The final major is in the books, and with it the last chance to earn beaucoup points to earn a place on the European Ryder Cup team, not to mention one of the last opportunities to impress captain Luke Donald.

"Keegan can only change the overarching contract with Luke and Ryder Cup Europe's approval," a source told Telegraph Sport. "The contract between the teams includes things like how many vice-captains a team can have, etc. That is used year on year and captains rarely change that. But Keegan went to Luke with this clause and Luke generously agreed."

According to a report by Telegraph Sport on July 21, Team Europe captain Luke Donald has agreed to extricate his counterpart Keegan Bradley from a potentially sticky situation.