Jordan Spieth and the Ryder Cup is a love story many are familiar with. He may still be in the Ryder Cup conversation, but that doesn’t mean his ticket to Bethpage Black is anywhere near guaranteed—and he knows it. Just like many of his peers, Spieth is well aware of where he stands. In fact, ahead of The Open Championship 2025, he admitted candidly, “If I’m not there, it’s okay because, in all reality, it was a far-fetched goal.” Fast forward a month, and despite the odds still stacked against him, Spieth insists he’s not out of the race just yet.

“Making the Ryder Cup team was my loftiest goal to start the season,” Spieth explains first before jumping into the Bradley talk. However, Spieth hasn’t won in an event in three years. That adds pressure and a lack of Ryder Cup points (currently ranked 27th). So, he is trying to deal with that by trying to convince Keegan that it’d be a lot for him to have to play, too. So he probably should give up that pick, even if he’s a top 10 player and a top seven player in the world.

His experience and leadership would be a big plus for Team USA, but he’d need to show Keegan Bradley he’s playing at a top-12 level to get picked. And making it into that position is getting harder, especially with young pros like Cameron Young and Chris Gotterup being extremely viable choices. Just last week, Young celebrated his first PGA Tour win at the 2025 Wyndham Championship, a dominant win of 22-under that pretty much locks him into the Team USA roster. The pro is 15th in the standings, 12 spots ahead of Spieth.

There’s still a slim chance, however. After next week’s BMW Championship, the top six in the standings auto-qualify for the U.S. team. Bradley will fill out the rest of the 12-man roster with six captain’s picks after the Tour Championship. So Spieth’s got a few weeks to make his case—both on the course and off it. But on the off-chance he makes it, it will not end up well for the U.S. Team. Or, so says a golf analyst.