board but where I see my guys, this is the opposite of what we do every week, “said Bradley on Friday in East Lake where he raised this ranking with a second round 64.” I’m going to be really happy when this week is over. I got it with that. I am ready to bring our team together and understand what we are doing. “”
The feeling is understandable, but the reality is that Bradley will face an impossible decision to choose as a game captain or to go with someone else and to focus on the management of the American Bethpage team next month.
“I am very aware that, whatever the decision I make, I will be defined by this decision. If we win, regardless of the decision I make, I am aware of that,” said Bradley. “Each captain must make really difficult decisions, [but] It’s really unique.
Bradley said he had in progress conversations with his vice-capital on potential choices and that he was counting on them to do what is good for the team, no matter who is chosen.
“When we look at me like a player, we talk about me as if I am not in the room. We look at the statistics, we look at the disc, I am a player X. If there are negatives about me, I want to hear these things, I would be more upset if they do not signal them,” he said.
Although Bradley focuses on this week’s dashboard at East Lake, he also suggested that many of these difficult choices have already been made and that the performance of a player at East Lake would not necessarily change what has already been decided.
“I have a pretty good idea,” said Bradley on Friday when he asked if he already knew his choices. “We are going to wait and see how this week takes place, it’s a huge event. But as I said, the points are a two -year process, it would be silly to let it be summed up at an event or a turn.”
Bradley said that he planned to return home to the south of Florida on Sunday after the last round of the touring championship before flying to Frisco, Texas, to prepare for the announcement of six captains for Wednesday.
