Jon Rahm’s play-off defeat in the Spanish Open by the world number 398 shows golf’s enduring capacity to yield upsets - but this trait rarely extends to the Presidents Cup, writes Iain Carter.

Keegan Bradley will lead a to be determined 12-man U.S. side against Team Europe at the Ryder Cup at Bethpage. Bradley, who notched the deciding point on Sunday in the U.S. side’s 18½-11½ victory over the International Team at the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal,

Bradley will skipper the US side in the Ryder Cup next year but in a playing capacity, he sealed a dominant Presidents Cup triumph for his country