Our Ryder Cup pick? That’s why they’re still in dramatic dilemma

The craziest sub-episode of the third round of Saturday’s Tour Championship was US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley shot the low of the day, a seventh of the under-63, which allowed him to compete quickly on East Lake’s challenging day and seemed to jump him to his own Ryder Cup roster as well.

Probably not that simple. Because of the other person in the conversation with him? They also seem to be controversial.

Sunday marks the final audition for our Ryder Cup players. While six automatic series formed the team last week, Bradley and his staff will finish the team with six captains’ draft picks next Wednesday. To simplify the problem, let’s assume that on No. 7 and 8 in the standings, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa are shoo-ins. This leaves us with four spots – seven contestants competing for them. This is my best guess about where they are, from the least to the most likely team.

7. Need a miracle

Chris Gotterup may not be the Ryder Cup team. But if he did, it would be fun.

Gotterup was the breath of fresh air, winning the Scottish Open, breaking McIlroy and Schaffler’s seasons, thus allowing him to join in this conversation. He has nothing to lose, and on Sunday he can play like this. He will start Sunday’s T10 eight. He needs to hit Keegan Bradley’s idea on Sunday, and maybe even beat him on the rankings – with a chance to grab the last place and bring some jerseys to Long Island next month.

6. Maybe another miracle is needed

Maverick McNealy made a late statement at the BMW Championship last week with third place, in the process, ranking 10th in the Ryder Cup standings. He is also a great putt and always feels particularly useful in big Ryder Cup moments. But I guess there will be two general strikes against him that will be his lack of experience in our team and his lack of disputes in his profession. The last allegation from the Tour Championship may have brought him into this conversation – but at T16, his candidacy is getting less and less for me.

5. Need a round of statements – or some help

Sam Burns finished T4 at BMW last week, reentering the Ryder Cup conversation after a quiet month. He has several built-in advantages: he is arguably the best putter in the world, he is the last Ryder Cup team, he scored 3-0-1 in the Presidents Cup last year, and he is the best friend of the world. I currently have him as the last person.

4. Need to keep doing what he is doing

Cameron Young brought up his case Friday afternoon.

“I think the recent form is hard to deny,” he said. “Other than that, it’s obviously my hometown, and it’s the golf course I like. It’s almost a major championship venue and my main record is very good. So I think if I have to come up with my case, [Bradley]these are things I hope he knows. ”

He was in sixth place and entered the final round on Sunday. Is his victory 11 weeks in five weeks of the past three weeks? Even for a Ryder Cup rookie, it’s hard for him to leave.

3. Need to keep doing what he is doing- and bet on yourself

Keegan Bradley is better off forgetting his captain, forgetting his Ryder Cup campaign and focusing on one thing: trying to win the Tour title on Sunday.

It feels like a little bit of filming for the moon, falling into the stars. After Saturday’s 63 lifted him to fourth place, it feels like Bradley only needs to end a steady week to justify himself.

Bradley said he knew everything he decided, and it would be controversial and that could actually make him free. He knows if the U.S. team loses, whether he will be crushed, whether he is on the team or not. If he really thought he would improve the team’s chances – his Saturday 63 seemed to suggest that – he would do it.

1 and 2. Need to be kept vertical

Ben Griffin already feels like a team’s lock. He ranks 9th in the Ryder Cup standings. The back-to-back layoffs in July went missing, feeling like his other nine games were in the top 12.

Patrick Cantlay ranked further in the Ryder Cup, but that was mainly because his season was solid but missed a week of statements, with nine top 15, but nothing better than the T4. Add to that trick of defender putting in team games, U.S. leadership always tries to get him on the team.

He needs to show good health and reasonableness in East Lake. Now, he is heading for the final round on Sunday.

If he stays upright, he should head to Bethpage. What if he did more than that? He might be heading to Bethpage with a $10 million pocket.

“>