Keegan Bradley's unselfishness a potential galvanizing force for U.S. Ryder Cup team

With one pick, or non-pick, Keegan Bradley might’ve reversed decades of criticism.

While particularly convenient to lob at losing U.S. Ryder Cup teams, the sentiment that Americans are too individualistic – perhaps even too selfish – in these team competitions sits in the chamber every two years, just waiting to be fired at the first sign of failure. Fair or not, this was amplified in Rome, where Zach Johnson’s visiting side got knocked down early, then were ultimately crushed by both a much more cohesive European unit and a firestorm of controversy enveloping Patrick Cantlay’s hat, or lack of.

By not calling his own number as one of six U.S. captain’s picks for next month’s Ryder Cup , Bradley put the team before himself. Not only did he dodge the likely distractions associated with