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The Starter: Ryder Cup ruminations abound

Decision time nears for U.S. captain Keegan Bradley; Play well, score well and all is well, right?; Will CBS fill its open seat?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is currently 10th on the U.S. Ryder Cup points list. Where will have need to finish to justify using a captainโ€™s pick on himself?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ If Harris English โ€” currently sixth on the list โ€” falls to seventh, would you pick him?

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U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley may have to consider being the first U.S. playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1962.

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Ben Griffin (ninth), Maverick McNealy (11th), Brian Harman (12th), Patrick Cantlay (15th), Sam Burns (16th) and Chris Gotterup (20th). You have four picks โ€” three if Bradley picks himself. Who of this group gets left off?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Does anyone realize that Europe will have almost the same team coming to Bethpage โ€” give or take a Hojgaard โ€” as it had when the Europeans smoked the U.S. in Rome two years ago?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Collin Morikawa is on his fifth caddie of the year at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Has anyone told him the Ryder Cup is coming up?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Who else needs a new caddie? Nelly Korda? Jordan Spieth?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Is it difficult to admit you were pulling for Charley Hull to win the AIG Womenโ€™s Open?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Hudson Swafford, who played on LIV Golf, lodged a few complaints about LIV on a recent podcast, now that heโ€™s been relegated and is suspended from the PGA Tour. Doesnโ€™t playing better take care of most gripes?

๐ŸŒ๏ธ Now that Ian Baker-Finch has officially retired from CBS, who replaces him? Is anyone betting that the network doesnโ€™t fill the job and saves the money?


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