FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Sunday at the Ryder Cup only confirmed what we believed on Saturday night: Luke Donald is a brilliant captain and sublime tactician and we are still not sure about Keegan Bradley.

The second-guessing and American handwringing began even before Shane Lowry finished his victory dance after assuring Europe retained the cup and, as is always the case at the Hindsight Cup, Bradley’s captaincy was atop every list.

It will not help Bradley’s legacy that he ran up against the greatest captain in the history of the matches, either for Europe or the United States, or that his American team was utterly thrashed for two days of team play by a dozen Europeans that will likely go down as the Continent’s best.

Criticism comes with the job and Bradley knows this. He also knew in the

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