Keegan Bradley spoke fondly of his time with Phil Mickelson within the Ryder Cup however mentioned he doesn’t count on the 12-time participant to be a part of his vice-captain lineup subsequent 12 months at Bethpage Black.
However he has no problem with LIV Golf gamers being a part of his workforce.
Bradley, who Tuesday was launched because the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, is shut with Brendan Steele, a LIV participant who competes on Mickelson’s HyFlyers LIV Golf workforce.
Mickelson, 54, had lengthy been considered because the pure option to be the U.S. Ryder Cup captain at Bethpage, an appointment that was all however inevitable till his fallout with the powers that be over his transfer to LIV Golf.
Over the previous 12 months, Mickelson has mentioned a number of instances that he’s superb with the way it performed out and that he appreciates his time within the Ryder Cup, together with a vice-captaincy function for Steve Stricker in 2021.
“I nonetheless have an excellent relationship with Phil,” Bradley mentioned. “I don’t suppose he’s inquisitive about being a vice captain. To be trustworthy with you, he’s a captain sometime. I haven’t spoken to Phil. I don’t need to converse for him in any respect. I’ve nothing however nice issues to say about Phil and what we did within the Ryder Cup.”
Bradley and Mickelson went 3-0 as companions on the 2012 Ryder Cup and 1-1 in 2014. They had been additionally 2-1-1 on the 2013 Presidents Cup.
As for LIV, Bradley shortly dismissed any points.
“I’m going to have the 12 greatest gamers on the workforce,” he mentioned. “I don’t care the place they play. We’ve got a mission to win this event. I’m not fearful in regards to the LIV stuff. By the point we get to Bethpage in 2025, now we have no clue how the structure goes to be.”