Keegan Bradley has the support of key players and the opportunity to become the first playing captain in the Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer in 1963 at East Lake. And it’s all because of Jack Nicklaus.

Ryder Cup hopefuls Rickie Fowler and Patrick Cantlay would support Keegan Bradley as the playing captain, even if it cost them a spot.

Keegan Bradley will have to decide whether he'll choose himself for this year's Ryder Cup team, which would make him the first playing captain in the past 62 years.

Ryder Cup veterans Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler believe Keegan Bradley has already done enough on the course this season to be on the 12-player roster.

Last week, I wrote about how Keegan Bradley is in the worst possible spot as a potential "playing captain," where he's not an automatic pick, but he's also not far enough down the points list that he's an obvious no.

It has been the topic in the golf world ever since his appointment was announced, and now some players are coming out in support of U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley possibly serving as both the headman and as a player for the biennial competition set for Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black.

Everyone has an opinion on whether Keegan Bradley should pick himself for the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Patrick Cantlay and Rickie Fowler think he should.

Maybe Bradley deserves to pick himself to make the U.S. team, but the potential distractions it would cause make the choice to be a playing captain a difficult one that could lead to some nightmare sc