Keegan Bradley has been on two Ryder Cup groups, however it’s been virtually 10 years since his most up-to-date look.

The final time he donned the purple, white and blue was in 2014 when the Individuals misplaced in Scotland. He performed on the 2012 group as nicely. The Individuals misplaced that 12 months 14.5 to 13.5 at Medinah Nation Membership in Illinois.

Now that the New Englander has jumped up the Ryder Cup standings, all he desires is to get again on Crew USA.

“I take into consideration the Ryder Cup each second I’m awake principally,” Bradley mentioned forward of the BMW Championship. “My largest factor proper now’s attempting not to consider it whereas I’m taking part in as a result of it’s essential to me. I really feel like I may deliver some expertise to the group. I’d personally love to simply be on a group with this youthful group.”

When he was on the group final, so lots of these guys are not on the PGA Tour. Quite a lot of them are Senior Tour members. It could be his time to be the older, veteran participant.

“I discover that this youthful core of men to be actually a cool group as a result of they appear to essentially pull for one another, and it could be actually enjoyable to be part of that.”

Bradley has a 4-3-0 Ryder Cup report. He went 4-1 taking part in with Phil Mickelson however struggled was his singles matches, the place he went 0-2.

This 12 months has been a monumental one for the 37-year-old. Bradley has two wins this season, a runner-up end, 5 top-10s and 9 top-25s. He sits No. 11 within the OWGR and No. 11 on the Ryder Cup standings.

“I didn’t know if I’d ever get again to this stage of golf, so I’m attempting to take pleasure in each second of it,” Bradley mentioned. “Making it to the BMW Championship is at all times such an amazing factor for us gamers as a result of we’ve had an amazing 12 months… Now we have a lot at stake these subsequent two weeks, whether or not it’s cash or Ryder Cup — that’s actually thrilling.”

This weekend’s match at Olympia Fields outdoors of Chicago is the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

With a robust end, Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson should no less than think about him as one of many six ‘captain’s picks.’ The Individuals look to get their first win on European soil since 1993 subsequent month in Italy.