The PGA of America pushed out the news on Instagram after word began to leak during the day that Bradley, who has played on only two Ryder Cup teams and was never an assistant, was chosen to lead the 2025 matches at Bethpage Black in New York.
Bradley was already in New York going through media training, with a news conference to introduce him set for noon Tuesday, local time, at the NASDAQ building.
Tiger Woods turned down an offer of the US Ryder Cup team captaincy after lengthy negotiations. (EPA PHOTO)
Woods was the first choice of the Ryder Cup committee and had been in negotiations for months about what the job would entail and whether he had time to fulfill the duties, many of them involving promotion of the event.
He was a playing captain for the 2019 Presidents Cup when the Americans won at Royal Melbourne, and he served as an assistant Ryder Cup captain at Hazeltine in 2016.
Once Woods was not an option, the PGA of America went for some local flavour with Bradley. He is a New England native who played his college golf at St. John's.
Bradley was left off the US team in 2023 outside Rome, a devastating moment for him. He played in the 2012 and 2014 matches, both losses, going 3-1 at Medinah.
 He famously did not unpack his bag from the 2012 matches and said he would not open it until he was on a winning team.