United States captain Keegan Bradley admits he has had a few wistful thoughts this week about what might have been had he picked himself to be a playing skipper at the Ryder Cup.

The 39-year-old American, ranked 13th in the world, pondered calling his name last month with one of his six captain’s picks for the US squad facing Europe at Bethpage Black but ultimately decided against it.

“I’ve thought about it every second, but I’ve also thought about how impossible it would be,” Bradley said.

“I catch myself every now and then looking down the fairway, seeing the guys walk down the fairway and think how badly I’d like to do that, and how badly I’d want to be in the group with Scottie Scheffler and seeing him play and being his teammate.

“But I feel like I’ve been called for a bigger caus

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