There are still a few days left until the start of the Ryder Cup, and the public has already focused its eyes on Keegan Bradley, the captain of the US team. He will be an important figure for his team, and the expectations of the public are growing day by day.
Many eyes were focused on him and his decision not to pick himself as the player, but Bradley, on the other hand, is sure that he did the right thing.
At yesterday's press conference, the US captain revealed whether he had previously thought about how everything would look if he had picked himself as a player.
"Definitely. I've thought about it every second. But I've also thought about how impossible it would be.
Like I said earlier, I was picked to do this job as captain, and there's been certain things that I've done during the week or lead-up that if I was playing, I don't think I could have done at the level that I needed to do them at.
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."- he said.
Public pressure
The pressure from the public was strong, and the majority seemed to feel that if Keegan picked himself as a player, it could damage the atmosphere within the team. Bradley probably made a decision under public pressure that satisfied everyone, but he still knows how to ask himself how things would have looked if he had made a different decision.
Ahead of them is a serious task, given that they are waiting for a strong team.
Playing on home soil raises huge public expectations, and anything but a win would be considered a failure.
"But I feel like I've been called for a bigger cause here, to help our guys get ready to play and play at the highest level.
But in the back of my mind, I'm always thinking, "I could have been out there."- he concluded.
