Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup role will remain as a captain after leaving himself out of his six picks to complete Team USA’s line-up for Bethpage Black.

Bradley was announced as United States’ captain last June and has won twice on the PGA Tour since, following his success at the BMW Championship that year by snatching victory at the Travelers Championship in June.

The 39-year-old previously insisted that he would only play if he was one of Team USA’s automatic qualifiers, with those spots claimed by Scottie Scheffler, JJ Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau earlier this month.

Bradley finished 11th in the qualification standings and then claimed tied-seventh at the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship, where he revealed he was still undecided how he was going to complete his line-up.

The former major champion discussed his options with vice-captains before announcing his selections on Wednesday at the PGA of America’s headquarters in Texas, where he confirmed he had elected against becoming the first playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963.

Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin were the next three in the qualification standings and were all named as captain’s picks, with Cam Young, Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns completing Bradley’s line-up.

Team Europe’s six automatic qualifiers were Rory McIlroy, Robert MacIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Rasmus Hojgaard and Tyrrell Hatton, with Luke Donald naming his six captain’s picks on Monday – live from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf.

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What’s next?

The only PGA Tour event before the Ryder Cup is the Procore Championship in California, held from September 11-14, where the majority of Bradley’s American team are expected to compete.

There will be extended live coverage from every day of Ryder Cup week, starting on Monday September 22, with round-the-clock coverage then live from 9am on Friday September 26. Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW.