Fleetwood was magnanimous in defeat as Bradley celebrated his eighth PGA Tour victory, including his 2011 US PGA Championship title

As Tommy Fleetwood continues to wrestle with how to get over the winning line on the PGA Tour, American golf is trying to fathom how having a playing captain might work at this year's Ryder Cup.

Both issues were brought into sharp focus by Keegan Bradley's dramatic victory over Fleetwood at the Travellers Championship in Connecticut last Sunday. It was the Englishman's sixth runner-up finish on the US-based circuit and this one "hurts".

A lot.

Fleetwood stumbled on the home stretch to let in his tall, broad-shouldered American opponent for a win that emphasises a growing feeling that he should return to the US Ryder Cup playing roster for this September's match against Europe at Bethpage.