Bradley faces a fascinating and gut-wrenching day next week when he has to call the players on the bubble and tell some of them they’re out. Two years ago, sitting at 10th in the standings, Bradley got the call from then-captain Zach Johnson to tell him he wasn’t going to Rome. He was devastated and angered by the decision.

"The worst decision ever?" past European Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance pulls no punches in his assessment of Keegan Bradley's chances of being a playing captain at Bethpage.