Rory McIlroy has laid down the Ryder Cup gauntlet by insisting the idea of a playing captain cannot work. Team USA’s qualifying race ends this week at the BMW Championship in Chicago, the hours ticking down to Keegan Bradley’s eagerly awaited decision on whether to name himself as one of his team picks.

Bradley is in the field this week at the BMW Championship, and Rory McIlroy was among the players to sound off on the idea of being a player-captain.

With just over a month until the Ryder Cup, U.S. Team Captain Keegan Bradley has not decided whether he will be a playing captain at Bethpag